Intro to Kettlebell Swings Workout
Have you changed your exercise routine since the pandemic? We've acquired just a few more, small pieces of home equipment and I've been working out in the office, the living room, or outdoors....
Why You Must Come First In Difficult Times
If you’ve been in the position of taking care of others in any way, whether you're a leader, a parent, a health professional, all of the above or something different, you’ve probably discovered that you can’t take good care of others when you haven't taken care of...
What I Think About Live, Online Yoga
This is an important time for us to stay calm, centered, and focused, and lead everyone around us to the best outcome possible. A few months ago... A few months ago I was doing yoga in the morning before my first writing session of the day. It became my go-to movement...
Stroke and Heart Attack In the News—Why We All Should Pay Attention
Popular media today portrays exercise and healthy eating in such a way that it looks almost like a luxury. It's fun and fabulous. Yes, that tact is commonly taken in order to attract people to the ideas. But it may be time to step back and realize, it's not just for...
Different Ways to Exercise
This week we visited three cities in southern California. It was very interesting to me—and quite motivating—when I discovered how many miles we had been walking on that trip. We wanted to see everything about these cities on foot, because you can see much more that...
Exciting Anti-Aging Discoveries in Exercise
THIS is the video I've been promising for weeks! My video production schedule was put on pause for the book launch. I'm ramping it back up again and I'm very excited about this next video. Paul Holbrook presented how he helps his clients...
Your Mind Is Your Body
For years, Western doctors have separated the mind from the body in order to study and treat them. But there’s a different way of looking at it, which is more common to Eastern medicines: The body and brain are one and always have been. They're an intricately...
Are You Comfortably Challenged With Exercise?
If you want your body to change through exercise, it needs to be challenging in some way. But, challenge and comfort don't necessarily sit at opposite ends of the spectrum. Often when coaching clients, I'll ask them to get to a pace where they're feeling comfortably...
Advanced Abs Workout on the Ball
In my last video, I showed you how to get the best results out of your abs workout on the ball. Click here to get the basics down! In the video above, I show you some of my favorite advanced abdominal exercises on the ball....
Best Results from Your Abs Workout on the Ball
In my last video, I talked about the myth that abs are made in the kitchen and how there is some truth to it. But abs are truly made in your workout. In the video above, I show how to get the best results out of your abs...
Just How Dangerous Is Sitting?
I was at the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) Annual Conference in Denver earlier this month, where sports medicine docs, athletic trainers, physical therapists and exercise physiologists from around the world were presenting their most current, cutting edge...
Are Abs Made in the Kitchen?
Are Abs made in the kitchen? Is 90% of your weight loss done in the kitchen? These are two popular myths floating around the internet and in the media today.
Striving for Higher Goals in Life? Expect to Fail, and Welcome It.
You need to fail over and over- until you get it right. Darren Steeves, Wellness Expert, says if we don’t fail, we don’t learn.
Losing Weight Fast – Two Athletes Tell All
In this video I interview two, semi professional athletes who are extremely experienced with weight loss because it goes hand in hand with their sport. Denis Trofimov and Jeremy Jackson share their insights on the realities of losing weight fast, the challenges of diets, and how it all effects physical performance.
New Research on High Intensity Interval Training: Striking a Better Balance
Today I want to share an important piece of research regarding high intensity interval training. I've said in the past that higher intensities will always burn more calories. But, in my opinion, the Tabata-style workout has been overrated and over-promoted to the...
Get Real Results From Your Workout
You want results from your workout. You don’t have a lot of time to exercise. So when you exercise, you want to get the most out of the time you spend. We don’t see the results of our workouts immediately, so it's...
Arms Workout with Exercise Bands
Exercise bands are great while traveling. It's like having a portable gym! Denis and I are using bands for our arms workout in the video above. (We're on the Italian side of the Mediterranean Sea during our last vacation.) When I travel, I...
Exercise, Travel and Anti-Aging
Mainstream thinking tells us that our bodies must decline as we get older. It doesn’t need to be true. In fact, exercise is a powerful anti-aging tool. Do it while on vacation where you can compound it with rest for great results.
New Year: New Way of Making Changes
If you're planning to make changes to your nutrition and exercise habits this year, I have something for you to think about: Changing habits can be difficult. Exercising and changing your diet because you're trying to fix something about yourself that you don't like...
LuciFit Motivation | The Unexpected Bonuses of Getting Fit
One thing I absolutely LOVE is when clients see unexpected results from our work together. My client, Mrs. Maryland America, and mom of three (family picture above), is documenting her transformation as she works with me and posting it to Facebook. Her most recent...