By Naomi Rabon, NW Fitness Team Trainer You’ve no doubt heard this a number of times before, but you are only as strong as your weakest link, even if that weakest link seems too small of an issue to hold you back. As with many things in life, we may not realize how critical … SEE MORE

  By Naomi Rabon, NW Fitness Team Trainer If you could look exactly the way you want to look, feel exactly the way you want to feel and be as strong, fit and healthy as you could possibly be, would it matter to you how much you weigh? DOES IT EVEN MATTER? I’ve asked almost … SEE MORE

  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