by Drew | Jan 4, 2013 | Fitness Tip of the Week, Overall Health, Personal Training, Uncategorized
Author: Ridge Personal Trainer Annie Barber In a past issue of IDEA magazine I discovered an article emphasizing the importance of happiness. Happy people live longer and are healthier overall. Instead of trying to find happiness by eliminating the negative (stress,...
by Drew | Jan 2, 2013 | Nutrition, Overall Health, Personal Training, Uncategorized, Weight Loss
Many of us make a New Year’s Resolution, but how many of us actually keep them? Here’s a great link from Ridge Personal Trainer Jackie Corcoran’s Health Coaching Site to help you stay on track, click here to read on! Whatever your New Year’s...
by Drew | Nov 29, 2012 | Nutrition, Overall Health, Personal Training, Uncategorized
I got spoiled at the Spa Ridge today. Heidi Vasquez, one of our talented pedicurists/manicurists made my toes pretty! With her undivided loving attention, she softened my calloused heals in a warm foot bath and then exfoliated and massaged my feet and calves–an...
by Drew | Apr 23, 2012 | Nutrition, Overall Health, Personal Training, Strength Training, Weight Loss
If there is one thing I took away from the first 20lb Challenge back in September it is that, “Everyday is a New Day.” Josh Palmer told me that during one of our first nutritional meetings. Of course you do need to be accountable if you slipped up the...
by Drew | Jan 3, 2012 | Fitness Tip of the Week, Nutrition, Overall Health
Author: Ridge Personal Trainer Annie Barber Type 2 Diabetes is a common disease that can harm your health in many ways. In type 2 diabetes, either the body does not produce enough insulin or the cells ignore the insulin. Insulin is critical for the body to use glucose...
by Drew | Dec 7, 2011 | Fitness Tip of the Week, Nutrition, Overall Health, Personal Training, Strength Training, Weight Loss
Author: Ridge Personal Trainer Leah Vogel So, you would like to lose twenty pounds. Here is the first step to success that many people skip entirely: visualization. Throughout your day, visualize what 20 pounds lighter would look and feel like and quit thinking about...