Red Deer Personal Trainer Talks: Motivation

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Motivation and inspiration are tough ones for us all. I am sure there is not a single person that doesn’t wish they could call forth the feeling of being super motivated or inspired on command. Yet when we think of great leaders, both present and historical, or even top performers it seems they are perpetually motivated to succeed. I’m sure you and I, we’ve both wondered just how these … [Read more...]

Are You Suffering From Metabolic Rust?

Red Deer Personal Trainer Rust

In my last column I began to discuss the concept of Metabolic Typing. The premise being that even though we are all generally the same we are all uniquely different. An example, around the home or in the office, within family or friends, you see unique differences in their bodies that may make you curious for an explanation. Take the common cold for example; some people hardly feel the ill effects … [Read more...]

Why do you work out?

Red Deer Personal Trainer Trevor Day

I purposely never watch or listen to the news, it’s always so negative, they should just call it the six o’clock edition of bad news. When it comes to people and health it’s always how bad people are feeling, how many more trips they make to the doctor, how this disease or that disease is increasing or causing more deaths. I bet you workout and eat healthy because you know that it … [Read more...]

Losing Weight After a Pregnancy

Red Deer Personal Trainer Maranda Lessard-Kerr

Over the years we’ve had many moms both expecting and post pregnancy worried about losing the baby weight and regaining the body they once had before giving birth to the love of their  life. For many women this can be a real struggle, and the truth is that has a lot to do with the lifestyle of the mother to be while she is pregnant. As the fetus grows and matures the metabolic needs of now … [Read more...]

One-to-1 Fitness Reaching For Over 19,000ft.

My mother always said I should aim high and reach for new heights; this might not have been what she had in mind...  It`s hard to believe that in just six weeks from now I will leave everything familiar behind and embark on what will undoubtedly be one of the greatest adventures I`ve ever experienced. I will travel half way around the world, I will truly been an outsider, if that alone isn`t … [Read more...]