Being healthy doesn’t have to mean hardcore workouts and strict diets. While these activities can help you lose weight and gain muscle quickly, they may be difficult to maintain in the long term. Instead, try to adopt daily healthy habits that you can incorporate into your everyday life. These are much easier to keep up, and they will still have...
The fascia is connective tissue that looks like a web structure. It keeps the organs, muscles and stabilizes everything inside the body. When you have tightness in the body you most likely will have tight fascia not just muscle. When the fascia is tight it can lead to injury or sub-maximal performance. Self-myofascial release also may loosen up adhesions in...
Most of us must wake up in the morning and we require an alarm clock to get up. Since I was a child I always used an alarm clock that used noise to wake me up and this would always jar me awake in an unpleasant manner. In my 30s I tried using alarm apps that slowly made the alarm...
The days of standard body building workouts are over. Many people are starting to focus on strength training as the foundation of their wellness program. When I went to school for personal training I learned the value of building strength not just size. Some of my classmates were obsessed with building size focused on one muscle group each day for...
Many of us take a daily multivitamin and we think that they’re good for us and will improve our health but is this true are multivitamins healthy? There is limited research on the subject but some people seem to think that taking one may not be good for our health. I have many of my clients ask me about multivitamins....
About a week ago I picked up the Apple watch 4 and sent in my Apple watch 3 for a trade in value. I was pumped to get the new watch because of the bigger screen and the more advanced heart rate monitor. I used the Apple watch 3 daily to track my runs, daily activity, sleep and weight training...
Apples happen to be my favorite fruit. They’re easy to take with me where ever I go and make a wonderful healthy snack. As a personal trainer, a lot of my clients struggle with hunger during the day and snack on unhealthy foods at the office. I recommend that they bring some fruit with them to snack on so they...
The supplement industry is huge bringing in billions of dollars a year but are these supplements good for us? I have turned my sights on a fish oil. There have been recent studies that have shown that fish oil may lead to cancer and doesn’t improve heart health. If you do an internet search about fish oil you will find...
How to get better sleep. Getting a good night sleep is the single most important thing you can do for your health. Lack of sleep is linked to an increase in almost every major disease. If you skip on sleep you will see a shorter life and your quality of life will suffer from lack of sleep. Poor sleep leads...
It is said that in order to lose weight, one must eat less and exercise more. It’s true that exercise burns some serious calories and can greatly help you in your weight loss journey; however, this doesn’t mean you can’t lose weight without exercising. If you don’t like to exercise and still want to lose weight, it is totally fine....
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