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Imperfect Action by Custom Fitness: Amarillo Personal Trainers
Step 1: Think about changing some aspect of your life, body, health, etc. Step 2: Make a decision to change said aspect Step 3: Avoid taking action so you can wait until everything in your life is at a "peaceful" place (yeah right), you have all the right...
Build A Better Push-Up by Custom Fitness: Amarillo Personal Trainers
Watch our Movement Monday video here There are just some exercises that stand out in most people’s minds as "the exercise" that they need to conquer. To many people, the push up is that exercise. However, just like any other exercise, there are correct and incorrect...
Build A Better Plank by Custom Fitness: Amarillo Personal Trainers
Watch our Movement Monday video here It seems we are told almost daily that if we don’t do anything else in life, we should build a stronger core. They aren’t wrong. Core strength is a foundational piece of our balance, strength, posture and overall ability to do...
Making Room For Gray by Custom Fitness: Amarillo Personal Trainers
Black and White Success and Failure Progress and Regress 100% or nothing These are some of the words used to define our lives through our current mindset. Humans are excellent at expecting perfection but not noticing the progress. That’s the reason everyone weighs as...
Build A Better Pick Up Off The Floor by Custom Fitness:Amarillo Personal Trainers
It's time for Movement Monday! Watch here A good friend of mine is an amazing physical therapist and the other day over the phone we were discussing one of the most common events that causes back pain for a majority of the people we both see. What is it? Picking...
Time To Turn On Your Back by Custom Fitness: Amarillo Personal Trainers
It is said that the epidemic of poor posture is affecting 80+% of our population. For the longest time posture was considered only in the realm of aesthetics. It was something to be discussed when attending high society events or formal affairs but usually left out of...
Which One Are You? by Custom Fitness: Amarillo Personal Trainers
Growing up my parents were notorious for telling us that if we were going to do something we better do our best at it. This meant that was no excuse for just "going through the motions". It didn’t mean that we wouldn’t fail or fall from time to time, but rather that...
Build A Better Lunge by Custom Fitness:Amarillo Personal Trainers
Watch Today's Movement Monday Video Here When people think of exercise they usually envision rows of treadmills and ellipticals and … the dreaded free weights. Free weights are actually more beneficial for building balanced strength and functional capacity. BUT they...
The Price of Magic by Custom Fitness: Amarillo Personal Trainers
There is no end and no way to keep track of all of the emails and advertisements I see daily for those "magic" weight loss or health solutions. And I’m not even online that much during the day. I once had a client tell me the story of her sister who had been...
The Greatest Puzzle by Custom Fitness: Amarillo Personal Trainers
People keep checking their weight, body fat percentage, etc. during the edge building process but until you fill in the sides, you can’t get to the center. There are ultimately 2 ways to put a puzzle together- From the inside out From the outside in Most people I know...
Why Is Weight Gain Hard On Your Joints? by Custom Fitness: Amarillo Personal Trainers
Did you know that carrying excess weight around (regardless of whether it is fat, water, or inflammation) can be one of the main things causing your joint pain? This kind of weight can place extra pressure on areas like your hips, knees and even your back. This kind...
Mermaid Tails by Custom Fitness: Amarillo Personal Trainers
Last weekend I had great plans of getting so very many things done around my house that I’ve been needing to do for a while. Earlier this summer I injured my back and had to go through a few months of physical therapy to heal … and this was the weekend I was going to...