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How to Become a Morning Person

October 13, 2014 By Trainer Andrei Leave a Comment

How to Become a Morning Person

Waking up early in the morning, before anyone else is hard.  In my early twenties, my day didn’t start until 10 or 11am sometimes. It felt like the day just escaped, and that feeling alone prompted me to reset my clock and become a morning person. Since I made that change 10 years ago, I never […]

Filed Under: Lifestyle, Motivation Tagged With: morning, productivity, sleep

The Costs of Making Excuses

May 25, 2014 By Trainer Andrei Leave a Comment

It’s so easy to justify a missed workout or two. Maybe even three. It’s starts there, and then you start making excuses about your diet . A little bit of cake here, some chips there and then a full blown pizza party. For the most part, I tend to be pretty good about my training schedule […]

Filed Under: Lifestyle Tagged With: excuses, lifestyle, motivation, rationalization

My Sleep Tracking Data, What I Learned and Tips for New Parents

November 13, 2013 By Trainer Andrei 1 Comment

Shortly after my daughter was born I decided to track my sleep. In the past 12 months I recorded 288 nights and learned as much about myself, my sleeping habits and what it takes to get through the night when you have a newborn in the house. Congratulations. You’re a new parent. Your baby is […]

Filed Under: Lifestyle Tagged With: sleep cycle, sleep tracking

How New Dads Can Find Time for Workouts When There’s a Newborn in the House

January 23, 2013 By Trainer Andrei 2 Comments

New dads, congrats on your new bundle of joy.  If it it hasn’t already, your life is about to change forever in almost every way.  The two most precious resources you’ll be missing is time and sleep.  But just because you don’t have time to yourself or energy to do anything doesn’t mean there isn’t a way to get your […]

Filed Under: Lifestyle Tagged With: fitness, hiit, how to stick to a routine, lifestyle changes, new dads, newborn, tabata

How I Dropped 8lbs in 1 Month and Kept It Off to Tell About It

September 25, 2012 By Trainer Andrei 4 Comments

Have you heard of the old saying ‘The shoemaker’s children go barefoot’? Meaning that the cobbler spends all his time and talents on his customers rather than on making and repairing shoes for his own children.  And that describes me.  I dedicate a lot of time and energy to my clients, ensuring they are meeting […]

Filed Under: Blog, Lifestyle Tagged With: body fat, fat loss, fitness, obstacle races, weight-loss

Tough Mudder Lives Up to the Name

September 7, 2012 By Trainer Andrei Leave a Comment

Since I written about my experiences at Warrior Dash and Spartan Race, I feel like my run at Tough Mudder deserves a blog post as well.  Tough Mudder, was exactly what I was expecting and I am glad I trained for it.  However, I did not expect so many steep and long hills to climb […]

Filed Under: Blog, Lifestyle Tagged With: obstacle course training, spartan race, tough mudder, training for obstacle course, warrior dash

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