Everyone's Got One

Of course you know that being healthy is important don’t you! You’ve read articles about staying healthy, pondered different exercises, taken fitness classes, maybe even looked at someone who’s really fit and copied what they were doing! I’m guessing that you’ve already done quite a bit of studying fitness yourself. So odds are you have developed some sort of an opinion about how be healthy.

Over the last few years of being involved in the fitness industry I have heard many fitness “opinions”. Some opinions are just crazy, others have value. The funny thing is that a person can be just as passionate about a fad as they can a fact! To make things more difficult to understand; what was once fact can be revealed as fad, and vice versa. It’s my intention to help you stay up to date and clear the ambiguity that comes with the many different methods of getting in shape by delivering my opinion to you weekly via email (that is; unless you spam me!).

This weekly email is also designed to address some of the fitness questions I’ve heard along the way. Questions like: “If I lift super heavy will my arms get bigger”, “what’s the best protein powder”, or my favorite: “what’s the best ab exercise to do to get rid of this” (grabs belly).

Of all the complex theories, people I’ve approached and programs out there that I have studied; two things have really rang true to me. The first is that the truth is always simple; the other is that if the person you’re talking to has an answer for everything… they are probably not listening. With that said there’s not always a “right” answer for every question, only right answers for you.

We'll get to more questions in due time. As far as a general answer to most fitness questions... when in doubt choose enjoyable, do-able alternatives to hyped up fitness fads and take advantage of healthy options that you know are good for you. Start small; with the apple a day and a walk around the block at lunch. Small habits repeated over time can have lasting benefits!

(Hint: fitness truths are simple to understand and can be difficult to do… fitness fads are tough to understand and usually very easy to do!)

Until next time!
Jonathan