Goals

Are You Watching Your Weight?

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At my 35th birthday party this year, we were talking workouts and nutrition and one of the guys at the party asked me, “T-Moo, so how much do you weigh….around 160?”  I fired back quickly and defensively, “Hell No…like between 145- 148…I don’t weigh 160.  Do I look like I weigh 160 to you?” Now, you have to realize that I have no problem telling people my weight if they ask, because I’m not ashamed of the number, but what was weird and even shocking to me, was that it bothered me that someone thought I was heavier than I actually was.  Usually people guess me to be lighter than I am, so that is why I was so shocked by him overestimating my weight.  So it looks like I still have a little obsession with this number and what it means about the way I look, or the progress […]

Don’t Even Bother with a Fitness Routine Until You Have This…

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I hear all the time from my friends or people who come into to join the gym or inquire about personal training services, “All I need is a routine and to know what to do when I come to the gym, and I’ll be fine.”  It’s a completely valid statement, and I would agree that knowing what to do is a big step to getting results.  However, I’ve written many a routine for people to follow and guess what, 75% of the time they do not come in and do it again after we meet. This has really got me to thinking, it must not be knowing what to do or a routine that makes us successful with our fitness goals, there is much more at play here when it comes to getting to the gym and ACTUALLY doing the routine. I believe there is a big difference between knowing […]

Strive for Progress not Perfection

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This is one of my favorite core values to write on, and I believe one of the most important mindset tips when it comes to creating a Fit and Fabulous life, as well as, exercising and eating healthy consistently. I’ll start out by saying that I’m a recovering perfectionist, and by recovering, I mean with the ability to go back to perfectionism at any given moment, especially if I am under pressure, stressed, feeling like I might fail at something new, or feeling anxious about something in general. However, something finally clicked for me over the last couple of years regarding perfectionism.  There is NO PERFECT!  It’s all made up in our heads, and what I started to realize was that all this fear of getting something wrong, failing at a goal, making a mistake, &/or looking like I have no idea what the hell I’m doing, was just keeping me STUCK IN LIFE!  It was keeping me playing a small game […]

Why I LOVE being a Fitness Coach!

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I’m feeling so inspired right now by my Team at Being-Fit, this includes the staff (Todd, Rebecca, and Emberlin), the other fitness coaches (Kash and Catherine), and our AWESOME MEMBERS!  A couple of weeks ago we did a Plank-Off Challenge in our Team Training Classes, which are a part of our personal training program.  The goal was to see who could hold the basic plank the longest amount of time!  Did I mention that they had to hold this plank, AFTER they finished a high intensity metabolic workout!  Whew…  I never imagined what would happen when we did this and it really solidified my love for coaching. WOW!  Did our Team really get involved and support each other.  The challenge went on for the whole week, so people could try to improve their time or beat whomever was in the lead!  There was lots of friendly trash talking going on […]

Believe in You

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It’s funny how we sometimes don’t believe in ourselves or we decide to believe little white lies we tell ourselves about our limits or what we can do. As a fitness coach, I get to see people go beyond their limits and what they think is possible almost everyday, even if they don’t think it is possible.  This in return inspires me to push my own limits and go for things that I don’t think are possible for myself. Do you remember those PE tests we had to take in grade school where you had to do the arm hang, sit ups, and then run? Well back in the 2nd grade or so, I failed the arm hang test. I made a decision about myself that I would never be able to do a pull-up or the arm hang because I wasn’t strong in my upper body because I was […]