When it comes to weight loss, it’s not just about the physical grind. Your mindset plays a huge role in your success… if not the most important! You may remember the hierarchy of fitness…. I spoke about this before here.
If you didn’t get a chance, please read part 1 on snacking and weight loss before reading below. This post has been designed to build on the mentality of 3 meals per day focusing on nutrient quality. Now let’s breakdown
I’m back with another hard-hitting truth bomb about mindset, your weight loss goals, and snacking. Yeah, that’s right. I said it. Snacking is bad for you. Real bad. I know what you’re thinking. “Josh, what the heck are you talking
The warm up is underrated because it’s more than just General Physical Preparedness (GPP) which is your standard warmup including movements like spiderman, goalie stretch, and jumping jacks that will get you ready for a general workout. Warmup sets as
As a fitness professional, I see this all the time… People don’t want help until they want help. And I can tell you factually what would be the best thing to do but it’ll be ineffective for the most part. That is
Years ago I wrote about Redefining Langley Fitness with the Hierarchy of Fitness. Now over 5 years later, I feel that it’s time to redefine this hierarchy. See most things still hold true… Your mindset is still the foundation of your
Do you ever think about your breathing? It’s pretty important considering you can only survive without air for minutes, and that’s substantially less than the days you can survive without water or the weeks without food… Do you also need
We’ve been running this weight loss challenge in Langley now since 2010. And as much as this is a 12 week weight loss challenge, we always remind our participants to focus on building sustainable healthy habits for the long term.
Guidance, structure, and accountability define the value of BEFIT culture and programming. The BEFIT Training system is supported by well-documented science surrounding macrocycles, mesocycles, and microcycles (definition below). This enables us to deliver the diverse yet consistent training style for
It’s been a few years since we had a charity bootcamp supporting the Langley Christmas Bureau… Even with the 2 year absence, it’s great to see that the spirit in our community is as strong as ever with a new
The signature design of BEFIT weekly programming can accommodate a wide variety of schedules and welcomes new individuals to our gym without compromising the ability to land on a perfectly balanced training program – all within the week, the month,
Running a gym for almost 13 years and being a trainer for 15 years. I’ve seen a lot of things… Now, having trained over 5000 individuals, I’ve seen patterns and I’ve seen what works and what doesn’t for the majority
When new members come to me I get down hearing about all the years they wasted on methods that don’t work. If It Fits Your Macros because the cool kids are doing it. Vegetarian or vegan diets because they watched
It’s easy to get complacent and get into bad habits without us even knowing. We can let our thoughts become negative by default when we’re faced with the challenges along our fitness journey. So as your personal trainer, I wanted
The person taking the most rest is most likely training with the most intensity. Didn’t think you’d ever hear that from a personal trainer did you? As your personal trainer, our role is to educate you on everything related to
The workout that you use to build muscle is the workout that you use to lose fat. Nothing changes. The reps don’t go up. The rest periods don’t go down. If you want to lose fat, eat for fat loss
This past week marked the finale of our 20th Biggest Winner Weight Loss challenge. It’s Langley’s longest running weight loss challenge where everyone is in pursuit of 10 percent of their initial bodyweight in 12 weeks. And with the guidance,
The same nutrition plan that works for me may not work for you. With this in mind, I’m always trying to provide you with different takes on effective nutrition that utilize the most effective fat loss principles. Healthy nutrition principles
I thought I’d put together an article of my 10 favourite exercises of 2022 that we are currently programming in the BEFIT workouts… After being in the gym training clients as well as being in the trenches training myself for
Nutrition is complicated. But it can be simplified. Here’s where I would start with your nutrition if your someone that works well with numbers. Start with Protein Protein in Greek means of first importance. Let that marinate for a second…
