Deb Brown, NSCA Certified Personal Trainer and Certified Wellness Coach One of the best gifts you can give your kids is the gift of a healthy lifestyle. This includes healthy eating habits, staying active, and trying new activities. It also means providing space and unstructured time to let kids be kids. The most important thing …
By Deb Brown, NSCA-cpt, cwc, cns As we head into February, many people find their motivation to keep their New Year’s resolutions failing. We always encourage our clients to work on healthy habits and behaviors rather than making resolutions. Working on a healthy habit is a longer term proposition; one that requires thought, planning and …
Deb Brown, NSCA Certified Personal Trainer and Certified Wellness Coach It’s wonderful when you can make fitness an ongoing and important priority in your life. As the months (and years) go by, you may find you get tired and burnt out on your fitness routine. Below are the top ten ways to avoid getting burnt …
Deb Brown, NSCA Certified Personal Trainer and Certified Wellness Coach As we head toward the New Year, many people start to think about changing or improving their lives. January 1st starts a clean slate for us all and it is a great time for introspection and motivation. How do you want to be different in …
Dave Brown, NSCA Certified Personal Trainer, NASM Corrective Exercise Specialist I recently returned from our annual Dad/Girls trip. These are annual trips I take with just my daughters, Katelyn and Abby, that allow me to spend focused time with just them without life’s distractions. Deb does the same type of trip in July. This year we …
Deb Brown, NSCA Certified Personal Trainer and Certified Wellness Coach I have been struck recently by the number of people I know who have high stress jobs and how it is negatively impacting their health. Alternately, I am impressed with how some people can keep their health a priority even given the demands of the …
Dave Brown, NSCA Certified Personal Trainer, NASM Corrective Exercise Specialist As a Personal Trainer, I am mystified as to why so many people are willing to become unhealthier by the day. We have a population in the United States that continues to gain weight, eat poorly, exercise too little and are becoming less and less …
Dave Brown, NSCA Certified Personal Trainer, NASM Corrective Exercise Specialist I was in the airport preparing to fly out to visit my brother in Maine. While walking around the concourse looking for a gift for my nephew, one of Tim Russert’s books caught my eye. For those who may not remember, Tim Russert was a …
Deb Brown, NSCA-cpt, cwc, cns As personal trainers, we are on the front lines of the war against obesity and chronic health issues. A disturbing trend has emerged over the past few years: people are in denial about the status of their health. We constantly hear about how people are too busy to exercise, eat …
I got out for a hike on Hoosier Pass this weekend with the pups, Sadie and Lucky. When I’m out hiking enjoying everything Colorado has to offer is one of the times I most appreciate being in the physical shape to do it. Heading off trail is where the magic happens! Everyone knows working out …
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