We have a sign at the gym; you may have noticed it or walked past it for months without even noticing it. The sign reads, “You just did the hard part; we’ll take it from here.” It’s located next to the front entryway door handle. Showing up and walking into…
A few weeks ago, we talked with the staff about financial planning; if you don’t know, finance plays a significant role on your health, family life, and mental wellbeing. Money problems can lead to stress at home, leading to increased anxiety, which leads us to increase cortisol which increases hunger…
It was early Spring, and I was hiking a familiar mountain that I had to have hiked ten times. The trail was well marked with blue spray paint on trees and granite rock faces, and there were cairns to help you stay on the trail. At some point on my…
Creating habits can feel overwhelming, and if you have tried in the past and not been able to create a new habit from your efforts, you know how frustrating and defeating it can feel to have put in all that effort to fall back to where you started a few…
I have been sitting here for 15 minutes trying to figure out what to write about. Should I write about how to get results? Or talks about what to do if you do not see results? Maybe I go a completely different route and give you a list of my…
I don’t know how you are doing with your New Year goals, but I, for one, am stumbling out the starting gate when it comes to my fitness goals. The thing is, I am not discouraged one bit; ok, I am a little discouraged, but not much. Why is my…
If someone tells you you need more balance in their life. That person should not be trusted. No one lives a life of balance; the second you think you are balancing someone, something nocks the whole balance out of whack, and you are left trying to figure out what you…
This statement “intent determines outcome” has many flows in it; I am aware of that. For example, we have all had conversations that we intended to come across as kind and fell flat to the person we spoke to. For me, I have intended to wake up and go for…
Coaches have a very similar start in the fitness industry. It goes something like this: I was an athlete and loved working out; I found confidence when I started working out; or, I was overweight and started working out. And then, one day, I thought to myself, I want to…
This Post originally was posted at Spurlingfitness.com Working out from home has started to become a regular thing among the active community, whether you choose to work out from home out of convenience or because of the ever-changing environment. If you are thinking about working out from home, or already…
