In-Season Strength Training-Should You Be Doing It?

Feb 28, 2022 by Morgan Fontaine

You’ve just spent the last three to six months training hard and pushing your limits in the weight room. You have gotten bigger, stronger, and faster hoping your new capabilities will help you perform at a higher level for your upcoming season. So then why do so many athletes (and coaches and parents) stop strength training once their season begins?

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Poke Bowl Recipe

Feb 21, 2022 by Morgan Fontaine

There's never a bad time for sushi. This easy at-home poke bowl recipe is a lot more cost effective, and is something the whole family can get involved with. And because you are the iron chef behind this recipe, you can also alter the ingredients to fit your macros. You'll find sushi grade, wild caught tuna at your local grocery store, frozen. Whole Foods regularly has fresh sushi grade tuna too!

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From The Gym To Real Life

Feb 14, 2022 by Morgan Fontaine

Being in the gym is a great way to get in shape, there’s so many tools at your disposal specifically designed to push you towards getting stronger and in better shape. Sometimes though, it can feel like you’re only progressing at doing whatever exercises you’re doing.

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Snacking Simplified

Feb 7, 2022 by Morgan Fontaine

Snacking doesn't have to be complicated. Sometimes people over think it and over complicate it and end up not thinking about it at all because it's too difficult. Or they just give up and eat whatever they want and then gain weight and it's a vicious cycle. Here are some things I have learned that makes snacking easy!

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Dar's (Protein) Bars

Feb 1, 2022 by Morgan Fontaine

Check out these protein bars our CORE 4 Fit client, Darlene, made! Try them out and let us know how you like them!

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New Year New "Who"!?

Jan 31, 2022 by Morgan Fontaine

Well it's January, and the gym business is thriving. People are inundated with marketing....inundated with e-mails, special offers, post cards, and any other marketing material the fitness industry is told to throw at you. As you are slammed daily with advertisements from across the fitness world, we are slammed with advertisements on how to advertise to the consumer better. So we buy into this as well. We pay to get new leads. We pay for the 'dream of success". And we pay to capture you and your "dream of success". 

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2021 Book Review

Jan 18, 2022 by Morgan Fontaine

Anyone that knows me knows I'm a huge fan of reading. They also know that I'm a huge fan of reflection. So every year I keep track of the books I read and then I do a review of each at the end of that year. 2021 was light for me...I lost a lot of motivation for anything book related and took a break for a few months. That being said I'm back on track for this year and am ready to crush it! Check out the books I read in 2021 below.

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The Boring Part

Jan 17, 2022 by Morgan Fontaine

Given it's the time of year to make extreme changes I wanted to pump the brakes a bit and dial in the most important aspect of your training plan. Nutrition. As awful as it feels there's no amount of vomit-inducing conditioning that I could possibly prescribe that will outpace poor nutritional habits. There is no magic pill, diet, tea, or shaman in the jungle coming to spot reduce your muffin top.

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New Year's Resolutions:Less Is More

Jan 10, 2022 by Morgan Fontaine

We made it to the new year, and with that comes New Year’s resolutions. These are usually huge life-changing goals like to completely cut something out of your life (candy, alcohol, bread, etc.), to lose some crazy amount of weight by summer so you can look like your best self on the beach, or to master something new.

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Keys To Great Mental Health

Jan 3, 2022 by Morgan Fontaine

1.) Value yourself. Valuing yourself is the biggest thing in creating great mental health for yourself because the way you talk to yourself and view yourself is ultimately how you will feel on a daily basis. Always treat yourself with kindness and self respect and always avoid toxic self criticism.

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Habits That Are Detrimental To Success

Dec 20, 2021 by Morgan Fontaine

The New Year is approaching fast. This is a popular time for people to set goals and start improving their fitness habits. Which means now would be a good time to take a look at the most common habits you may have that push you further from reaching your New Year's resolutions. 

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What Supplements Matter

Dec 13, 2021 by Morgan Fontaine

Firstly; this is intended to help you cover your bases. None of these recommendations are meant to replace real food in your day to day life. The ideal scenario would be you not needing any of these things. Sadly, this just isn't likely to be any of our realities. Before starting to supplement things in your diet obviously consult your doctor. There could be contraindications with medications you're taking that may have undesirable results. I'd also highly recommend getting a full blood panel done as well. You can't fix what's going on until you take a peak under the hood every once in a while. 

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