The Challenge of Weight Loss

The Challenge of Weight Loss

Without a doubt, it can sometimes feel like you’re climbing a mountain when trying to lose weight. As a personal trainer, I don’t very often focus on weight loss as such with my clients. The subject is generally handled so poorly in our culture, resulting in poor body...
Support with Apps 2023

Support with Apps 2023

Support: a Key To Wellness If I had to name one thing that can enhance progress and motivation in your pursuit of a healthy lifestyle, it is Support—actual, virtual, or both. From my vantage point as a personal trainer, I’m aware of many good on- line options readily...
So What’s With This CBD Stuff?

So What’s With This CBD Stuff?

Changing Times—the Scoop on CBD Although I’m not admitting to anything here, per se, its still sobering to admit to this knowledge: back when I was in high school, if marijuana was found in your possession, it meant jail time or at least an interaction with the law....
I’m Nuts About Walnuts!

I’m Nuts About Walnuts!

Reportedly, there are myriad good reasons to increase our consumption of walnuts. Who knew? Well, I didn’t until I read Dr. Andrew Weil’s blog (see below), and now I’m a believer! Dr. Weil enlightened me about the amazing health benefits that come with the common but...
TRX—A Game Changer!

TRX—A Game Changer!

Want to change up your workouts? Why not give TRX a try? Way back in 1997, Navy Seal Randy Hetrick was stationed in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War. While serving there, he was determined to maintain his workout schedule. With his ingenuity, he devised a system...
Living Your Best Life In Covid Times

Living Your Best Life In Covid Times

I’m wondering how everyone is doing out there. Experiences certainly vary, but we have all lived with the pandemic for going on three years. And Covid still has a grip on the way we are living going forward. Asking friends “Have you done a Rapid Test?” has...
WHY LEADERS NEED MEDITATION

WHY LEADERS NEED MEDITATION

WHY LEADERS NEED MEDITATION AND OH YEAH THAT MEANS ALL OF US One of the gifts of technology is the quick spreading of news and information. One of the curses of technology is the quick spreading of news and information. One of the impacts of quick spreading of news...
WHAT TO DO WHEN OVERWHELMED AT WORK

WHAT TO DO WHEN OVERWHELMED AT WORK

So many of us have gone through work transitions during Covid. And many work environments have done the same, shifted in location so people can work from home, or change hours and work loads. Some of this has been good. But what happened if you find yourself in a work...
DOOMSCROLLING

DOOMSCROLLING

Webster’s Dictionary defines Doomscrolling: Doomscrolling and doomsurfing are new terms referring to the tendency to continue to surf or scroll through bad news, even though that news is saddening, disheartening, or depressing. Many people are finding themselves...
FUN & NUTRITIOUS SUMMER FOODS

FUN & NUTRITIOUS SUMMER FOODS

Hey Summer – Thanks for showing up. Being outside and all the festivity that it brings, especially as we come out of the Covid hibernation. So summer is a blast, and for some of us best to stay cool & watch the overheating. 1. Try to exercise early in the...
SUPPORT RULES

SUPPORT RULES

What Can You Expect From A Personal Trainer? Hey there, campers! It’s nice to check in with you. Covid & the state of the union got you down? Well, here is my thought, and yes maybe it seems quick, but it could be the answer. Support, support & more support....
What Chair Do You Sit In The Most?

What Chair Do You Sit In The Most?

Still Sitting? Well Stop. Think about it for a minute. What chair or piece of furniture is the one you spend the most time on or in? What is your most favorite piece of furniture? And are you a proverbial “Couch Potato”? We can all agree, exercise is a wonderful thing...
The Power of No

The Power of No

How Saying “No” Can Energize Your Quest For Fitness When I’m working with people who want to reach a higher fitness level, my coaching skills sometimes come into play. What motivates a person to commit themselves to eating differently and/or challenging their body?...
The King of Exercises

The King of Exercises

The One Fitness Move That Can Keep You Fabulous I seem to be annoyingly known for asking people to do squats as part of their fitness regimen. (Well, I mean my clients are sometimes annoyed, not me!) But bear with me; there is a reason that The Squat has been called...
Stay Fit and Love Someone Too

Stay Fit and Love Someone Too

The Dog Explosion: Maybe the Easiest Way to Stay Fit, Ever! How Many Rescues Happened During Covid? According to one article in the New York Times this spring, there were almost 300,000 dogs adopted in the US in 2020 during the height of the pandemic. Perhaps one of...
The #1 Gift of Covid

The #1 Gift of Covid

How, you might ask, after all the death and disruption, could there even be a Covid “gift”? A fair question, and the answer might be difficult to accept. But here goes … As we endeavor to move through this incredible chapter in our lives, the chapter titled “Covid...
Do Blue Light Glasses Really Help With Eye Strain?

