I’m sure you’ve all heard the cues “squeeze your core” or “tighten your abs” from your trainer or lifting partner, but what does this actually mean?  We tend to think that when someone tells us to brace, squeeze, or tighten our core, they want us to suck in our bellies as hard as we can.

While I can’t promise you that the exercises I’ll share in this article will lead to a shredded-wheat belly, I can promise they are more effective for the functional adaptation of the core. After all, you can do situps until the cows come home, but sadly, spot training for the sake of losing fat in

We have all been in a social setting where a competition breaks out.  It could be anything – who can eat the most pizza, who can run the fastest, who can climb the highest, who can catch the most fish… I could go on and on. We as humans thrive on competition. This is a

You’ve seen it before. You know you have to stop snacking in order to lose weight.  There’s an open bag of chips in the pantry and you tell yourself “I’ll only have a few”. What about that open bag of M and M’s or a pint of ice cream leftover from a party quietly calling

Remember the time when your evil brother/sister took a shower before you and used up all the hot water, so you had to take a cold shower and you thought for sure you were going to freeze to death? But did you?   Remember when you interviewed for your first job and you made a

It seems that we’re constantly fed new paradigms about what type of exercise we should be doing to get fit, or how long we should be doing it, or how intense the exercise should be for maximal results. And there are certainly different types of exercise that are better than others, depending on your goals. However,

When it comes down to it, there are many reasons why we decide to make a healthy change in our lives. In last week’s article, I talked about what it means to find the right “why” for you so that you stay motivated when things get hard. If you want sustainable change, I recommend you read the

Paleo, keto, vegan, low carb, ultra-low fat, whole 30 and carnivore are just a few of the many, many diets out there today. Every day it seems there’s a new way to eat that promises weight loss, improved performance, and better health. The U.S. weight loss market is estimated to be worth $70 billion dollars

In order to achieve anything significant in life, you have to have a compelling reason to do so. Otherwise, it would be difficult to achieve the results you want because, inevitably, you will hit roadblocks along the way. Of course, everyone has a “why” to do everything. After all, if you didn’t have a reason to do