By Naomi Rabon, NW Fitness Team Trainer Exercise can be one of the best forms of stress-release. It has, for me, been my go-to “therapy” when I need some “me” time; when I need to be alone with my thoughts and process my feelings. LIFTING THERAPY My lifting sessions served as a vital crutch … SEE MORE

  By Naomi Rabon, NW Fitness Team Trainer When you hear the words “fast metabolism,” it might drum up images of someone who is able to eat a high amount of calories while maintaining a lean physique, eats frequently, possibly athletic and energetic. What about when you hear the words “slow metabolism?” It likely stirs … SEE MORE

  By Naomi Rabon, NW Fitness Team Trainer If there is one thing I’ve learned in my almost 20 years of being a fitness professional, it’s that people don’t like to do things they aren’t good at. Actually, that applies to everything in life, not just fitness. POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT We tend to gravitate towards things … SEE MORE

  By Naomi Rabon, NW Fitness Team Trainer How you think things should happen in life, and how things actually unfold can look completely different. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing, and can sometimes be what makes life so amazing, magical and, well, excitingly unexpected. EXPECTATIONS VS. REALITY Fitness is no exception. Not by a … SEE MORE

  By Naomi Rabon, NW Fitness Team Trainer You may not be Irish, but who needs Irish in their blood to partake in all the exciting St. Patrick’s Day festivities and Leprechaun shenanigans? The St. Patrick’s Day holiday, which is observed every year on March 17, honors the death of the patron saint of Ireland, … SEE MORE

  By Naomi Rabon, NW Fitness Team Trainer We’ve all heard that old cliché: “We make time for what is important to us.” I am here to tell you that this couldn’t be a truer statement. There is really nothing else to say. We all have the same amount of time during the day, and … SEE MORE

  By Naomi Rabon, NW Fitness Team Trainer Many of us are here in this space to get more insight into progressing more efficiently, effectively or see more drastic, significant changes toward a muscular, leaner, symmetrical physique. For us, it’s more than seeing inches go down on a tape measure or pounds melt away on … SEE MORE

  By Naomi Rabon, NW Fitness Team Trainer I’m not sure when the terms ‘accessory workouts’ and ‘accessory muscles’ came on the fitness scene, but I started hearing these terms used more frequently around late 2019. Then even more often in 2020. THE NEW BUZZ WORD Now it seems the word ‘accessory’ is thrown around … SEE MORE

  By Naomi Rabon, NW Fitness Team Trainer We are officially a month and a half into the new year. When you set your goals at the beginning of the year, you may have thought that you would have progressed to a certain point by now. How is that working out for you? Are you … SEE MORE

  By Naomi Rabon, NW Fitness Team Trainer Although it seems like we just recovered from the holidays – Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s – we barely took a breather before embarking on another joyous occasion. One that will most likely be expressed with decadent treats that will almost certainly knock you off your … SEE MORE