Do Blue Light Glasses Really Help With Eye Strain?

With all of our increased reliance during the pandemic on screens—TV/computer/cell phone—there is understandably a lot of talk about how to protect our eyes from so much staring at such devices. Included in these conversations is something called “Blue Light Glasses,”...
Hints For Getting Back On Track

Hints For Getting Back On Track

It’s a good bet that the pandemic derailed your fitness regimen—and goals. Perhaps you should take comfort in the fact that you are by no means alone. Masking up/ hunkering down for months on end was very difficult and disruptive for the majority of us. Doctors now...
Electric Toothbrush or Not?

Electric Toothbrush or Not?

Electric Toothbrushes—Are They Superior? As we head into 2021 with better days promised in the future, Covid is still the backdrop to our lives and continues to affect just about everything we do. For more than a year, our energies have been focused—of necessity—on...
How True Change Happens

How True Change Happens

This is something I hear a lot in my practice, and maybe it resonates with you in your own journey: “I know what I’m supposed to do. But I don’t do it.” That statement can apply to any action you may want to undertake and/or a behavior or thought pattern you may want...
Unplug and Re-Engage

Unplug and Re-Engage

Hey, you out there! You on your iPhone/iPad/internet! Oh, yes, I realize you are reading this because I’ve sent it to your email inbox. And I acknowledge that since I’m talking about less internet connection the irony abounds! But bear with me; there’s a method to my...
Welcome To 2021—No Buts (Butts) About It!

Welcome To 2021—No Buts (Butts) About It!

Let’s begin with a heartening thought: if you are reading this newsletter, you have survived The Year That Was! In this especially welcome of new years, health and wellness are still—no surprise—major topics. So let’s kick things off a with “really” important health...
FITNESS, TURKEY, COVID, and THE SECRET

FITNESS, TURKEY, COVID, and THE SECRET

Most of us are about to indulge in our national day of thanks, known as “Thanksgiving.” That could very well mean an approximately 4500-calorie food coma for some, and for most of us the first of the upcoming holiday trifecta with Christmas and New Years also to...
Why Does My Back Hurt?

Why Does My Back Hurt?

Back pain is a very common complaint, especially among adults. Solutions to it vary, depending on the source. In many cases, lower-back pain is the result of injury. These can include muscle strain, sprains, or spasms due to sudden movements or poor body mechanics...
Is Intermittent Fasting For You?

Is Intermittent Fasting For You?

Intermittent fasting is a fat-burning strategy that switches between fasting and eating on a regular schedule. It’s all about when you eat. For clarity, this is Healthline’s definition: “Intermittent fasting (IF) is an eating pattern that cycles between periods of...
Weighing In On Electric and Motorized Bicycles

Weighing In On Electric and Motorized Bicycles

One of the main reasons I have actually been thriving during the Covid pandemic is that my bicycle and I have become true friends. I remind myself constantly how incredibly fortunate I am to live in this beautiful place. Out here miles of bike trails throughout the...
An Invitation That Could Change The Rest of 2020

An Invitation That Could Change The Rest of 2020

Greetings, Fellow Quarantiners! Well, if you’re reading this newsletter it means you’ve made it to the fall! So far 2020 has been a very tough year for us all, but here we are. So congratulations and yahoo and onward! It’s no secret—and I think I can speak for all of...
Clean Room, Clear Mind

Clean Room, Clear Mind

During this time of pandemic, many people have been asked to be in their spaces, homes, environments waaaay more than usual. And for far longer than they want! But one of the positive by-products this quarantining seems have spawned is that people are organizing and...
The Face of Fitness for the Foreseeable Future

The Face of Fitness for the Foreseeable Future

I hope this finds you well and safe. Never have so many people expressed sentiments similar to mine and actually fervently meant them. There have been so many changes and sacrifices necessitated by the Covid-19 pandemic; of all of these, protecting one’s health has...
Taking What Works into the Next Chapter

Taking What Works into the Next Chapter

SO as I gratefully landed from my second trip to an Ayurvedic health clinic in southeastern India, and ended up feet first, in a pandemic. Like a lot of us who have never lived through anything like this, it tipped me over for a bit. While being tipped, I have thought...
Are you Sick of the News?

Are you Sick of the News?

I’m employed at a gym, where five televisions are on constantly. Because the gym also pumps out music for the clients’ workouts, the TVs are on closed caption only. This for me is a mercy. While I’m working with people who are exercising, I rarely have my eye on the...
How to Really Change

How to Really Change

Ways To Make Meaningful Change In Your Life So here we go, another seasonal shift in New England. Autumn presents another opportunity to reflect on and reevaluate what’s been working in your life and what could use an overhaul … or at least a tweak. First thing to do...