Cutting Back on Food Won’t Cut Down on Your Waistline: A Word From Your Body Electric Coach
I’ve seen it time and time again. Particularly with women. They decide to start a diet, or simply “cut back” on their eating in order to lose weight. In fact, I’m pretty sure that the default method for losing weight for the average American women looks like this: Woman decides to cut back on amount […]
Tips for Staying on Track This Labor Day Weekend
It’s here. Labor weekend. That long, three-day weekend when the weather is perfect, the sun is out, the neighborhood pool is open one last weekend, and brats and beer call your name. You work hard. You deserve a break. You deserve a few brews over the weekend, and you’re ready to unwind. So you stop by […]
Top Secrets of Very Fit People
You’re on an airplane, or sitting at the neighborhood pool, and you see this super fit couple. The guy has broad shoulders and chiseled abs, the woman has sculpted arms and a flat stomach. You find yourself eyeing them every few minutes, simply because this day and age, they look like specimens. And the funny […]
Tips for Staying on Track This Memorial Day Weekend
It’s here. Memorial Day weekend. That long, three-day weekend when the weather turns for the better, the sun is out, the neighborhood pool is open, and brats and beer call your name. You work hard. You deserve a break. You deserve a few brews over the weekend, and you’re ready to unwind. So you stop […]
Newsflash: FitBits Won’t Make You Fit.
We know you look to us for credibility in both fitness and nutrition. Which is why we have to keep it real (as we always do) when it comes to the phenomenon known as the FitBit. The truth is, our country is facing a national obesity epidemic. And while it’s mostly unspoken, it’s on the rise. […]
How to Eat Out and Stay on Track With Your Goals
It goes without saying that having a social life involving dates, hangouts, and parties can take quite a toll on our pocketbooks AND our waistlines. According to CNBC, the AVERAGE amount of sodium of all items across the biggest chains in 2014 was over 1,200 milligrams. U.S. dietary guidelines call for no more than 2,300 […]
Just Don’t Stop.
“I don’t care how slow you’re moving, just don’t stop.” Have you heard this before? I’ve heard this same sentence in various times of my life, the most recent being in the middle of a large group workout. The instructor shouted it into her head microphone and you know what it did? It made me […]
10 Things You Should Expect If You’ve Made a Resolution to Get Fit in 2015.
You know me, I keep it real. Which is why I wanted to take a minute to talk New Year’s resolutions, particularly the “I’m going to lose weight” kind, and break it down into clear expectations. This is written for anyone who has set a resolution for 2015 to get fit and healthy, yet who […]
Closing the Gap Between Struggling and Succeeding: One Trainer’s Perspective.
I wouldn’t consider myself a gym nut. I don’t take sweaty selfies after a workout, nor do I flex in my bathroom mirror and Instagram it. And no matter how hot it might be in the middle of an Insanity workout at my fitness studio, I will NEVER take my shirt off and work out […]