20 Tidbits For 2020 – Part 3
#11: YOU DON’T NEED EVERYTHING TO BE PERFECT. YOU JUST NEED TO TAKE ACTION Productivity Hack: Get to work! Each year I have my “word” for the year. It’s a word that I fall back on & repeat to myself whenever I’m having a bad day or when I need to remind myself of what […]
20 Tidbits For 2020 – Part 2
#6: THE BEGINNING IS ALWAYS THE HARDEST The beginning is always the hardest because you don’t have any wins yet. No one really gives a shit. Your family & friends try to be supportive but no one fully understands or really SEES any results yet. They don’t “get it” yet.. You kind of only have […]
The Dangers Of Chronic Stress
Your body doesn’t know the difference between work stress and workout stress – and its not its job to differentiate this. It’s YOUR job to keep your stress levels balanced – regardless of where the stressors are coming from. Sometimes that may mean taking away from something that’s “good” in the right context, like training […]
20 Tidbits For 2020 – Part 1
#1: EMPLOY THE 80/20 RULE: So you can be more efficient and productive. The 80/20 rule is something I am intrigued by and something I want to focus on more in 2020. It’s one of the most helpful principles for good time and life management. . The principle states that 20% of your activities will […]
HOW TO GET RESULTS IN 2020
New goals don’t deliver new results. New lifestyles do. And a lifestyle is a process, not an outcome. For this reason, all of your energy should go into building better habits, not chasing better results. -James Clear Have you heard about the story of the hare and the tortoise? The hare is sexy. The tortoise […]
Stop Quitting On Your Goals
When you have a goal of changing your situation, building a new habit, getting stronger, losing fat, improving something or making your life better it’s not always going to be smooth sailing. And you won’t always see the progress outwardly. Some days even when progress is happening on the inside of your body it will […]
How To Get Better at CrossFit Quickly (For CrossFit Newbies)
Stepping into a CrossFit gym for the first time can be a bit intimidating and overwhelming. I totally get this. I was a beginner myself and remember feeling extremely overwhelmed too. Since being a trainer I have also taken multiple “fundamental” classes and trained lots of beginners. I have seen the pitfalls, I’ve seen people […]
17 Things About Training, Nutrition & Life
To bring in the New Year, and say goodbye to 2017, I wrote a blog post! Here are 17 things about training & recovery, 17 things about diet & nutrition & 17 things about life and business! Enjoy! 17 Things About Training And Recovery 1] It’s always a good idea to put muscle on Muscle […]
How to stop a binge eating cycle in its tracks
When it comes to diet and training we need to remove the pressure to always be good and do the right thing. Be ok with a little imperfection – no one is perfect. No one has the best training session every single day. No one eats perfectly all the time. Forgive yourself for your less […]
When moderation becomes an excuse for continuing bad habits
Yesterday I received an email from a client in which was talking about being unable to have “moderation” with something that she just can’t seem to get a handle on. She wrote “ If I could do it with moderation I’d be doing it all the time, but I just can’t find the “off” switch for […]
Delicious zucchini and carrot fritters
This is a healthy, gluten free, vegetarian and vegan friendly recipe for zucchini and carrot fritters. I have included both the normal method and my thermomix cooking method for those who have a thermomix as it’s really easy to do it in there as well. These fritters are amazing served with poached eggs and siracha sauce/fresh […]
What is perfect health??
When it comes to health and fitness there is no one shoe fits all. It’s not a particular weight, a particular diet or training plan, or specific number hours of sleep at night etc. Everyone has different goals, different lifestyles, different likes and dislikes, different strengths and weaknesses and most people know when they feel […]