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Build a stronger digestion by supporting your immune system by Custom Fitness: Amarillo Personal Trainers
Hi guys, Kris from Custom Fitness here, your personal trainer in Amarillo. Talking to you today about building a stronger digestive system while supporting your immune system. You may not know this, but 70% of your immune system is located in your digestive tract....
Join the Resistance (Bands) by Custom Fitness: Amarillo Personal Trainers
Hi everybody, Kris Stokes, your Amarillo personal trainer, here from Custom Fitness. I’m here today in the Custom Fitness studio where we provide boutique style training using minimal equipment. Today, I want to show you one of my favorite pieces of equipment that can...
What to do when the diagnosis is plantar fasciitis by Custom Fitness: Amarillo Personal Trainers
Hi guys, Kris from Custom Fitness here, your personal trainer in Amarillo. Let’s say you have a pain in your foot that will not go away. You’ve tried stretching it. You’ve tried massaging it. You’ve iced it. Nothing is helping. Finally, you end up at the doctor and...
Minimizing the symptoms of aging through exercise and nutrition by Custom Fitness: Amarillo Personal Trainers
Hi guys, Kris from Custom Fitness here, your personal trainer in Amarillo. Joint discomfort and fatigue and lower metabolism. Are these just things we have to deal with once we get older? Not necessarily. By using diet and exercise you can actually minimize or...
The Pause Button by Custom Fitness: Amarillo Personal Trainers
Why is it that pushing the “pause button” can be so difficult in some areas and easy in others? How often do you come across someone who says their work / family life is so busy they just can’t stop to do…(fill in the blank). When I talk with people,...
Who said you have to workout for an hour each day to get results? by Custom Fitness: Amarillo Personal Trainers
That was just how it was years ago. When you go to the gym, you workout for at least 1 hour getting your cardio in for 30 minutes and then lifting weights for 30 minutes (or more). In fact, at one of the gyms I worked at back in the day, there were a handful of...
Come Outside With Me? by Custom Fitness: Amarillo Personal Trainers
If you’re like me, then you love to hit the gym or the studio. There is something very rewarding about lifting weights, doing some HIIT training and interacting with friends while you're doing it. But … the gym / studio is not all there is. We’ve all learned this...
The most important time to have good balance by Custom Fitness: Amarillo Personal Trainers
You’re out for a daily walk enjoying the sunshine when all of a sudden a large dog bursts out from nowhere and bounds up to you nearly knocking you over. If you are around large dogs often or are in your 20’s or early 30’s, this might not be a big issue. ...
Consistency Before Complaints by Custom Fitness: Amarillo Personal Trainers
Client: [frustrated, comes into my office to “talk”] Me: Hi Julie, how are you? Client: Well Kris, I’ve been working with your team for 3 months now and I really enjoy the trainers and I don’t mind the workouts but it just isn’t working for me. ...
Lose the joint pain, it’s time to workout with these.. by Custom Fitness: Amarillo Personal Trainers
Let’s face it, as we age our bodies don’t always feel the way we want them to. We take longer to recover and some of the exercises and movements we did years ago just don’t work the same for us now. When considering strength training, most people’s...
The equipment you DO have by Custom Fitness: Amarillo Personal Trainers
There are so many options in the world of fitness equipment and I regularly get asked, “what’s the best equipment to use?”. I’ve known people who have basically built whole gyms in their homes or garages. I also know, however, how intimidating that idea can be...
Feeling Foggy? Eat These 9 Brain Foods To Improve Your Focus by Custom Fitness: Amarillo Personal Trainers
Do you ever forget why you walked into a room? Forget where you parked the car? Send a text to the wrong person because you were thinking about another task? Brain fog may not be by definition a “diagnosis” but it is a true condition that way too many people...