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Participants will learn how to: Develop a “personal game plan” for dealing with difficult people Identify the “3 D’s” for dealing with the difficult people you encounter Become less reactive and more responsive to the difficult people in your life Pre-register by making checks payable to Stewart B. Ball, MS and mail to Xcel Performance Please welcome Stewart Ball—Read more "Seminar-Dealing with Difficult People"
Article Complements of Miracle Fitness newsletter by Dan Ritchie Ever wonder what it would be like to open your fridge to find a full week of healthy, delicious food that’s prepped and ready to be eaten? Sure would make sticking with your diet and achieving fat loss a lot easier… Meal prep is a fantastic way to keep on trackRead more "Meal Prep Made Simple"
We live in a society that SITS! Your glute muscles (your caboose) become inactive while you sit. This inactivity makes it difficult for your glute muscles to understand how to activate when you start running on the treadmill at the gym or go play tennis with a friend. So it’s important to take breaks from sitting through out the dayRead more "Reasons to Train your Backside"
Posture is something often neglected, but this neglect could be causing you more pain than you realize. When posture goes kaput, then all your joints and muscles are taken out of their natural movement pattern. The result is injury or chronic pain. As you are standing, sitting, moving, exercising-take into account the alignment of your spine. Here is a shortRead more "Elements of Good Posture"
We are all only given one body. How motivated are you to avoid a stroke, heart attack, or any hospitalization due to a weak and unhealthy heart? Unfortunately, a heart left untended can fail at frighteningly early ages. Take your future, and your health into your own hands starting today. Exercise moderately 30 minutes every day to keep your heartRead more "Habits for a Healthy Heart"
Talk to any top psychologist in the world and they will echo what you are probably already noticing about yourself-that it’s really hard to get yourself to do something if you are not interested in it. Our human minds operate like this-we spend time and energy on what we like and what we want. The key to sticking with whateverRead more "Do What You Want to Do = Success"
It’s a holiday week. Yay! Most of you are probably looking forward to a day off with good food, family, and friends. As much fun as Thanksgiving can be, I know it can also bring a lot of anxiety towards your health. Here are some basic tips to keep you excited and feeling great about the holiday this week: Pre-TurkeyRead more "“What Works” Beat Turkey Day Fatigue"
Everyone has abs. Some people complain of “not having abs,” but the reality is that your abs are just covered by layers of fat. If you want to flatten your stomach and see abdominal definition, you must reduce the fat layers that are covering those sexy muscles. 4 steps to reduce fat in your stomach area are to reduce sugar intake in your diet, burnRead more "“What Works” Will working on my core muscles give me a flatter stomach?"
This week I had a new client ask me an excellent question: “What is interval training?” Interval training is cardio activity that is done in spurts. Instead of running at a consistent pace for a length of time or distance, the run is broken up into spurts of sprinting alternated with walking or slower running. Here are some examples: StationaryRead more "“What Works” #3: Why is interval training so good?"
If you are anything like me, I assume you are confused about what to believe when it comes to fitness or nutrition. There is so much information about these topics circulating out there, and much of the information is conflicting. This is the reason why I became a fitness professional. As a high schooler and fitness enthusiast, I didn’t knowRead more "“What Works” in fitness and nutrition #1"