May 21, 2018
How to Squat Correctly
At our personal training studio, Body Basics, we have almost all of our clients do some variation of a squat. This might be a barbell front squat (for the high performers), a kettlebell sumo squat, a ...
March 23, 2018
Working Out When Not Feeling Well
Recently, I’ve been working out at a gym other than the one I own. It’s a bit weird, but I’m giving it a try. Even as a trainer, it’s good to have someone else coach you, see how your body moves and g ...
February 15, 2018
Why the Keto Diet Didn’t Work for Me
So, "Ketosis", or the "keto diet", seems to be the hottest diet right now. I see it advertised online, on billboards, on social media, and on cars around town. I had considered doing it for the past y ...
December 27, 2017
Staying Active Around Meal Time
One of the best ways to ward off unwanted weight gain is to be active before and after you eat. My wife is great about this. She’ll ask me to go for a brief walk with her, or do yoga for 15 minutes. I ...
December 19, 2017
Staying Active Throughout the Holidays
One of my family’s favorite things to do is play together as a family. My son loves to wrestle, and my wife and daughter love to dance. We’ve also found playing football, or tag, Nerf gun wars, or hid ...
December 7, 2017
4 Easy Steps to Help You Not Gain Weight Over the Holidays
One of the key steps of keeping off the dreaded holiday weight gain is adjusting calories based on activity level; more often than not, the everyday routine we maintain throughout most of the year cha ...
October 23, 2017
Shoes and how they affect your flexibility
There are a lot of different types of shoes and it's important to wear the right shoes for the right purpose. I've noticed it's fairly common for people to think anything made by Nike or Addidas can b ...
September 24, 2017
The Rossiter System
What is the Rossiter System? The Rossiter System restores the elasticity and looseness to the myofascial tissue in our body. The myofascial or connective tissue surrounds the muscles in our body and a ...
August 2, 2017
The Art of Performing Lunges
Lunges are one of the best classic lower body exercises around. One of the things I like about lunges are they load your body unilaterally. Meaning, each leg is supporting you in a totally different w ...