By Naomi Rabon, NW Fitness Team Trainer What is the big secret to getting in the best shape of your life? What is that mythical, long sought-after “magic pill?” I am going to tell you what it is – but you might not like it. You can’t buy it. You can’t get it from … SEE MORE

  By Naomi Rabon, NW Fitness Team Trainer How many times have you said you were going to do something? You swore up and down that this time – THIS TIME – you were going to do it. You were going to: • Stick to your nutrition plan • Workout 4-5x’s per week • Not … SEE MORE

  By Naomi Rabon, NW Fitness Team Trainer I often hear people referring to walking as something you do when you’re recovering from an injury, or not at your 100% best, or a form of exercise for people who aren’t incredibly fit, or are out of shape, or are just getting started. But walking can … SEE MORE

  By Naomi Rabon, NW Fitness Team Trainer If you want to make more gains in the gym, it makes sense to work out more, right? Well, not so fast. We see memes on social media and slogans on t-shirts and tank tops that encourage us to “embrace the suck” and “take no days off,” … SEE MORE

  By Naomi Rabon, NW Fitness Team Trainer I used to think it was necessary to always have a goal. If you don’t have a goal, how can you be working towards something? And if you aren’t working towards something, how can you be making progress? And if you aren’t making progress towards a “something” … SEE MORE

  By Naomi Rabon, NW Fitness Team Trainer It seems like a no-brainer: you get stronger, you get bigger. One would most likely think that both goals of 1) improving strength and 2) packing on muscle are one and the same. But there’s more to it than that. Let’s take a deep dive into training … SEE MORE

  By Naomi Rabon, NW Fitness Team Trainer Fitness. Family & Friendships. Finances. These are three major aspects that encompass your world that – when working simultaneously in perfect magical balance and harmony – can create a wonderful, stress-free, healthy, happy fit mind, body, soul and life. But when these three things are working against … SEE MORE

  By Naomi Rabon, NW Fitness Team Trainer We live in a productivity-centered world where the worth of our hours, days and years seem to be measured by what we accomplish within each minute, each second, of the day. No wonder the term “rest day” generally has a negative connotation to it, like “I can’t … SEE MORE

  By Naomi Rabon, NW Fitness Team Trainer “Food, glorious food!” ~ Oliver! (The musical, 1968) One of the most basic survival mechanisms – obtaining nourishment (aka: eating) – can bring us great pleasure, but it can also bring us an equal amount of misery when done in excess and seemingly uncontrolled bouts of binge … SEE MORE

  By Naomi Rabon, NW Fitness Team Trainer Bodyweight remains a huge part of our culture. It’s such an integral part of many people’s self-esteem, and a huge part of whether or not someone feels like they are making progress or not in a given day or week or month or other specific time-frame based … SEE MORE