By Naomi Rabon, NW Fitness Team Trainer Planning is key. How many times have we heard this in different areas of our lives throughout our lives? All. The. Time. YOU ARE IN CONTROL 100% You are the only one who is in control of your planning. That doesn’t mean that other people, events and … SEE MORE

  By Naomi Rabon, NW Fitness Team Trainer One of the most common phrases we hear when frustration sets in if your fitness results don’t seem noticeable and weight loss expectations aren’t met is: “trust the process.” It is such a commonly thrown around phrase now that it might not hold much weight because you’ve … SEE MORE

  By Naomi Rabon, NW Fitness Team Trainer When you hear the now all-too-common fitness buzz words “progressive overload” you may only think of one thing: lifting heavier weights. WAYS TO PROGRESSIVELY OVERLOAD If this is you, then you are in for a treat! Progressive overload, by definition, is when you introduce more intense stressors … SEE MORE

  By Naomi Rabon, NW Fitness Team Trainer You should never compromise yourself for anyone, and should never sacrifice more than what is required in order to make you feel whole. YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH FITNESS You may or may not have learned something along those lines in your life with regard to relationships—with other people, … SEE MORE

  By Naomi Rabon, NW Fitness Team Trainer In order to grow, we often have to endure some kind of pain. There is no way around it. From a coach’s perspective, it’s crazy to think that my clients pay me to put them through exercises that – at times, depending on the client of course … SEE MORE

  By Naomi Rabon, NW Fitness Team Trainer<.em> Do you feel like you are in a plateau, or maybe even feel like you’re going backwards and digressing instead of moving forward and progressing? Or do you feel like you are just going around in circles, gaining and losing the same 5 or 10lbs and not … SEE MORE

  By Naomi Rabon, NW Fitness Team Trainer (If) the structure is there, it will automatically provide the pattern for the action which follows. ~ Donald Curtis Do you often feel like you’re “just winging it” and floundering through your fitness? Almost like you’re barely treading water? What you desperately need is structure, follow through … SEE MORE

  By Naomi Rabon, NW Fitness Team Trainer Here’s a hard truth you must accept in your fitness journey: You will never reach one set point in your body weight and stay there in a linear, constant manner. Probably not what you want to hear, but you know the old saying that the truth hurts … SEE MORE

  By Naomi Rabon, NW Fitness Team Trainer We are all human and aren’t perfect, especially when it comes to attempting new endeavors, trying to improve ourselves and changing negative behavior patterns to positive ones. There will be slip ups, missteps, and backslides. DON’T BE SO HARD ON YOURSELF We often preach how important it … SEE MORE

  By Naomi Rabon, NW Fitness Team Trainer Today’s society is filled with messages inundating us with the notion that we can, should or should strive to do it all. That we should want to achieve success in every single aspect of our life, and that our life should be structured around doing just that … SEE MORE