The title of this blog post isn't 100% accurate, so stop stretching your hamstrings while you're reading this. There are a lot of other things that go into whether or not you get results (nutrition, sleep, actually lifting HARD, etc). Your warm up is crucial, very crucial, to the extensive workout you are about to get into. There are trainers out there that can tell how serious individuals are about working out, based on what their warm up looks like. What does your warm up look like? Do you bend over and touch your toes, bouncing up and down and then try to grab your foot for a quad stretch or are you the type that hops on a treadmill or bike for 5 minutes gets warmed up? Or, are you in the
If I had a penny for every person that I met who wanted to tell me about how they are about to embark on their fitness journey or how they "need to get back in the gym", I would be a rich woman! What is considered in shape, anyway? Everyone has their own definition. These individuals might be brand new to fitness, they might be coming back from an injury, and/or they might have simply fallen off the wagon and are hopping back on. No matter the background, I meet these individuals and offer my assistance. I am a trainer. My job is to help people get on track and stay there. More often than not, the response to my offer is “Give me a few weeks to just get back on the right track” or “let me bu
This blog post is a brief overview of what you should know about your body, to get the body you want. What to eat, how to workout and why!
