Motivation – Page 3 – Performance Fitness

So You’re Ready to Track Your Calories. Now What?

A Guide to Documenting Your Food and Drink How many calories should you be eating in order to achieve your desired physique? It all depends on you, specifically, your goals, gender, age, weight, height and activity level. These are all bits of information you will plug into any number of online calorie calculators to find…

Moderation = Bull

Give it up—“Everything in Moderation” is NOT an Effective Weight Loss Method Are you trying to reach your fat loss goal by the maxim, “Everything in moderation?” If so, I’ll bet you a king-size Snickers bar you’ll still be struggling with the same 10, 20, or however-many pounds this time next year. The problem with…

Motivation vs. Dedication

I started working with a personal trainer about five weeks ago. I’m following a program someone else designed for me for the first time ever. Being a trainer myself, I wasn’t sure it was “okay” to hire one. It felt a little embarrassing admitting that I needed the help of a colleague. My trainer explained…

Are You Cheating Yourself?

Are You Cheating Yourself? —Elise Miller If you indulge in cheat meals, you might just be cheating yourself out of achieving your body composition goals. In fact, if I had my way, you’d have to fulfill certain criteria before you were permitted to use cheat meals as a diet tool. These criteria would include: Tracking…

It’s Time to Shun the Mainstream Approach to Weight Loss Once and For All

Think about it—back in the day, you “worked up an appetite,” maybe by doing some hard farm labor or going on a long, arduous trek. By the time that physical work was finished, you were famished, more so than usual, bursting with joy to pig out, and pig out you did—with gusto. Yet now we’re…

What is the Easiest, Most Important Diet Change You Can Make?

What is the Easiest, Most Important Diet Change You Can Make? – Elise A. Miller If I had to give you just one tip to help you lose weight, it would be to—wait! Not so fast. Before I tell you what TO do, I want to tell you what I won’t advise. I won’t tell…

We were on TV! Our visit from NBC10 Philadelphia

We were thrilled to have Jessica Boyington, anchor and reporter from NBC10 News Today visit our Strength Camp last week. Jessica fit right in with our wacky fitness community as our class did Deadlifts, Eccentric Push-ups (those are hard, y’all), Medicine Ball Slams (aka – the best angry management exercise EVER), and Shoulder Taps (don’t spill that wine)!…

Client interview – Judy B.

Judy has been a Group Training client with Performance Fitness for about 3 months and has made big changes in her health and fitness! She lost 6 lbs in her first couple of weeks, has gotten serious about her nutrition, improved her coordination, and has built strength, stability, and flexibility. Although she has a chronic…

How a Non-Crunchy, “Fitness Badass” Embraced Her Crunchy Side and Moved a Mountain

Intrigued by that subject line? Well, today I want to tell you about how my business, and more importantly, my life changed two years ago, almost to the day. Performance Fitness has been in our current home for a little over a year and a half. Before moving to Manoa Rd., I rented space for…

8 Days Fitness Challenge

It’s the Most Wonderful Time of Year! The time between Thanksgiving and the New Year is a special time for so many people. It’s also a stressful time, and getting all the things done can be challenging. So challenging, that when you’re stressed and short on time your workout is the first thing to go.…