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“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” -Winston Churchill The next time that nagging little voice inside your head tries to convince you to skip the gym…the next time she tells you to reach for the cookie jar…or when she says the journey is just “too [...]
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This week’s blog comes from Todd Durkin, owner of Fitness Quest 10 in San Diego and all-around fitness rockstar. Todd circles the globe training and inspiring athletes, fitness professionals and weekend warriors on a regular basis. The featured article in this week’s TD Times is “Live a Life Worth Telling a Story About.” Enjoy… Featured [...]
Have a plan. According to one of my former colleagues, you must always remember The Six P’s – Proper planning prevents piss poor performance. This phrase came to me a few weeks ago as I was training one of my clients. She said to me,” Erica I had a conversation with my daughter yesterday and [...]
Last weekend I spent two amazing days in Ojai with 12 other women at the Driven Fitness Women’s Wellness Retreat. Many of you know that this retreat has been a vision of mine for a very long time. I am so glad that I finally had the opportunity to see that vision become a reality [...]
So is it safe to exercise when you are pregnant? The American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists now recognize the importance of physical fitness throughout pregnancy. Most experts agree that it is safe to continue the fitness activities you were doing prior to becoming pregnant. Does this mean you should go join a 5-day-a-week boot camp or begin a marathon training program? No. However, it is now generally considered safe to continue with your current exercise program, making appropriate adjustments for things like high-impact activities as you progress through your 9 month term.
My client and friend, Monica Peace, recently wrote a great blog titled “In Either Money Or Life; Are You Committed Or Just Interested” about reaching your goals. In it she writes “There is a subtle distinction between interest and commitment that can sometimes fool even the best of us into believing we are committed to a cause.” What does it take to stay committed to fit and healthy lifestyle?
I recently began reading the New American Diet by Stephen Perrine, Editor-at-Large for Men’s Health and Heather Hurlock, former Health Editor of Best Life. I am not a fan of diets, diet books, fads, cleanses, meal plans, etc. I believe in whole food nutrition based on food education and focused on a healthy balance of proteins, carbs and fats and low intake of pre-prepared foods. So most diet books don’t impress me. However, thus far I am a fan of Perrine’s writing. In the New American Diet, Perrine discusses a new class of chemicals called obesogens “that disrupt the function of our hormonal systems, leading to weight gain and many of the diseases that curse the American population.”
