And a successful strategy to build better habits this year — Steve Jobs once said: “You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backward”. So picture this… It’s January 2024 and you have built better lifestyle habits over this past year. You’ve lost some unhealthy weight holding you back and you look and feel your best. …

Use these powerful success strategies to be a goal-getter not just a goal setter — 1. Set Anti-Goals This first strategy might sound contradictory, but when you set goals it’s just as important to know what you don’t want as it is to know what you do want. For example, no matter how ambitious my body composition goals get, I don’t ever want to entirely eliminate pizza from…

Stack these healthy habits together for guaranteed success this year — If you want to make a positive change in your health and fitness in 2023 and avoid the flood of fads and frustration, use these 23 quick tips below. You can incorporate a few or all of these healthy habits into your lifestyle. But stacking them together has a synergistic…

Does your workout routine include all six? — As humans, our bodies all move in pretty much the same way. If you want to be strong, fit, and functional there are only six foundational movement patterns I consider to be essential in a well-rounded exercise program. 1. Squat or Knee Dominant Any quadricep or knee-dominant lower body exercises that require you to squat…

And what works to reverse aging and live a better life — The average life expectancy in North America is 79 years old. When you look worldwide it drops down to 72. But you might have been lucky enough to have a parent or grandparent who lived well into their 90s or beyond. Even while doing many of the things below that…

Most people are surprised about the first strategy — With the popularity and accessibility of Continuous Glucose Monitors (CGMs), more people are becoming aware of how what they eat affects their blood sugar. A CGM is a small wearable device (usually attached to the arm or belly) that automatically tracks blood sugar levels every few minutes throughout the day…

Number 4 might surprise you — When I was 23 years old I entered one of those “before and after” body transformation contests you see in fitness magazines. I was never really overweight and had already been working out for a few years in hopes of bulking up like the guys in the muscle magazines. But…

The 4-step blueprint for a better sandwich and a better body — Jennifer came to me 30 pounds overweight and was looking to get rid of it and improve her health. She was sick and tired of trying all the diet trends only to see temporary weight loss results that left long-lasting feelings of failure and frustration. After looking over her schedule…

Most fat loss hacks don’t work, but these do — “Drink warm lemon water with cayenne pepper first thing in the morning to detoxify your liver and burn fat!” Nope. “Use the ab power twist machine and you will blast off belly fat and carve your core in just minutes a day!” Not even close. “The Keto diet is the…