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Cardio•Nutrition and Eats•Planning and Programming

Fasted Cardio

Hello Warriors! I’ve had this post in my back pocket for a hot minute. The question of when to do cardio in relation to meals is one that I have been hearing a lot lately. So today, I’ve got a hot take on a...

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General Fitness•Planning and Programming

How to Choose a Personal Trainer

Howdy Warriors! A bit ago, I posted an “Ask Me Anything” question box in my Insta Stories. One of the questions I received asked how to choose a personal trainer. Amazing question. But one that deserves more time and attention to answer than what...

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Goals and Expectations

Howdy Warriors! Hope you are well. I want to chat today about something I run into a lot working with clients and students. There isn’t a trainer around (at least not one worth their hourly cost) who doesn’t ask about a client’s goals. But...

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Don’t Call Them Modifications

Welcome to February, Warriors! How are you doing? This is always an interesting time of year for those of us working in fitness centers and the like. Typically New Year’s motivation is still up, but the realities of meeting ambitious goals within the confines...

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Dimensions of Wellness•Planning and Programming

Measuring Progress with Dimensions of Wellness

How are you, Warrior? It’s the end of January and we are officially at the start of attrition season. As I mentioned at the beginning of the month, most wellness/exercise/nutrition based resolutions will be discontinued in the next month or so. There are a...

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Planning and Programming

The Exercise Dimmer Switch

Happy New Year, Warriors! If you are new around these parts, welcome, click around, learn about who I am, and check out some of the great resources I have. If you are a returning reader, thanks for joining me again in 2023 and you...

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General Fitness•Planning and Programming

Playing the Long Game

Happy December Warriors! I know most of us are in full end-of-the-year chaos mode. Holiday shopping, parties, juggling kid care and schedule interruptions. That doesn’t usually result in us making the choices we’d like. But since it won’t be long until New Year’s resolutions...

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General Fitness•Planning and Programming

Quality versus Quantity

What’s up Warriors? As an exercise physiologist and personal trainer I am constantly fielding questions about how much. Clients and students want to know the benchmarks that will make their program successful. But in focusing on how much, the critically important idea of quality...

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General Fitness•Planning and Programming

Setting Exercise Intentions

Hi Warriors! I’m not entirely sure what happened to August, but here we are firmly ensconsed in September. As we settle into our fall schedules and routines, I wanted to take some time and talk about doing something a bit different when planning workouts....

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