Use Total Body Exercises

In my High Intensity Training class you have to squat.  There’s a bodyweight squat; back squat; front squat; overhead squat; squat-kabobs, squat creole, squat gumbo. Pan fried, deep fried, stir-fried. There’s pineapple squat, lemon squat, coconut squat, pepper squat…. So, don’t like to squat? The point is…get over it. But here’s why.  By incorporating exercises […]

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HIIT The Road

I’m often asked about fat loss.  Literally, several dozen times a day. I’m quizzed about magical foods, starving oneself, the best supplements, drugs and surgeries and marathon sessions on the treadmill. Now I agree there are many factors that could come into play when one attempts to drop weight or body fat.  Your daily nutrition, […]

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Gym Experiment

Have you ever walked into a gym and were blinded by the assortment of lights, screens, beeps and contraptions?  If you’re like me you gotta go try the whole lot; push every button and move every lever.  It’s like you’re a mad scientist and this is your lab. Mwuhahahahaha! Quite possibly this is not so […]

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Five Fingers – Going Barefootish

Have you noticed everyone wearing those funky toe-shoes lately? The “shoes” made by Vibram, known as “Five Fingers” or “VFF’s” are the premiere brand in a new trend in minimalist footwear.  First embraced by the running community as the perfect combination of freedom and security, running in FiveFingers  provides you all of the biomechanical and […]

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My New Favorite Core Exercise

I have a favorite new core exercise and wanted to share its incredible benefits with the masses.  It’s called a Turkish Get-Up. What the h*ll is a Turkish Get-Up you ask? The Turkish Get-Up (TGU) is a functional strength movement and mechanically correct method of coming from a lying position on the floor to standing […]

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Failure & Frustration

I’ve had many clients utterly fail when presented with a challenging workout.  I’ve seen them get dizzy, nauseous, and even really angry with me.  “I can’t do this”, or “you believe in me more that I do”, is often stated.  They are frustrated. But I’m here to say that failure and frustration isn’t bad and […]

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