Late Night Eating – Do It!!!
As I sit here and type this, the time reads 11:06 PM. And you know what? I’m eating. *Gasp* What?? Eating after 7 PM?! Yes, I know, I’m breaking the rules. But frankly, that’s what I do. When rules don’t make sense to me, I simply choose not to follow them (unless, of course, those…
DIET… The 4-Letter Word
Diet, diet, and diet! How many times have you heard it? The answer to a sleek, toned physique is all in the diet. Well as it turns out, the answers to your questions about how to get and stay in shape are indeed found in the acronym, D.I.E.T. It’s pretty amazing actually when I looked…
The Best Diet Tip… EVER
Today’s post is going to be short, sweet and to the point. That said, it may be the most valuable piece of dietary advice that I could EVER give you. You see, last night around 8:30 PM while watching The Princess Bride with Katy (my all-time favorite movie) my appetite started acting up and I…
How To Burn It Off For Good
[headline_arial_small_left color=”#003366″]Take your cardio workout to a new level with HIIT[/headline_arial_small_left] Can you think of anything more torturous than spending an hour pedaling away on a bike or plodding along on the treadmill? You’re not alone. Most exercise enthusiasts dread conventional cardio – why? Because it’s b-o-r-i-n-g. So why do it at all? The goal…
Should You Exercise Today?
Whether you think about it or not, you are faced with this question every day. Will you find the time for a workout today, or will the busy-ness of the day leave you exhausted on the couch? Frankly, most people don’t have reasons. They have excuses. If you are like most then exercise doesn’t top…
Fat Burning Zone? Let’s Do The Math
I want you to do me a favor. I know you’re gonna hate it, but please do it anyway. I promise you it will make life so much simpler…make things so much clearer…and save us so much time in the coming months. I want you to go back to school with me for a minute,…
So What’s the Magic Bullet?
Why are some people fit and toned while others struggle with their weight? These fit people make it seem so easy to achieve and maintain results – what do they have that you don’t? It all boils down to one simple thing. The only thing standing between you and your perfect body is: motivation. Yes,…
How Important Is Nutrition?
You may wonder why I rant and rave about your eating habits in this newsletter so often. I mean, I’m a personal trainer – not the author of a dieting book. Why don’t I leave the diet talk for someone else and focus only on my true passion – exercise? (Well actually, I have written…
Rick Streb Explains Why Fad Diets Don’t Work
For more than 20 years the media has bombarded us with a perpetual diet craze. An avalanche of fad diets are announced one after another as breaking news while producing zero true results. Sure, you may lose 5, 10 or even 20 pounds on a fad diet…but you’ll gain it all back and then some.…
Resistence Training vs. Aerobics
Most people have only one thing on their mind when they join a gym or approach a personal trainer…fat-loss. With more than half of the adult population registering as overweight it is no wonder that fat loss is such a hot topic. It’s simple, really. We used to think that cardiovascular training was the quickest…
A Few Success Stories
