Exercise January 2012 Archive

Last week, I blogged about the idea of incorporating core work into traditional strength training exercises, namely with pushups and pikes on the ball. Because I'm on a core ... Read More

I was listening to a local radio station recently and the host mentioned a survey suggesting that most of us will abandon our New Year's Resolutions by January 9. ... Read More

"My body is here, but my mind is actually still asleep in bed," one client said to me on a particularly cold, dark morning. She proceeded to prove it ... Read More

When we start losing weight, we often imagine exciting things lying ahead. There will be weight loss, of course, but we also imagine our shiny new bodies. Perfectly ... Read More

We're really into core training, if the latest fitness trends are any indication, and one of my favorite ways to work the core is to incorporate it into traditional strength ... Read More

If you were giving someone else advice about losing weight, what's the first thing you would tell them? A lot of us would say something about changing his or ... Read More

How tense are you right now? If your shoulders are somewhere up near the ceiling, your teeth are clenched and you feel a dull, grinding headache coming on, you ... Read More

We know that weight loss, done right, is a slow process. Yet, that doesn't stop that nagging feeling that we should be getting more out of all our hard ... Read More

The medicine ball is often a neglected piece of equipment, but can be a powerful one for injecting something a little more dynamic into your workouts. The Medicine Ball Squat and ... Read More

How much time do you spend punishing yourself for making bad exercise and diet choices? If you're like most of us, a lot. There are so many ways ... Read More

The only way to get through a long cold winter is to spend most of it somewhere tropical. Or, as more than one of my clients have suggested, drunk. Since ... Read More

If someone suggested you might actually gain weight when starting an exercise program, what would you do? Scream? Cry? Quit? All of the above? Unfortunately, temporary weight ... Read More

There are all kinds of squats out there, but the goblet squat is one of my favorites. This is an especially great move if you find it difficult to ... Read More

As we get further from the holidays and deeper into winter, a couple of things often happen. First, that motivation to exercise, lose weight and cleanse ourselves of all ... Read More

A client was discussing her weight loss goals recently and posed a difficult question: "So, I start off all gung-ho to lose weight. I get on my treadmill ... Read More

Weight loss is a complicated thing and, if you've ever been through it, you know that there are often questions that are hard to answer and obstacles that stand in ... Read More

If you've already gotten started on (or gotten back to) your workouts, now is a good time to deal with some of the logistics of working out. It seems ... Read More

In yesterday's blog post, I offered you a challenge before getting started with your New Year's Resolutions. If you took the challenge, maybe you're still thinking about what you ... Read More