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The Brighter Side Of A Dark Cloud by Custom Fitness: Amarillo Personal Trainers
Ahh, optimism...it’s a great thing but so often overlooked in our daily lives. In current situations it has become clear just how "cloudy" humans have become. Finding the bright side of situations, events and life used to be a norm for many people but nowadays it...
Does Your Knee Hurt? by Custom Fitness:Amarillo Personal Trainers
Pain in any form stinks to endure, but knee pain might just be one of the worst since the knee joint is so much a part of our life in movement. In general, there are things we can do to reduce our sensation of any joint pain such as drinking half of our body weight in...
Rock The Boat by Custom Fitness: Amarillo Personal Trainers
Life is ever changing and humans are ever resisting the changes put before them. There’s some honesty for you this morning. Maybe you’re like me and much a creature of habit. I enjoy working at the same place, shopping at the same stores and even eating the same or...
Experts Agree, Prolonged Sitting Is Dangerous For Your Health by Custom Fitness:Amarillo Personal Trainers
Hi, I'm Kris Stokes with Custom Fitness Personal Training Studio in Amarillo, TX. Today we're talking about prolonged sitting. Everyone sits at some point, especially these days... but the average person sits more than eight hours daily! We’ve gotten so used to...
The Snowball Effect by Custom Fitness:Amarillo Personal Trainers
Hi, I'm Kris Stokes with Custom Fitness Personal Training Studio in Amarillo, TX. I was scrolling through some old pictures recently on one of our 100 degree days and found some pictures of my oldest daughter when she was around 3 years old. It had snowed that year,...
Are You Rewarding The Wrong Things? by Custom Fitness:Amarillo Personal Trainers
Hi I'm Kris Stokes from Custom Fitness Personal Training Studio. Today we're talking goals and rewards. Are you getting it all wrong? Countless people have found success in their health & fitness endeavors by setting up a reward system for themselves. Others...
Finish the Sentence by Custom Fitness:Amarillo Personal Trainers
Hi I'm Kris Stokes from Custom Fitness Personal Training Studio. Finish the sentence for me: IF I ________________ THEN I will be healthy & happy. I hear it all the time, IF I- Lose weight Get toned Had more energy Just stop eating the food in the break room...
Perception of Value by Custom Fitness:Amarillo Personal Trainers
Hi, I'm Kris Stokes from Custom Fitness Personal Training Studio. Once upon a time, before the pandemic, there were people who would throw out pennies. You’d find them on the street and in the parking lots and heck, I’ve even heard of people who literally threw their...
How Do You Take The Stairs In Your Life? by Custom Fitness: Amarillo Personal Trainers
Imagine, in front of you is a staircase. The longest staircase you’ve ever imagined seeing but you can just make out the top. You’ve been told that if you reach the top you will have everything you’ve ever wanted or dreamed of. But you have to get all the way to the...
Stop Looking At The Middle by Custom Fitness: Amarillo Personal Trainers
Hi I'm Kris Stokes with Custom Fitness Personal Training Studio. I absolutely cannot count how many times I’ve heard someone say “I’ve been trying XX diet or XX exercise plan because my friends, husband, cousin “Susie”… lost 20 lbs doing it but I just can’t seem to...
What If I Told You….by Custom Fitness: Amarillo Personal Trainers
Hi, I'm Kris Stokes with Custom Fitness Personal Training Studio. I spend most of my days coaching people, and I LOVE it! I coach them through exercise, post rehab, pregnancy health, postpartum health, senior vitality, nutrition, mindset, and life in general. My...
To Wait Or To Go For It, That’s The New Question by Custom Fitness: Amarillo Personal Trainers
https://youtu.be/qK5uX9c5b_M Hi, I'm Kris Stokes with Custom Fitness Personal Training Studio. And today I thought I'd ask, to wait or to go for it? It's kind of the new question a lot of people are asking. There's all sorts of turmoil in this unique situation that...