Even though staying fit as you get older is as hard or even harder than getting fit when you’re young, it’s also more important. As you age, hormone levels drop, making building muscles more difficult and muscle maintain harder. It’s not impossible, but expect slower results than someone ten to twenty years younger. There’s the […]
People at our Oceanside, CA facility know that while we focus on working out, we also want people to eat healthy. Eating healthy means choosing food wisely and eating more whole foods. It also means you eat without guilt, since you aren’t dieting. There’s no such thing as “falling off the wagon” even if you […]
Lots of times, people struggle with getting fit. They dread going to the gym and before you know it, that well thought out program to boost their energy, help them lose weight and get into shape, ends abruptly. Getting fit should be a top priority that actually excites you. If it’s not, it’s time to […]
If you want to get the most from a healthy diet, when you eat is important. One of the things that I tell clients in Oceanside, CA is to have an easy to digest high carb snack with a little protein about an hour or so before working out. It helps boost your energy level […]
Your body produces nitric oxide in almost every cell. It’s particularly important for the blood vessels. It relaxes the blood vessels and allows them to dilate, allowing blood to flow easier and blood pressure to be lower. That also increases circulation. Since it does increase circulation, that means it also increases the nutrients and oxygen […]
There’s a new movement in medicine that food heals. In fact, it’s called the food is medicine movement. There are some amazing studies that show how eating specific foods can help not only prevent cancer, but one day can cure it. The same could be said for exercise. There is also an initiative called Exercise […]
You get rewarded for accomplishing tasks and sometimes those rewards may seem small, but they’re extremely motivating. If you play computer games, it’s achieving a higher level or score. Casinos use the reward motivation by providing jackpots and smaller wins. When you were in school, you were rewarded with a good grade when you worked […]
There are people who take a daily vitamin to boost their nutrition, those who get all their nutrition from healthy eating and those who eat nothing but junk and think that a supplement is the answer. There are pros and cons of supplements. One of the real cons of supplements are people who eat junk […]
I met a woman in Oceanside, CA that was an inspiration. She had severe medical issues that kept her immobile for months. Unfortunately, she didn’t receive the best care in her rehabilitation facility that caused her to be bedridden even longer. When the family finally insisted something be done, they were told she would never […]
One problem faced by people who workout to stay healthy is that they don’t really enjoy working out. It becomes work for them. When clients tell me this, I always suggest they start trying out new active things to do and maybe some unconventional sports to add to their program of regular exercise. It won’t […]