You often hear me talk about how one thing affects another with exercise and fitness programs. For instance, if you constantly exercise without warming up, then your chance of injury is enhanced, or if you don’t address nutrition, then your body will eventually break down if you continue to exercise. I can’t tell you how [...]
When it comes to nutrition we have all heard how important eating right is to our weight loss efforts. We know that in order to achieve significant results we must watch our caloric intake (by not eating to many or too few calories) we must watch our sugar intake, not skip meals, etc. All of [...]
Over my 16 years in fitness I have seen many different “theories” on how to burn body fat and lose weight. By far the most common way people try to achieve the body of their dreams is by cutting calories and doing cardio. They go for 45 minute runs, or jump on the elliptical for an [...]
I am writing you today to discuss a disturbing syndrome that is striking Georgia at an alarming rate. It is something that needs our attention ASAP. This syndrome, known as M-M Fitness Syndrome, has many symptoms including stubborn weight gain, lack of confidence, an intense aversion to bikinis, and decreased overall health. M-M Fitness Syndrome [...]
A couple of weeks ago I sent out an article to all my boot campers outlining the 11 things you MUST do if you are serious about achieving fat loss and attaining the body that you desire. I hope you took the time to read it! If not, dig it back up and read it [...]
A big thanks to Sanda Gane Spa here in West Cobb for providing BodyBack! Boot Camps with a spa day! I hear that the women had a great time getting pampered! You deserve it after all of your hard work in boot camp! Glad you all had fun! Here are some picts courtesy of Meredith! Thanks! [...]
A couple of weeks ago I sent out a list of my favorite breakfast recipes and I received a lot of requests to make a list of healthy snacks as well. These are the meals you eat between your main meals (b-fast, lunch, and dinner). These are extremely important meals and cannot be skipped. I [...]
Delicious (and healthy) Breakfast Ideas As most of you know, I teach that to optimize fat burning you must eat 5-6 smaller meals a day. These meals obviously begin with breakfast. Breakfast has been touted as the most important meal of the day and for good reason. Breakfast not only jump starts the metabolism for [...]
Please excuse me…for some reason I am in the mood to rant. This doesn’t happen often but when it does, watch out : ) I just need to get something off of my chest so here it goes… I began in this industry 16 years ago and let’s just say I have heard every excuse [...]
Want to annoy a fitness trainer? Repeatedly tell him or her you don’t have any time. Here I go again, gotta stop before I offend. Really though…it’s not so much that we get annoyed, it’s more out of frustration of knowing what we know, teaching, and seeing the consequences of the self sabotage of “not [...]
