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Setting Intentions – Not resolutions

It’s January. If you’re like most people, you indulged over the holidays, made excuses for the indulging & excuses for not exercising, and now, feel a little tired, a lot bloated, and generally unimpressed with your actions of the previous month. So what to do…make a New Years Resolution? No. I’m [...]

January 29th, 2011
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Stop making excuses.

1. “I’m too tired.”
Prepare for your workouts by getting seven to eight hours of sleep the night before and properly fueling your body with lots of water (throughout the day, as well as during and after your training session) and clean eating.
Make it easier on yourself by following your internal body clock. Do you get [...]

August 30th, 2009
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Investing in your Health

As a Personal Trainer, every time I go out – whether it’s the mall, the beach, or just wandering around my beautiful city – I see lots of people who invest, and talk about investing…in pretty much everything except their health. Media, and therefore society, has somehow overlooked this factor when promoting consumerism. The messages [...]

August 20th, 2009
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Cause and Effect

Cause and Effect refers to the philosophical concept of causality, which denotes a necessary relationship between one event (the cause), and another event (the effect), which is the direct consequence of the first. This two event type of causality is known as accidental causality. Another type, essential causality, has one event seen in two ways.
Aristotle [...]

August 20th, 2009
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Developing Discipline

Developing discipline is essential to achieving your goals, no matter what they may be. You will need self-control. The more you do it the better you will get at it.
1. First start with what it is you want to do or stop doing. Some examples would be: eating better, exercising, and stop smoking.
2. Find out [...]

August 20th, 2009
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