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

  By Naomi Rabon, NW Fitness Team Trainer What do you think of when you hear the word metabolism? Do you think of how fast or slow your body burns fat or holds on to fat? Or maybe you think of an “on/off” switch somewhere in your body labeled “metabolism.” Metabolism, originally more of medical … SEE MORE

  By Naomi Rabon, NW Fitness Team Trainer I’m sure I don’t need to tell you about the numerous obstacles, limitations, ‘set backs,’ and stumbling blocks we inevitably face along our fitness journey that can easily be turned into flat out roadblocks that truly test us in how bad “we want it.” Some are physical, … SEE MORE

  By Naomi Rabon, NW Fitness Team Trainer It might be out of force of habit, or mindlessly working out (going through the motions of lifting things up and putting them back down) or just lack of knowledge when it comes to body mechanics—but, contrary to popular belief, your focus should not be on lifting … SEE MORE

  By Naomi Rabon, NW Fitness Team Trainer I want you to ask yourself a pretty straight-forward, direct question. And I want you to answer honestly – as honestly as you can: are you able to detect when you’re “B.S.-ing” yourself? In other words, are you aware of your own excuses you tell yourself, and … SEE MORE

  By Naomi Rabon, NW Fitness Team Trainer “I don’t have enough time to workout.” How many times have you said this, thought this, or heard someone say this? If you are someone who has thought this or said this, have you ever looked at how much time you spend on social media per day? … SEE MORE

  By Naomi Rabon, NW Fitness Team Trainer You may not want to hear this, but hey, I’m a personal trainer and a large percentage of my job is telling people what they don’t want to hear, or getting people to do things they really don’t want to do, lol! This may come as a … SEE MORE