Over the years a number of different diets have come and gone, but through Atkins, The Zone, South Beach and many others one thing seems to remain consistent, be cautious of how many carbohydrates you consume. This is reasonably good advice and yet over simplified. For most of us the only reason that carbohydrate consumption ever becomes a problem is for these two reasons: 1) The … [Read more...]
Stay On Track With a Success Chart
I am going to share with you one of our absolutely most powerful training tools we use with all of our clients at One-to-1 Fitness. This one tool will take up less than 5 seconds of your time on a daily basis and I guarantee you will have an incredibly dramatic impact on your success. Aptly named we call it a Success Chart. If you have a current calendar handy than I you already have a simplified … [Read more...]
The Horrible Truth About Your Christmas Party
Christmas is just around the corner, a joyous time of year filled with family, friends, gifts and many social events. As a personal trainer I’ve always emphasized to my clients that this is a time of year to spend with family, to enjoy the holidays and even indulge in many of the fine tasting things that circulate offices and homes alike. This may seem a strange recommendation, however I don’t … [Read more...]
The Freakiest Holiday of the Year
The freakiest holiday of the year is only but days away. In an effort to gather some interesting information about the holiday I came across a frightening fact. In 2004 a census study of our southern cousins produced a scary piece of information. The average American consumed 25 lbs of candy a year with the majority consumed around Halloween. Whether we like to admit it or not our habits are not … [Read more...]
Cumulative Effect
The key to success at just about anything in life is consistency. You do just about anything often enough you are either going to get better at it or achieve the desired result. This is very much one of the core values of exercise and nutrition to reach any goal. For example let’s take weight loss. A common misconception amongst those trying to achieve substantial weight loss is the idea of … [Read more...]
4 Ways to Battle Cravings
If there's one thing that many people struggle with when they're on their fat loss diet plan it's cravings. In most cases, sticking with a healthy diet really isn't that difficult, that is, until hunger sets in. As soon as the hunger daemon rears its ugly head however, maintaining your diet seems to fly right out the window. Your cravings get stronger than ever and with your stomach is … [Read more...]
Perimeter Shopping
If you want to make improved health and weight loss simple and automatic it is as simple as shopping the outside perimeter of the grocery store. In most grocery stores the most perishable items are kept on the perimeter. Because they have the shortest shelf life and need to be replaced the most often this improves the efficiency of the store by keeping them in the most accessible locations. If … [Read more...]
Another Notch on the Belt…
The waist girth measure is a commonly used basic health assessment used to indicate risk factors for many health related issues. Some of the health related issues in which waist circumference may be an indicator for are: High blood pressure, High blood cholesterol level, Low HDL cholesterol, High blood fats (TG), and metabolic syndrome(defined by Wikipedia as a combination of medical disorders … [Read more...]
Gross Fat Loss Video You Have to See
Today I went on a little field trip. This has everything to do with why you should exercise and the dangers of the obesity trend in North America. … [Read more...]
Deciphering Antioxidant Juices
It seems like everyone out there has another antioxidant or miracle juice that will solve all your problems- and all are willing to tell you why theirs is the best. It can be very confusing, trying to research all these different product and establish which ones are good for you, and which ones are overpriced and heavily marketed fruit juices. There are a few key things to look at when you are … [Read more...]
