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BODYWEIGHT movements are a great way to build a strong core foundation, improve your strength training movement mechanics, increase your range of motion, and master moving like an athlete. Ways to progress simple bodyweight movements: ✅ Change the tempo – slow down or speed... Continue Reading

As someone with 20 plus years deep in the game of “physique transformation” and health, I can speak to the crazy that ensues in the minds of fitness enthusients during the Holidays, namely Thanksgiving. Over-exercising to compensate for increased intake, negative... Continue Reading

Through my coaching I employ the philosophy of Intuitive Eating and Training. Basically, “following the feeling”. The fitness coaching world is full of trainers who preach “compliance” to rigid programs and meal plans, to me this serves to rob a client of... Continue Reading

Ahhh, the feeling of riding your A-Game. Eating well, working out like an athlete, making good lifestyle decisions. Jeans button easily, or are even loose, thoughts are clear and ideas zippy, mood is high, and noone or nothing can dampen your spirits. It is late November and... Continue Reading

Like our body temperature, sleep schedule, blood pressure, the make up of our body craves balance, normalcy, and stability. Our habits and lifestyle dictate where we settle. Despite the variations from day to day, week to week, and even month to month, in the amount that we eat... Continue Reading

What a gratifying and rewarding experience to have been a part of The Winnicunet Warriors State Championship year. The Beach Boys worked hard for me throughout the summer and the season, crushing their functional workouts. Training like you move is a #gamechanger! Continue Reading

The drinks are flowing, the cheer is abundant, the small plates are passing and your inhibitions are low. It is the holiday season, so why not indulge and just start fresh January 1st, right? #wronganswer!! When you follow a strong and healthy fitness philosophy the small... Continue Reading

Food!!!…carbs!!!…calories!!!!…for so long popular fitness culture has demonized these beautiful nouns. Labeled with such adjectives as “good”, “bad”, “off plan”, with such feelings as “guilt”,... Continue Reading

Ironically a simply formatted and short duration workout can have the biggest impact on your metabolism. Metabolism, simply stated,  is your bodies engine that is fired up when you are at rest. The more muscle you have the higher your metabolism, the more you work outside your... Continue Reading

Most days I am highly intune with my body, in control, eat what I want within the parameters of the foods that my body thrives on, free of negative thoughts about food, and flying high with my health and wellness. You can find me spooning a hearty amount of peanut butter into my... Continue Reading

This is the last week to sign up for my four week clean eating challenge. SIGN UP NOW This four week challenge is invaluable for those who have struggled with maintaining a consistent weight. Throughout most of my adult life I have struggled with maintaining a consistent weight.... Continue Reading

This is how I move! This is one segment of my workout today. I am showing abbreviated sets, but I set my intervals to work for 40 seconds and rest or transition for 10 seconds. I have been in the game for twenty years and I have a performance and athletic background so my... Continue Reading

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I have had the utmost pleasure of working with some great clients. From athletes to fitness newcomers and from school aged to senior citizens. I wouldn’t change my career for anything. I cannot express the joy it brings me to watch people feel the positive inside –... Continue Reading

Election got you down?? All those negative ads and attacks? Sometimes we just need to do the best for ourselves in our worlds and get the positive energy and focus flowing. I needed a “reset” yesterday morning. A good Monday Morning Ass-Kicking workout to remind me... Continue Reading

Resistance Bands are not just for the elderly and those traveling anymore. One of the most athletic and successful quarterbacks in history, Tom Brady, routinely uses resistance bands in his training. It’s no surprise! Bands come in all different widths and resistances. They... Continue Reading

 Many people slave through workouts with the intent of looking better.  I think this is a byproduct of society today. We are bombarded with images that show that beautiful things can make us happy and feel fulfilled. In my experience, looking your best is only achieved when... Continue Reading

Functional training means training like you move in every day life. To boost your metabolism and your athleticism plus prevent joint injury you want to train your body in all planes of motion. Including sagital, front to back, frontal, side to side, and transverse which is... Continue Reading

I have been training with compound movements in my own workouts and with my clients for over 15 years. A compound movement is an exercise that recruits many muscle fibers and moves multiple joints. Isolated movements such as, bicep curls and tricep push downs are not going to... Continue Reading

Living and Being your healthiest and most fit doesn’t have to be uncomfortable. In fact, once you establish YOUR healthy rhythm it is easy to stay committed because the return on investment is so huge.   Don’t be overwhelmed, establishing a sustainable realistic... Continue Reading

Functional Training is training the muscles of the body to move more efficiently for specific sports, daily movements, hobbies, or general health. I have made no bones about it during my twenty year tenure in professional fitness training, I eat, sleep, breathe the functional... Continue Reading

I know I say this too much to my clients; “Find your rhythm”. All too often people come to me saying they are doing their best following menus and workouts from magazines, or counting macros, or calories, or flexible dieting. Yet they still are frustrated in that they... Continue Reading

My last Kick-Start was a raging success! I helped 12 completely fit and motivated people find their fitness and nutrition rhythm.  Each lost a handful of inches and pounds, although that was not the primary goal.  The whole purpose of my kick-start is to enable, encourage,... Continue Reading

Do you want beautiful skin, nails, and hair? As well as an abundance of energy, vitality, and better digestion? Incorporate a green smoothie into your daily regime. Nothing but PURE nutrition…beat inflammation which wards off disease. This is your HEALTH INSURANCE. Food can... Continue Reading

  My favorite smoothie is my Cherry Chocolate Peanut Butter Smoothie. Perfect for post workout. ¾  cup frozen cherries ½ cup of frozen blueberries 1 cup of dark chocolate silk almond milk and additional water as needed 4 T PB2 or 2 T of Teddy All Natural Peanut Butter 1... Continue Reading

Fitcamp will be making an appearance this summer. I ran this group for 6 straight years….Have fun while you work out in the sun with a wonderful group of people. The class will on Mondays and Thursdays at 6pm for an hour. It will incorporate Strength, Agility, Core, and... Continue Reading

Learn how to fuel your body for your workouts and for maximum health and well-being! You do not want to miss out on this discounted cost whole body transformation program. I will be by your side to motivate and support you throughout the 8 weeks. The goal is to reset your eating... Continue Reading

A big congratulations to my client Renee!! Renee accomplished her long time goal of competing in a fitness competition this past weekend. Renee rocked the stage with grace and power and took third place at Foxwoods Fitness New England! Her nutrition program was concentrated with... Continue Reading

I heard this saying recently: “Don’t Earn Your Food in the Gym.” It’s haunted my ears since. So many of us think this way, like we’re eight years old again and if we do our work, then we get a cupcake. The concept of food as a treat is baked into our society. I’m not immune to... Continue Reading

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