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I started a fitness company, then didn’t have time to workout! Yikes! So that led me to creating more My Trainer Fitness workouts for fast fitness as a way to maintain a reasonably fit life, even when you don’t have time. My Story in Short – Age was Setting in In my late 40’s, I … Read more
Heavier or Lighter Weights? It’s probably more than you think. Those pretty pink dumbbells were clearly designed for women. But… at just 2lbs, those little dumbbells are scarcely weight lifting. Women tend to pick these because they don’t want to bulk up, but that’s a mistake. As a trainer, I personally savor the moment when … Read more
Our gym closes at 4pm on Saturdays. I wish they closed at 6, because it’s often hard to get away from busy Saturday things to get there in time to workout before they close. This past Saturday in fact, while I had planned to arrive there around 3pm for a good hour workout to round … Read more
Take the Stairs – Two at a Time When it comes to fitness, it’s really beneficial to change things up now and then, otherwise our body adapts and tends to experience a decline in exercise benefit if we keep doing the same routines. The same principle applies to our mental and emotional selves as well: … Read more
Happy Over Perfect What’s the one thing that gets to you about trying to lose weight, get fit and look great? For me, it was the realization that, no matter what, even if I got to the perfect weight, spent every day doing just the right exercises and ate the best healthy food, I am … Read more
Muscles Means More than Mass A few years before I got into working out, I had convinced myself that the stereo typing of bodybuilders and guys who worked out a lot was true. In my head I labeled them as shallow, “meat heads” who looked great, sure, but who weren’t very bright. I had convinced myself that being ripped … Read more
Suffering from Post Workout Aches? Getting your full beast mode on during a workout is absolutely satisfying even though you know the full body soreness you’ll get the day after. But imagine doing your whole workout routine without feeling that your body is dying from post-workout soreness. Perfect, right? You can almost hear yourself saying: … Read more
By Ayn De Castro and LeAura Alderson Nature’s Very Own Little Sleep Pills As a kid, sleep was a perpetually frequent visitor. More often than not, sleep was even an unwelcomed guest. I remember countless of times where I struggled to stay awake because cool Aunt Aimee was spending the night, or cousin Debbie was arriving … Read more
