New dads, congrats on your new bundle of joy. If it it hasn’t already, your life is about to change forever in almost every way. The two most precious resources you’ll be missing is time and sleep. But just because you don’t have time to yourself or energy to do anything doesn’t mean there isn’t a way to get your [...]
January 23, 2013 by 1 Comment
How New Dads Can Find Time for Workouts When There’s a Newborn in the House
September 25, 2012 by 3 Comments
How I Dropped 8lbs in 1 Month and Kept It Off to Tell About It
Have you heard of the old saying ‘The shoemaker’s children go barefoot’? Meaning that the cobbler spends all his time and talents on his customers rather than on making and repairing shoes for his own children. And that describes me. I dedicate a lot of time and energy to my clients, ensuring they are meeting [...]
January 19, 2011 by 2 Comments
If I’m Not Losing Weight, Am I Still Making Progress?
Just the other day someone asked me, If I’m not losing weight, am I still making progress? Short answer is, of course you are! That’s only if you made enough changes in your diet and exercise regiment to facilitated that progress. But this is a loaded question, and it also got me thinking about how [...]
September 29, 2010 by Leave a Comment
How to Make Your Cardio Sessions More Enjoyable
I noticed a recurring theme with some of my past and current clients: most people hate doing cardio. It’s not just me, but other trainers have mentioned the same thing. Motivating clients to do cardio is probably one of the most challenging things, next to enforcing proper nutritional regiment. But there are a few things [...]
August 18, 2010 by 1 Comment
Keeping My Personal Training Skills and Fitness Knowledge up-to-date at Can-Fit-Pro Expo 2010
Every year near the end of the summer fitness professionals, enthusiasts and consumers convene at Can-Fit-Pro Conference and Trade Show, Canada’s largest fitness conference. I attended this year to expand on my personal training skills, fitness knowledge and seek out new fitness gear. I’ve spend about 90% of my time attending various sessions covering everything from [...]
July 28, 2010 by 3 Comments
3 Big Fitness Trends Explained: HIIT, Tabata and CrossFit
Unless you’ve been living under the rock for the past couple of years then you have probably heard of HIIT, Tabita and CrossFit. Although each training methodology hasn’t hit the mainstream fully, but the components of each are evident in bootcamps that everyone runs these days and in workout videos such as P90X. So, what [...]
July 19, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Burn More Calories With a Heart Rate Monitor
In the past couple of weeks I conducted a mini experiment. I wanted to see if wearing a heart rate (HR) monitor burns more calories. The HR monitor won’t burn calories on your behalf, but rather help you stay within your target heart rate (easier than doing it manually). I wanted to compare this to [...]
June 20, 2010 by 2 Comments
Mass Building Program Week 3 Update
This update is a little late this week, but I do have to let you know that I need to halt the trial of the mass building program. For one reason and only ONE reason, I am stopping it because my performance is suffering on the football field. I play in a Touch Football League [...]
June 2, 2010 by 6 Comments
20 Creative Ads to Inspire You to Get Fit
One of the things I love about the fitness industry, is that there are so many things you can do with marketing and advertising ‘health and fitness’ products and services. Today I came across really creative ads that will inspire you to get fit. Some are thought provoking, some are hilarious and one actually makes [...]
May 27, 2010 by 41 Comments
Top Fitness Gurus on YouTube You Should Subscribe to. [updated Dec 15, 2012]
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If you’re bored of your current routine, or not producing results, or simply need an injection of motivation here’s an awesome list of fitness gurus on YouTube you should subscribe to. As a personal trainer myself, it is imperative for me to keep my skills updated and stay on top of new techniques, industry trends and all [...]
