The brain needs and craves novelty and there are tons of ways you can make your current workout routine more interesting. 1) Expand your vision - each time you workout, try to have a new focus each day For Example: Monday - Practice different Speeds. For example, doing reps as slow as possible - this will activate different muscle fibers, strengthen your body and teach you to have … [Read more...]
Why you hit plateaus
A few days ago I got an email from a propective client. Here’s the message I received: “Hi Kristen, I just read your story online and am interested in talking to you about joining your boot camp. I have literally been working my ass off the last year trying to get in shape and have seen some results, but not enough to keep me motivated to keep at it. I … [Read more...]
Are You Even Ready for a Change?
Over the past week, I had a fitness consult with middle aged man. He was about 30 lbs overweight and his wife felt like I could help him realize that he needs to get back in shape so he can be healthy again. She really wants him to join our personal training programs. I completely understand where his wife is coming from. She loves him and just want the best for him. She remembers how … [Read more...]
6 Reasons You Aren’t Losing Weight
On my way back from Tahoe last weekend, I had a long conversation with a good friend of mine who told me his mother was extremely over weight. He was trying everything to help her lose weight from creating healthy meal plans for her to helping her with goal setting and even cooking her healthy foods on a daily basis. She was doing well for 3 months and even dropped 10 lbs, but then all her efforts … [Read more...]
Our Your Best Body Challenge 2012 Launch Day
I am trying to get some down time in after an amazing "Your Best Body Challenge" launch this past Saturday. Over 65 people came to support the event and between the San Francisco and San Jose Challenge launches, we raised $3500 for the Boys & Girls Club. It feels really good to pay it forward after all the support I have received from people in my life to start my business. This challenge gets … [Read more...]
Never The Perfect Time
In the time that I spent with my friends a week ago, we had a couple conversations regarding working out and getting back into a routine. The conversation I had with them has actually been coming up A LOT in the past month for me with various potential clients. So, I want to address this issue because I feel that people have the complete wrong idea about when to get started in a fitness … [Read more...]
Why You’re Afraid
I love networking with amazing fitness professionals and I also love being taught by the best of the best in the areas of marketing, finances, and sales. This was my experience over the past week in Orlando where I attended a great conference put on by my business coaching company. In Orlando, one speaker in particular really caught my attention. His name was Steve Wilkinghof. He is the author … [Read more...]
3 Easy Ways to Jump Start Your Workout Plan
Workout slumps are the worst! And we all have them.. I say 'we' because if you know anything about me and how I got started in the fitness industry, you'll know that there was a period in my life where I was completely un-fit. I was eating poorly, working at a job I hated, low on energy and confidence. Getting to the gym seemed nearly impossible to me at that time. But … [Read more...]
What is Your Ideal Weight?
Have you ever felt like you are losing weight but you are not sure where to stop or what your 'weight loss limit should be?' Or you are unsure about whether you 'should be' at a certain weight for your height and body type? I recently got this question from one of our most successful boot campers. Since last March, she has lost 17 inches and 25 lbs of fat, and now, she is wondering, what … [Read more...]
9 Steps to Stay Motivated
Happy Monday to you all! With this rainy weather, I can't believe it is actually swim suit time in other parts of the world! I thought on a day like today we would need to ramp up your energy to get you excited about your workouts for the week. So I decided to bring back an 'oldie but goodie' post I wrote about 8 months ago regarding motivation. Most people think of motivation as a … [Read more...]
