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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

How to Stick to a Diet

October 17, 2013 By Trainer Andrei 1 Comment

One of the hardest things about dieting is sticking to a diet.  There are hundreds  if not thousands of diet books and dieting programs with specific instructions.   But to truly evaluate the efficacy of a diet is how well you can stick to its specific guidelines and directions. But it’s not that simple. Sticking to […]

Filed Under: Nutrition Tagged With: diet, fat loss, motivation, sticking to a diet, weight-loss

Maintenance is for the Dead

May 28, 2013 By Trainer Andrei Leave a Comment

Do you have a pulse? Are you breathing? Your heart beating? Then you’re not dead. You’re alive.  Then why do most, if not all, weight-loss programs preach maintenance after you reach your fitness goals? That’s just ridiculous.  The only thing needs maintenance is the grass in the graveyard. While you’re alive, and every time you […]

Filed Under: Motivation Tagged With: challenge yourself, fitness goals, maintenance, motivation, weight-loss programs

How to Set and Reach Your Fitness Goals

March 4, 2013 By Trainer Andrei Leave a Comment

Everything we do starts with end goal in mind.  But having a goal is useless if there’s no plan to help us accomplish it. I’ve seen many people set very ambitious goals only to fall flat on their face in discouragement and siappointment. I’ve experienced same failures myself.  An idea would come to mind. I’d […]

Filed Under: Motivation Tagged With: motivation, setting goals, smart goals

Recognition Leads to More Motivation

October 16, 2012 By Trainer Andrei 2 Comments

It’s always nice to be recognized for the work you love, especially when you least expect it. I started this blog over two years ago to share my fitness and nutrition knowledge, and to support my personal training gig. The advice and knowledge I publish is for you, my clients, myself and anyone interested in […]

Filed Under: Motivation Tagged With: inspiration kit, motivation, mybetter, sport check

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