IF YOU KNEW YOU COULD NOT FAIL? It was a brilliantly sunny day and I was driving along my usual route on my way to The Forge with squats on my mind, when something caught my eye. At the side of the road, I saw this little bamboo plant springing triumphantly out of the tarmac. It hadn’t even been there a few days before. It immediately got me thinking. I slowed down and stopped right next to it. Seriously, this little plant was forcing its way through the tarmac into the sunshine, cracking … [Read more...] about WHAT WOULD YOU ACCOMPLISH…
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DEFEATING DEMENTIA
Exercise Proven To Have ‘Significant Role’ In Reducing Risk Of This Terrible Disease Finally, it’s official!! We now have a rock solid vindication of something we have personally been advocating for more than a decade. Maintaining a healthy and active lifestyle plays a significant role in reducing the risk of developing dementia in later years. The benefits of maintaining regular physical activity throughout life is something I have personally … [Read more...] about DEFEATING DEMENTIA
HOW TO BE A PERFECT 10
AND IT'S NOT HOW YOU THINK A couple of weeks ago, we organized a very special fitness awareness campaign here at The BodyForge. We called it Lift Like a Girl. It was a campaign targeted specifically to ladies. Which makes it sound weird at first, I know. I mean, seriously, who wants to lift like a chick anyway? It doesn’t sound very glamorous or heroic...or does it? … [Read more...] about HOW TO BE A PERFECT 10
LIFT LIKE A GIRL #9
This is what truly amazing women look like!! Confident, radiant, empowered, positive and self-possessed. And, other than that, they look perfect normal! Because “amazing” starts in the mind. It’s not something you just find lying around somewhere. So, ladies and gentlemen, it is my pleasure and my privilege to present to you some of our incredible BodyForge Girls. … [Read more...] about LIFT LIKE A GIRL #9
THE WORST NEW YEAR’S FITNESS DISSOLUTIONS
AND HOW TO FIX THEM Listen up ladies! Please - and I repeat, PLEASE - do NOT set yourself up for fitness failure this year. I see it happen year after year, and it's pretty distressing. I see ladies starting out with all the goodwill in the world, fired up with the best of intentions, only to have their plans shot down in flames in a few days (yes, DAYS!). Simply because of the way they structured the whole "resolution" thing. … [Read more...] about THE WORST NEW YEAR’S FITNESS DISSOLUTIONS