Focus leads to results. Focusing on the muscles you are working, mind muscle connection, can lead to greater results. Fitness and healthy habits are a lifestyle and exercise should be a celebration of movement.   Focusing on the process is where to find the greatest change. If I want to run faster, going out and running as hard as I can every time isn't how I get there. (Sometimes less … [Read more...]

Fitness and healthy habits are a lifestyle. When it comes to exercise, sometimes too little is better than too much. Exercise isn't a punishment, instead exercise should be a celebration of movement.   If 30 minutes a day of moderate physical activity is healthy then is 60 minutes a day twice as good? Is 2 hours (120 minutes) a day 4 times as good? How do you know when you should you … [Read more...]

Fitness and healthy habits are a lifestyle. There are no good or bad foods. Feeding our bodies is about balance.   What does 'guilt free' even mean? Why should food induce guilt? Food, and exercise, aren't punishments or rewards. There are no good foods or bad foods. Diet culture elevates certain foods and demonizes others. It creates shame when we eat 'bad' foods, which only increases … [Read more...]

Fitness and healthy habits are a lifestyle. There is no such thing as perfection. Instead focus on progress, not perfection. Learn how focusing on progress can improve body perspective and put you on a path to success.   Have you ever looked into the mirror and not liked what you saw? The answer for a vast majority of people would be yes. Of course we all want instant results when … [Read more...]

Fitness and healthy habits are a lifestyle. Focus on getting stronger, not smaller. Start by setting exercise goals that aren't related to weight loss.   "You look great, did you lose weight" "Why do you need to exercise, you don't need to lose weight?" "You started exercising, what's your weight loss goal?" It's phrased in a multitude of ways, but the message is still the … [Read more...]