Functional Warm-up for Boot Camp or Training
Warming up has changed throughout the years. Back when I was in high school athletics we did a series of static stretches. You know the kind…the whole team spreads out in lines on the field and you bend over and reach for your toes while trying to keep your knees straight at the same time you count to 10 as a team then clap and move onto the next stretch. Most the time nobody was real serious about getting a good stretch, half the time someone would break wind and then the whole stretching session was blown because we would be laughing so hard. I’ll be honest we were...
read moreTo Compete or to Cooperate?
One week ago we launched the anagrual EXL Fitness Skinny Jeans Contest, a lifestyle transformation contest based on compliance. I’ve been genuinily surprised at the response. I think there is something in our DNA that responds to competition. Even if it’s just to improve oneself. It’s strange some people view competition as evil and advocate cooperation over competition, claiming competition always produces a loser and more is accomplished with cooperation. I disagree competition makes us better, it imbues a deep desire that drives us to explore our limits and to...
read moreWorking out on the Road
As most of you know I am an outdoor/adventure enthusiast. For some individuals working out is an end in and of itself. Which is fine because improved health and wellness are great reasons to workout. For me its a means with which to enjoy life more fully. What good is fitness if you can’t use it? And I prefer to use my fitness for fun whether it’s skiing off Mount Timpanogos, rock climbing the face of Angel’s Landing in Zion NP, or mountain biking the White Rim trail in Canyonlands NP. Fitness propels my activities and quite frankly my life. I am currently in...
read moreThe Healthy 10 Meal Plan
Typically around the beginning of the year, I get people I haven’t heard from in a long time calling me up wanting to get going again in the gym. Which is great. It’s great to catch up with old friends and it’s great to help assist them with their New Year’s resolutions, and exercise is typically one of the most common resolutions. I feel it is an honor that they are asking for my help. So they come in the gym for a quick fitness profile to evaluate their strength, flexibility, posture, balance and overall fitness level (most of them feel like I have them do the...
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