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  • You Don’t Need To Be Fixed

    The body is ridiculously resilient and adaptable. It doesn’t have to be aligned every month when little niggles arise. We don’t need a fixer, someone with an emerging god-complex who can put us back together.

    Compare the end result of a the people who went through a placebo knee operation and those who actually had their ACL fixed.

    Most people’s back scans show wear and tear, even bulges that should results in pain. Yet most people live a normal pain-free life.

    What we need though is a shift in our mindset. To go from “I’m broken” to “I have strength beyond strength”. To learn how to manage our stress and mental being.

    Consider frozen shoulder. It almost always comes around when one’s going through a heavy period of stress.

  • All or nothing

    All or nothing attitude is a common stumbling block that rarely resolves itself without deeper introspection. When you struggle to let go of perfection

    If you struggle with all or nothing mentality with exercise or eating

  • Commonalities in People Who Ace It with Training

    I am fortunate to have had long-term personal training students, both current and in the past. And over time I’ve come to see some commonalities among those who get great, sustainable results with their training. And that’s what this post is all about. (more…)

  • Thoughts on… X January 2017

    It is random and in absolutely no order of importance. Here goes. (more…)

  • You Will Exhaust Your Motivation Soon

    Did you make a new year’s resolution to improve your health in 2017? Maybe you started a new training routine or decided to eat less chicken nuggets? There’s a great chance that you are about to have a dip in motivation. And you want to be ready for it when it hits. (more…)

  • Why Your Habits Don’t Work

    In our private coaching group Rage Against The Calorie Counting (it’s funny, you can laugh) we work together to implement healthier habits over a long period of time. Our simple goal is to make healthy eating and movement part of life that eventually become your second nature. And in order to do so we focus on a making healthy diet and movement reasonable instead of creating overbearing “do this or you will fail at life” – rules. And we most certainly don’t implement strict diets. (more…)

  • Is It a Health or a Fitness Goal?

    Where's Wally. Can you find a panda in the photo? Is he climbing the right tree?
    Where’s Wally. Can you find a panda in the photo? Is he climbing the right tree?

    This is for anyone who’s decided to turn their live around in 2017 by improving health and fitness. This scenario will play through in gyms around the world for the next 4-6 weeks.

    I want to help you to be clear on your goals and to understand what is possible and what’s not. (more…)

  • Retrospect and Refocus – 2017 Edition

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    Reflecting on the goals I set for 2016

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  • Best of 2016

    A photo worthy of a "Best of" post.
    A photo worthy of a “best of” post.

    I’ll take you through my favorite blog posts, books, music discoveries and more of the 2016.
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  • It’s OK to Let Go During Holidays (or any other time)

    A dog licking it's nose while sitting in a swing. Definition of "letting go".
    A dog licking it’s face while sitting in a swing. Most likely been pooping in the garden too.

    Most of us are in the crazy Christmas mode. There’s parties to attend to, a lot of food in offer and a way too much alcohol lying around that is begging to be drank. Oh, that devil’s sweet elixir ruining all your hard work in the gym and asking you to commit unthinkable things at the office Christmas party. All in the name of a baby Jesus. (more…)