Before I begin this week’s Trainer Talk, I will begin by saying it is the last time I will write this column. It wasn’t an easy decision to let it go, but I am gaining new responsibilities next year,...

The world is filled with pills and powders promising amazing fat loss. These magic pills represent a billion-dollar industry that thrives on gullible people who are eager to find the easy way to achieve...

The gym is often filled with bouncing bodies and dropping weights. The bouncers look weird and the droppers are obnoxious for the exercisers around them. However, they are also negatively impacting the...

The college environment is a breeding ground for stress. Students can either develop coping strategies or lose their minds. While many strategies may be available, a number of them aren’t exactly healthy....

All workout and no sleep makes Johnny and fat, weak boy. That’s what I repeatedly tell clients who are frustrated when they aren’t making progress. They may be doing the work in the gym and making...

Depending on the time of day a person goes to the gym, they may find themselves surrounded by atrocious sights. It’s not weights left lying about, wherever careless patrons left them or people that think...

There is a saying one of my favorite professors is fond of: you can’t fire a cannonball out of a canoe. Makes sense, right? Canoes don’t have the stability for such a powerful reaction and thus firing...

I remember the first time I was handed a jump rope as a child. Having the unlimited energy of a kid, I didn’t even realize it was exercise. I was jumping up and down and it was a great time. Imagine...

You’re reading this article. You have potentially read several of the Trainer Talk articles. That means you have at least spent time thinking about exercise. But, have you been doing it? If so, that...

Recently, a friend approached me to ask about shedding visceral fat. It was such a good question and the answer is so important to everybody’s health that I decided to make it the topic of Trainer Talk...

Big arms are a status symbol amongst the gym going populace. They represent not only strength and aesthetic value, but are also a visual representation of the time and effort a dedicated exerciser has...

One of the biggest killers of fitness is a lack of motivation. If it feels like nothing more than horrific torture that you have to get through in order to hate yourself a little less, it’s going to...