Vacation Workouts Revisited
As some of you may know, I have recently taken a vacation to both Budapest and Rome. I was traveling for 10 days, and it was an incredible experience. Between all the sightseeing, delicious food, and time away from work, it was a trip to remember. I have to admit, this was my first “adult,”…
Read MoreBe Your Own Transformation Picture
Interested in losing weight? Maybe just maintaining your current weight? Or, maybe it’s improving your overall health and eating better? The reality is that most of us are. And we don’t have to look very far either for advice, solutions, diets, fads, must have foods, supplements, equipment and more. Ok . . . but the…
Read MoreStress Management: Are You Stressed?
Are you stressed and need to work on stress management? Just about everyone seems to be stressed these days. If you can’t tell, read this article to see if your stress might be affecting your overall health. If you are a person who struggles with stress and find it to be inhibiting your life at…
Read MoreFind a Fitness Friend: Maintaining Motivation
It’s a beautiful day outside. It’s finally warm. The sun is shining. You really should go for that nice long walk you’ve been thinking about but things keep coming up to do around the house. But then you see your neighbor walk by your home and run out to join them. You finally get that…
Read MorePre- and Probiotics. Are they worth taking?
I’ve read and heard a lot about both pre- and probiotics in the medical literature and among my own patients. I recommend probiotics for patients while they are on antibiotics to prevent any associated diarrhea, and medical literature supports that practice. But what about other uses? What is a prebiotic? What’s a probiotic? What are…
Read MoreAhi Tuna Watermelon Summer Salad
Get ready for summer with this delicious and seasonal summer recipe! Juicy watermelon and soy-marinated Ahi tuna with cucumbers make a delicious, light, summer salad appetizer or first course when you need a dish to impress!
Read MoreCan Decluttering Really Make You Feel Better?
The spring season always brings a fresh start. Flowers popping up, spring cleaning, shedding the winter blues – the season is filled with inspiration for change. Between the spring weather and a book I just finished (Outer Order, Inner Calm by Gretchen Rubin), I’ve been thinking a lot about the way that peoples’ headspace can…
Read MoreTrainer Spotlight: Tony Salerno
When I was 4 years old my father and I started taking karate together in a nearby town. I learned a lot about developing strength and staying consistent with working out from this at a very young age. Throughout grade school, I participated in all the sports my town had to offer. And although we…
Read MoreSymptoms of Stress: Are You Secretly Stressed?
Stress is so normalized in today’s society that it seems we have almost forgotten what it is like to not be stressed. There is such a culture of overworking and pushing ourselves, even to the point where it is praised. This makes us forget that being stressed is not actually a state in which our…
Read MorePFP Trainer Spotlight: Sandor Koppányi
I got into fitness when I was in 8th grade and couldn’t do a pull-up in my gym class. I found it extremely frustrating and found myself working towards doing a couple until the end of the year where I could string together 8 pull-ups in a row. I love personal training because I am…
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