How Long Should You Rest Between Sets On Your Total Gym? How long should you rest between sets of exercises on your Total Gym is a great question. There might be as many answers to this question as there are personal trainers! In my 20 plus years of working with clients in…
Prepare Your Family For The End of Daylight Saving Time At 2 a.m. on Sunday, November 1, 2015, it’s time to once again turn back your clock to signify the end of Daylight Savings time. That means, practically, you’ll want to go to sleep on Saturday night, October 31st,…
It’s Not That Older Folks Need Less Sleep. It’s That We Get Less Sleep! Many older adults enjoy, like younger people do, about 20% of mind-restoring sleep. But deep sleep occurs less than 5% of the time as we grow older If you are in the group I’ll refer to as “active aging,” you…
Everything You’ve Every Wanted To Know About The Total Gym XLS Tired of big box gyms with choreographed classes or pricey personal trainers? It’s easy to take control of your fitness program and get in shape with the Total Gym XLS right at home. The XLS takes all the guesswork…
The Secret To Getting Six Pack Abs Fitness trainer and TV personality Rosalie Brown is back on Total Gym Pulse to show us her ab work challenge using The Total Gym. Today’s exercises includie the “boat pose” which gives a pilates or yoga type workout and the “jack knife” which…
Find The Internal Motivation To Get Back In Shape You’ve seen the workout motivation quotes to promote your fitness goals and give you inspiration to stick to your goals. If only these memes and motivational quotes worked. We know the dirty little secret, don’t we? They’re cute. We…
Breaking Down Your Diet Based on Your Goals: Professional trainers have to be educated in all aspects of fitness to provide the best outcome. A great workout routine WILL produce results, however, the correct diet accelerates your success! Everyone will have a different experience and approach for what works best.…
Using Your Total Gym To Ease A Sore Back As a therapist and trainer, I am amazed about how many individuals have low back pain. Even when the diagnosis is another body part or a person comes to work out and I ask about previous or current injuries, the response…
“Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.”- Einstein
We all have good intentions when we start exercising. We commit to working out three times a week, eating a healthier diet, and going for a hike with friends on the weekends.
The first week goes great. Most of us are sore because the only movement we’ve done in the last couple months is the move from the couch to the bed to the office chair. The next few weeks go by without any issue. Around the third week, the soreness has lessened, energy levels have increased, clothes are fitting a little looser, and people are starting to notice positive changes, both mentally and physically.
You think to yourself – I just need to maintain this consistent routine and the positive changes will continue. Results are happening. Life is good.
You are now 6 months into your healthier lifestyle. You miss a workout now and then but, for the most part, you’ve been getting your 3 workouts in every week. You lost weight and dropped a few inches around the waist. Sadly, when you step on the scale now, it seems to always be on the same number as the week prior. The compliments from family and friends have tailed off as well. You are working just as hard as you were in the beginning, but the strength gains and fat loss results have hit a wall.
This is a critical time for folks. Unfortunately, many get frustrated and revert back to their unhealthy lifestyle citing it’s too much work for such little progress. Others will continue to exercise but really just go through the motions and remain stuck in “plateau limbo.” The last group is the determined group. The mentally tough and focused group who will do whatever it takes to overcome this sticking point. The final group is the group that will find a solution to this all-too-common problem.
Wouldn’t you rather prevent a problem instead of spending time and effort managing one? Why “treat” a disease when you can avoid it in the first place?
It’s the same thing with stress. That’s right… Those who sell stress management and stress reduction tools, seminars and supplements may not like to hear this, but stress doesn’t have to ever disrupt your life if you are equipped with the tools to prevent it in the first place. Read on and get ready to live stress-free.
In the 25th Anniversary edition of my 1988 original, Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff P.S. It’s All Small Stuff, I point out that stress is a perspective on life.
Voltaire wisely noted, “Life is a shipwreck, but we must still sing in our lifeboats.”
But Michael, my life is crazy, my boss drives me nuts, the kids are always sick, I can never make it to the gym and our finances are stressing me out…I don’t even see a lifeboat!
When it comes to stress, there definitely is a lifeboat. You see, the Greek philosopher Epictetus was 100% right when he observed, “People aren’t disturbed by outside things and events, but by the views which they take of them.” There’s a lifeboat all right, and it’s right there behind your eyes, and between your ears.