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Tips for losing weight in the new year!

by principledan on January 14, 2013 in Balanced Diet, Chippewa Valley Challenge, Environment, Motivation, Obstacles, Special Events, Success Factors, Workout Tips & Advice

Here are some helpful hints that I have used and still use to help kick start losing weight!  Tip #1 – Cardio in the morning! Doing cardio in the morning is a great way to start burning calories right away. Next thing it does is it kick starts your metabolism. Most of us who are [...]

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Do you have intensity when you workout?

by principledan on June 12, 2012 in Abs, Accountability, Benefits of Weight Loss, Consistency, Dedication, Excuses, Inspiration, Keep Your Workout Fresh, Knowledge, Lack of Knowledge, Lack of Structure, Lack of Support, Motivation, Muscles, Negative People, Obstacles, Overall Health, Patience, Planning Ahead, Positive Attitude, Pushing Yourself, Reframing, Structure/Routine, Success Factors, Workout Tips & Advice, Your Body, Yourself

No matter what it is in life that you want to excel in, you need passion and intensity! Being a former athlete and having played sports for a majority of my life, I have always been very competitive in everything I have done.  No matter if it was baseball, softball, volleyball, golf or even in [...]

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Trainer Tip Tuesday – Squats!

by jennifer.mcvicar on May 22, 2012 in Keep Your Workout Fresh, Success Factors, Trainer Tip Tuesday, Workout Tips & Advice

Squats! Squats are an exercise that is great for the whole lower half of the body.  Squats can done easily at home or in the gym.  A rule of thumb for squats is to make sure that your knees do not stray over your toes.  Mix up the squat just by changing the width of [...]

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Trainer Tip Tuesday – Summer Circuit

by jennifer.mcvicar on May 15, 2012 in Trainer Tip Tuesday, Workout Tips & Advice

Here is your “do it anywhere” summer circuit workout! Do 10 reps of each exercise, and complete as many circuits as you can in 15 minutes.  Rest briefly (no longer then 1-2 minutes) and resume working until the time is up.  As your conditioning improves, increase reps or decrease the amount of rest time in [...]

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It’s all about adjusting and adapting to your surroundings.

by principledan on May 10, 2012 in Accountability, Balanced Diet, Busy Schedule, Calories, Chippewa Valley Challenge, Consistency, Cravings, Dedication, Dietary Fiber, Environment, Excuses, Fat, Holidays & Celebrations, Knowledge, Lack of Knowledge, Motivation, Nutrition, Obstacles, Planning Ahead, Positive Attitude, Protein, Pushing Yourself, Sodium, Structure/Routine, Success Factors, Sugars, Vacation, Water, Workout Tips & Advice, Yourself

On my last day in Vegas, I did something I’ve never done before…I ran about 3 miles on the Vegas Strip. It was amazing! I never did finish my last Las Vegas travel-blog post I started last Thursday, so I just wanted to finish my thoughts on traveling, eating right and exercising. First, I’m sure [...]

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Dan’s Training Tip Tuesday – Sit-ups

by principledan on May 1, 2012 in Abs, Keep Your Workout Fresh, Mind, Muscles, Success Factors, Trainer Tip Tuesday, Workout Tips & Advice, Your Body

After 12 months of doing anywhere from 300 to 1,500 ab reps a day, I’m learning how to do a more effective ab exercise with less reps. Don’t get me wrong, if you want to do 1,500 ab reps go right ahead.  After I explain this technique it might take you a couple of hours [...]

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