17 hours agoMember-onlyThe Most Important Factor in an Exercise Program Is…Whenever I talk to people about their exercise routines, inevitably, they tell me what exercises they are doing. What most people don’t realize is that exercise selection is actually only the fourth most important variable in exercise program design. What? The actual exercises are not that important in an exercise…Exercise5 min readExercise5 min read
2 days agoMember-onlyHow Santha Dropped 8 Dress Sizes, Got Rid of Lower Back Pain and Improved SleepRemember Santha? She won our client of the year award for 2017. And we did a quick blurb about her in that article, but today is all about her: How she went from a size 10, to a size 2, and lost 28 pounds of fat (she also gained a…Body Transformation7 min readBody Transformation7 min read
4 days agoMember-onlyWeight Gain After Hysterectomy? 5 Ways to Lose Weight After a HysterectomyYou went through a hysterectomy, and you gained weight. Suddenly your clothes no longer fit, your energy levels are down, and you don’t like how you look in the mirror. And the frustrating thing is that this happened without any changes in your exercise or nutrition patterns. Well, my friend…Hysterectomy8 min readHysterectomy8 min read
5 days agoMember-onlyAntioxidants with Exercise: Should You Take Them?Antioxidants are good for you. Right? Well yes, however there are a lot of “buts” when it comes to taking antioxidants with exercise. You heard that free radicals (molecules that are missing an electron) go “out” in the body to find their missing electron. And in the process, they damage…Antioxidants4 min readAntioxidants4 min read
6 days agoMember-onlyKnowledge of Pain Can Change Your PainI recently finished reading a book called Therapeutic Neuroscience Education. And although it’s dense and technical (it’s meant for the practitioner, not for the general public), the information in it is valuable for the general public, especially those in pain. Why? …Pain5 min readPain5 min read
May 21Member-onlyBootcamps vs. Personal Training: What’s Better?Bootcamps, or personal training — what should you do? That’s what was asked of me by someone who has done both, and she wants to know both the upsides and downsides of both. So that’s what this article is about. However, my bias should be stated up front: I run…Personal Training6 min readPersonal Training6 min read
May 20Member-onlyThe (Un)surprising Truth About Why We Get FatIt’s carbs! No. It’s fat! No. It’s sugar! No. It’s a sedentary lifestyle. You name it, and it’s been blamed for the obesity epidemic. And entire diets have been devised, and followed in order to identify and solve the cause of obesity. Unfortunately, we, as a population are as obese…Obesity6 min readObesity6 min read
May 19Member-onlyThe Keto Diet: Safety, Effect on Weight, Blood Sugar, and Athletic PerformanceThese days, I can’t give a seminar, or host a Facebook live session without someone asking me about the Keto diet. And I get this question all around, from the corporate folks that I lecture, to my talks at the naturopathic college, and personal training conferences. …Keto11 min readKeto11 min read
May 18Member-onlyExposed: Nutritional Multi Level Marketing CompaniesI get approached by A LOT of what I call “MLMers” (that’s multi-level marketers). Probably over 100 per year. Times nearly 10 years, so that’s a lot of annoying MLMers. Although they’re very touchy about being called “MLMers.” They prefer the term “network marketers.” MLM has a bad name, but…Multilevel Marketing7 min readMultilevel Marketing7 min read
May 17Member-onlyHow Ivan Lost 14 Pounds, and Stopped Snoring Like a TrainMeet Ivan. He’s a long-time client of ours (4 years and counting), and a superstar, so today we’re featuring his story: How he lost 14 pounds How he improved his sleep What he’s tried before he started working with us Why his workouts in the gym were going nowhere If…Body Transformation5 min readBody Transformation5 min read