“As a lifelong fitness enthusiast, I’ve always taken pride in pushing boundaries, inspiring others to achieve their fitness goals, & embodying the epitome of health & strength. For 15+ yrs, I lived & breathed the fitness lifestyle as a NASM Certified Personal Trainer coaching countless individuals on how to transform their bodies & lives. As
If you’re like most athletes one of your primary goals is to improve performance. No matter how you define it – getting faster, getting leaner, getting stronger – athletes focus upward. But improving performance requires that we do things just a bit different than the average. It requires that we adopt small, but powerful, key
“Maintaining a healthy lifestyle often feels like a challenge. Between busy schedules & endless distractions, finding time for fitness can often fall by the wayside. However, with the rise of online personal training, achieving your health & wellness goals has never been more convenient or accessible. Maybe it’s time for you to elevate your fitness
On Sun AM’s I coach 1-hr group technique sessions. I look forward to these sessions every week primarily because we have time to experiment with all sorts of different ways to learn a skill. Last session we worked making loud, obnoxious “juicy mistakes”. What…you don’t know what “juicy mistakes” are? Well, it’s a learning technique
“A question I often receive from my clients is, ‘Dr. D, what is the best exercise I could possibly do?’ What they mean to ask is, ‘What secret exercise do only PT’s know that gets magical results?’ And the answer is always much simpler than people expect. It is the Almighty Squat! The most basic
Perceptions – real or not real? That is the question! The older I get the better I understand that the most helpful concepts are often counter intuitive. Just think about the last time you were introduced to an idea that was 180-deg opposite of what you initially thought. What did you do? Bury your head
In my most recent “Hour of Power” chat with registered dietician & elite athlete, Erin Green, she was asked “What is the ‘right’ diet?” Great question! (Side Note: If you’d like to hear her answer, click here…it starts at about 27:45). That question resonated with me because I get asked the exercise version ALL the
Teaching technique for all 4 strokes (Butterfly, Backstroke, Breaststroke & Freestyle) is one of my favorite things to do. Not only do I have to work hard to figure out the best ways to break down complex skill sets, but I also need to figure out 100 different ways to explain a single concept. That
It’s no secret that many endurance athletes identify with Type A, perfectionist-oriented personality traits. Heck…I’m definitely one of them (as evidenced by how many times I rewrote that 1st sentence…at least 6 times!) We’re the folks who set high, often unattainable goals, we expect to get it “right” (the first time) & we’re highly critical
Last week I did a recap of my Top 3 favorite strength exercises (click here to read it) for time-crunched athletes. Done together they efficiently & quite effectively work your whole body – top to bottom, front to back. So, you think you don’t have enough time to lift…think again! With these 3 exercises you