Train for Life

Category: Motivation

  • Exercise to Reach Your 2015 Goals: Part 2

    Goal #2 Eating Healthier Recent research connects regular exercise to healthy diet choices.  However, you need to be aware of how many calories you burn during each exercise session and how many calories you consume after your workout. Oftentimes, people think they are burning more calories and justify consuming excess food, which interferes with their weight loss…

  • Exercise to Reach Your 2015 Goals: Part 1

    Goal #1 Losing Weight Exercise can facilitate a weight loss program, however you cannot neglect diet. Increase your cardiovascular activity to burn excess calories. Perform 150 minutes of light to moderate cardiovascular activity each week (30 minutes, 5 days per week) to start your aerobic program.  After 4 to 6 weeks, incorporate high intensity interval…

  • Monday Motivation

    Don’t let Turkey Day interfere with your fitness goals this week! Stay strong and power through your workouts! Monday – Work it! Tuesday – Work it! Wednesday – Work it! Thursday – CHEAT DAY Friday – Work it!

  • Monday Motivation

    Are you wondering how to achieve your fitness goals this holiday season? Follow these 3 simple steps: Eat better Move more Keep focus “How do I eat better?” Contact me for your free copy of my e-book, 5 Quick, Healthy Meals “What are the most effective exercises for my body type and goals?” Schedule a complimentary Fitness Assessment with me today!…

  • Motivation Monday

      What will you do to break out of your comfort zone this week? Try a Cycle class or join a Cross Fit team? Sign up for a Cooking class? Ask for that promotion, finally? Start a new job? Whatever it may be, do it!  Feel the magic! Breathe in the excitement! Live!

  • Motivation Monday

      What will be your fitness challenge this week? Add more weight to the bar? Increase cardio? Try a new class? Play a new sport? Get a gym membership? Do it! Do it now!

  • Weekend Workout!

    Do you want to get more out of your workout this weekend?  Do you want to enjoy your next sweat session? Turn up your favorite tunes! Recent  research performed by Matthew Stork at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario examined people’s perceptions of high-intensity interval training, and whether Stork and his colleagues could change their feelings about the difficulty of the…

  • Motivation Monday

    How will you add the BOSU to your workouts this week? Share your exercises!

  • Monday Motivation

    How will you “pass out” this week? Test your limits, push hard, and reach your max! Set a new PR – Add more plates to the bar? Crank the resistance knob another turn to the right, increasing gear? Run faster, decreasing 1-mile time record? Push harder and smoother through the 2000M race? Challenge yourself! Make your next workout hard but doable! 

  • Monday Motivation

    Have you made a mistake in your life? I have, many! Have you tried your very best at an assigned task, and still fail? I have! Do you feel like a failure? I do! S  T  O  P Do not allow your past mistakes and “failures” to disrupt you from reaching Success. I am repeatedly told, “You are your own worst enemy.” Starting today, I…