In today’s PT Intel personal trainer Kathleen Trotter discusses managing expectations when setting out to achieve our fitness goals. Besides being a personal trainer, Kathleen lives her advice, having completed 10 (count ’em!) marathons, an Ironman (well, Ironwoman to be more accurate) and 7 half Ironmans. You can also find her on Twitter. Stop thinking […]
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5 Tips for Setting Better Fitness Goals
Featured YourWorkoutBook.com contributor and Toronto-based personal trainer Kathleen Trotter discusses some tips and guidance for creating weight loss and fitness goals that actually work. Besides being a personal trainer, Kathleen lives her advice, having completed 10 (count ’em!) marathons, an Ironman (well, Ironwoman to be more accurate) and 7 half Ironmans. You can also find […]
How to Set Fitness Goals That Don’t Stink
How many times have you rolled over after a big night at the bar, or a big night at Denny’s, or after pulling your head out of a bag of buttered up movie popcorn and said to yourself, “That’s it! That’s enough! I’m mad as hell and I cannot take it anymore!” In a post-binge […]
5 Reasons You Aren’t Seeing the Progress You Want
It’s a familiar feeling… You’ve been working your butt off at the gym. Putting in the hours. Watching your diet. Taking the rught supplements. Seeing incremental gains here and there. But after a while, you begin to feel like you aren’t progressing fast enough. You are not big enough. You are not strong enough. This […]
11 Ways to Keep Your Fitness Goals on Track
Toronto-based Kathleen Trotter, personal trainer extraordinaire, shares 11 simple and powerful ways to keep your fitness goals on track. We all know that starting something is always the hardest part, so the next time you feel your motivation dipping use any of these little hacks to keep your goals on track– 1. Don’t keep your […]