When it comes to nutrition and fat loss there are plenty of diet plans, pills, and myths to go around. They range from the ridiculous to downright weird. Believe it or not, there is actually a tape worm diet…and yes, it’s exactly what you think. As a fitness and nutrition professional it is my job [...]
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 [...]
On April 17th, Big Peach Running Co, in Kennesaw-Ridenour, hosted BodyBack! Boot Camps for a fun filled event which included my informative Synergy presentation, Big Peach’s Fit-Process Seminar and Boot Camp! To begin, we learned that Synergy is achieved when you combine resistance training, moderate cardio, and supportive nutrition all at the same time. When synergy is [...]
As you know spring break is next week and for many, that means more vacations, bad eating, and less boot camp : ( When spring break rolls around I often get questions from clients about what type of exercise they should do while they are away. Well, there are two different answers to that questions [...]
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 [...]
What is the most vital element to humans on earth? Yep, you guessed it…oxygen. Our body’s cells require oxygen to function. You probably already knew that, right? The thing is, however, that most of you are probably not getting enough oxygen in your lives. What do I mean? Well, for starters, you people are shallow [...]