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Tag: motivation

Why ADDING to Your Diet Can Help You Reach your Goals

Why Diets Just Don’t Work  When someone mentions to you that they are on a diet, what’s the first thing that comes to mind? In most cases, we start thinking about what they aren’t allowed to eat on their diet and the dreaded word – restriction (shudder…) We also might try to picture ourselves and our ability […]

How to Avoid the Holiday Weight Gain

4 Tips: Maintain Your Fitness and Still Enjoy the Holidays   Hydrate Like Crazy We all know drinking adequate water is important. More so important during the holidays when extra goodies are being handed around. Being hydrated will not only help keep you feeling satiated but can help boost your metabolism and not to mention […]

Getting Motivated – A quick guide to finding motivation

One great way to stay motivated is to find a sport or activity that you enjoy participating in. Running, hiking, cycling, tennis, hockey, basketball or whatever works for you, your abilities and your schedule. This choice works 2 fold 1. The activity itself is an opportunity to burn calories and increase your fitness while getting […]

How to Keep Your New Year Resolutions

Getting a grip on your New Years resolutions can be done with a little bit of planning, perseverance, and a sprinkling of grit! I know that sounds difficult but don’t go away just yet! I’ve got 5 simple steps that will help you get there! The new year is the perfect time to start a […]

Your Mental Health + Fitness During a Pandemic.

“If exercise could be packed into a pill, it would be the single most widely prescribed and beneficial medicine in the nation.” – Dr. Robert Butler, National Institute on Aging Okay, so this is a HUGE topic…. I think it is the most important one I’ve ever had the opportunity to blog about.  I can tell […]

The Best Exercises for Seniors

At Rep 1 Fitness we’ve seen our older adult clients achieve amazing health and fitness results. Perhaps the word ‘amazing’ is downplaying their achievements and we should say ‘life changing’!   Our senior clients can be seen working on single leg balance drills, learning to lift weights or even venturing into weekend cycling races. No […]

How to Stay Motivated and Dedicated to your Fitness Goals.

Motivation, Dedication and Crushing your Fitness Goals!       With New Years resolutions right around the corner it seems like everyone in Vancouver is thinking about fitness and health motivation.  How many times have you set a resolution at the beginning of the year just to watch it fade away a few weeks later? […]

How Intermittent Fasting Can Fast Track your Weight Loss

How You Can Use Intermittent Fasting to Fast Track your Weight loss! If you’ve been working out in a gym or training with a personal trainer in Vancouver lately you’ve most likely heard of intermittent fasting or maybe you’ve heard just whispers of it from fellow fitness enthusiast sea-wall runners as they wiz past! So […]

Client Spotlight: Courtney

This is Courtney. She started training with Krista this January and couldn’t do a single push-up from her knees… Now we are up to 15 with full range of motion. Courtney is well on her way to progressing to her toes! #WeAreRep1