Olivier Poirier-Leroy, NASM-CPT

“I walk slowly, but I never walk backward.” – Abraham Lincoln I had a frank and revealing conversation with a friend recently. She is trying to get back in shape, and has made several fitful attempts at regaining the conditioning and form she held as recent as a year ago. She described how things usually […]

At some point you have certainly heard the phrase “fake it ‘til you make it.” (I prefer this: Fake it till you become it.) Whatever the circumstance, the concept of it is simple enough: You pretend to be able to do something until the moment that you are capable of actually doing it. By avoiding […]

It was a place where I knew I should be going, but I wasn’t. The laundry list of reasons was long and convincing. I wasn’t in good enough shape. I would start tomorrow, or next week, or once I picked up some new workout gear. On the days I promised myself to go the excuses […]

It’s a familiar scene—with glasses raised, surrounded by friends, and bottles popping we make the decision that this is going to be the year that we finally take things to the next level. It’s become somewhat of a running joke to create a resolution each year so that you have a sense of optimism that […]

If there is one issue that most lifters and gym-goers consistently and deeply struggle with it is maintaining the motivation necessary to go to the gym regularly. It comes in a variety of forms, but the sentiment is largely the same… How do I plow through those days when I don’t feel like training? How […]