"If you fail to prepare, be prepared to fail.” – unknown Exercise and nutrition go hand-in-hand when trying to achieve health and fitness goals. In my opinion, meal preparation is key to achieving sustainable weight-loss goals, maintaining results and developing positive lifelong habits. Meal “prepping” can sometimes be negatively associated with eating boring food … [Read more...]
Camp Gladiator Trainer Talk: Let’s Get Motivated!
Lack of motivation is one of the biggest killers of our personal health and fitness goals. We all experience phases where lack of motivation or obstacles in our lives override our mission to achieve a healthier life and well-being. This is why it is so important to have some tools, tips and reminders of how we can kick start our motivation, especially when the going gets tough. … [Read more...]
Camp Gladiator Trainer Talk: Resistance Training
Resistance training has so many benefits, including improving function, changing body composition and increasing one’s metabolism. Resistance training through all primary movement patterns should be completed regularly to reduce the effects of aging and ensure we maintain a healthy body. From birth until approximately the age of 30, muscles of the human body naturally grow … [Read more...]
Camp Gladiator Trainer Talk: My CG Story
I first moved to Orlando from Australia in May 2017. As a passionate occupational therapist, personal trainer, and lover of food and anything fitness, I was sure I would be able to quickly find my niche and rebuild a network just like the one I had left behind. As soon as I arrived in Orlando, I got straight into the swing of things, connected with a church, joined not one but … [Read more...]