Taking Ownership Over Your Workout: No one knows your body better than you!

If your fitness routine isn’t appropriate for you, it won’t provide the results you want. Regardless of what fitness experts say, you are the expert on your own body and your own life. See this week’s trainers’ tips for taking ownership over your workout.

Everything is a Process: Maintaining a healthy lifestyle through the ups and downs

It isn’t always easy to get your workout in when you’re under stress. Emotional turbulence can make it difficult to maintain a regular fitness routine. However, is the fitness routine always the most important thing? This week we reconsider our definition of wellness.

Starting your day from the Center: Mindfulness for daily anxiety management

Every human being is capable of experiencing anxiety. However, does daily anxiety ever get difficult to cope with? As seasonal depression sets in, it’s easy to get caught up in our daily anxieties. See this week’s trainer’s tips for a daily routine you can use to help you cope!

The Season of Thanks: Showing gratitude for your body this Thanksgiving

For those who celebrate Thanksgiving here in the States, we see it as a time to express gratitude, catch up with loved ones, and eat lots of food. An unfortunate side product of these cherished traditions, however, is the diet culture shame we bring with us to Thanksgiving Dinner.

When Self Discipline Becomes Punishment: Are you being too hard on yourself?

Healthy habit building and living a fit lifestyle takes dedication, it takes discipline. But do you ever take it too far? It’s easy to be hard on yourself when you feel like you’ve failed. See the trainer’s tips this week for how to recognize when you’re being too hard on yourself.

Fail to Prepare, Prepare to Fail: Setting yourself up for success on those cold, dark winter mornings

Getting up in the morning is much more difficult during the winter. Cold temperatures and fewer hours of daylight make getting out of a warm, comfortable bed especially painful. See this week’s trainer’s tips for advice on how to streamline your mornings for success this winter!

Don’t Fall for Fads: It’s time to break out of the diet culture shame cycle

Diet culture is everywhere. Commercials, billboards, dialogue in movies and TV shows, magazines; pretty much any media you can think of has a hand in perpetuating toxic narratives about weight and fitness. Fad diets make achieving our fitness goals seem so easy, it feels too good to be true. Our newsletter this week is dedicated to showing you that’s exactly what they are.

Gains Over Losses: Setting goals that are good for your body

One of the most common fitness goals is weight loss. However, have you ever thought of the psychological impact of approaching fitness with a deficit mentality? How we frame our fitness goals impacts our motivation to reach them. See this week for trainer’s tips on how to set goals you’ll want to reach.

Comfort Food and Your Body: It’s ok to gain a little weight this winter

When the weather gets cold, we typically like to eat and drink things that will warm us up. Follow this week’s trainer’s tips for how to embrace your natural rhythm this winter, without forgetting your fitness goals!

Embracing Discomfort to Achieve Growth: Your goals live outside of your comfort zone

Have you ever hit a plateau while working towards your fitness goals? As we work towards our goals, our body becomes stronger and more capable. See this week’s trainer’s tips for ways to keep challenging yourself.