Tri Valley Trainer

You like to burn calories, don't you? Want to trim some fat, fight off heart attack and diabetes risk and crank up those endorphins? Well, of course you do! Not so fast, there, Sparky. High quality aerobic work is not just about throwing on some running shoes and heading out on the open road, or jumping in a pool and doing a few dozen laps (although both running and swimming are fine aerobic activities if they're your "thing"). In my work with a broad range of clients with va

Thirsty? Maybe you are but just don't realize it? Maybe you're actually thirsty when you think you're hungry? Your body is highly adaptable to different levels of hydration. It's not so hard to go a few to several hours without a drop of fluid. So why bother making sure you're drinking enough? And how do you know that you are or are not drinking enough? First, here are some of the benefits, according to the National Institutes of Health: Improved thermoregulation (ability to

It may not be the most over-used and incorrectly represented term in fitness, but it's one of the top three: "Full Body Workout" The phrase is gleefully thrown around like pies at a food fight. And unfortunately, the accepted common-use definition of the term has become equally messy. But here's the worst part – most of the time the exercise or device being promoted is not, in fact full-body at all. So let me explain what is. Since all major upper and lower body muscle groups

If you haven't read Stephen Covey's Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, let me summarize it for you. The most important principles are in the graphics included above. The fundamental mistake most people who don't feel particularly effective or powerful make is devoting their time to urgent, rather than important matters that often lay outside their ability to significantly change the outcome or condition that drew their attention in the first place. Examples include: Att