I’ve been writing health and fitness blogs for over 10 years now. And I’ve been strolling down memory lane over the past month as I’ve been curating the website. It’s been fun to go back and read these posts and it’s nice to see I’ve been consistent in my messaging over the years (I was…
The big box gyms in Langley like Fitness World, Club 16 or Gold’s Gym are not in the gym business as though it might seem. They are actually in the advertising and selling memberships business with a goal of selling you a gym membership and hoping you never show up! Think I’m wrong? Hear me…
Your environment shapes you. It’s the #1 reason anyone seeking to improve their health and fitness should come to our Langley gym. Why? Because the hardest thing is getting yourself there. Once you show up, you don’t even have to worry about working hard, it just happens because of the energy and atmosphere. If you…
Saturday marked the end of the 14th edition of our Langley Weight Loss Challenge known as the Biggest Winner. So now what? First we check out some results! Our Female Winner was Bev!!! Here are a few words from Bev: “Signing up for this challenge for me was only meant to be another step in…
These are the 20 rules of intelligent fitness training you can put into practice next time you are in the gym. 1. The goal of intelligent training is to improve your ability to contract your muscles harder, NOT simply to complete reps. You don’t want to put out reps with bad form or reps that…
If you aren’t tracking your BEFIT workouts how do you know you are making progress? Sure you can track progress with: How you look. How much you weigh. How your clothes fit and feel. But an amazing way of tracking and analyzing your progress is to make notes of the weights, time, reps, and sets…
Why is this important and why do some gym owners not do this? What would be their reasoning??? To me, the reason gym owners follow their own program is that they believe in their programming. So if you don’t believe in your own programming, you are going to follow somebody else’s… If you believe your…
This past weekend marked the end of our 13th instalment of The Biggest Winner. The Biggest Winner is a 12 Week Weight Loss Challenge that focuses on building sustainable healthy habits for the long term. And I stress long term… Because rather than putting this challenge at the easiest time of year, we put it…
Each year, I am reminded of the amazingness of our community when this day rolls around. Your generosity humbles me. Your spirit impresses me. Your workout astounds me. Thank you for letting my team and I be part of such an amazing of community of people looking to better themselves and each other. Thanks to…
Rachelle is the newest personal trainer to the BEFIT Coaching Team. Here’s 7 Questions so you can get to know her better… 1. What do you like doing in your spare time? I love to exercise, read the latest news, volunteer weekly as one of the pet therapy teams at a nursing home, enjoy my…