A couple of months ago, I had the joy of speaking with Girish Bali on his show, “Back to Basics”. Among the many great questions Girish had about what it means to work with a virtual trainer, he asked me if I thought we were losing out on the soft skills inherent in a personal …
Where were you on March 14, 2020? I’ll never forget where I was. It was my birthday and, unbeknownst to me, I had taught my final group exercise class. After thousands of hours on the bike, leading running groups, HIIT challenges, and even Step classes, my days working with individuals as a personal trainer and …
Are students leveraging the greatest academic, health, and social resource at their university? Perhaps the most overlooked academic asset is a school’s fitness facility. Students who regularly use a university’s fitness facility get better grades, are more quickly integrated into the university community, and engage more in and out of the classroom. Freshmen who visit …
As we close out 2021, do you know how far you’ve come? How did you improve your cardio endurance? How about your strength? Being able to look back at achievement requires knowing where you began. While getting a starting point and setting a baseline may not be the MOST enjoyable part of improvement, it can …
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It’s here! Version 2.0 of VitFit’s prescribed online fitness solution is in beta test. Our direct-to-consumer offering will officially launch in January of 2022; but, beginning December 1st, users can get a sneak peek at our newest platform by joining the beta test group. What’s new in Version 2.0? The user interface is new and …
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What is The Meso Method? Simply stated The Meso Method is VitFit’s approach to organizing and achieving goals through a focus on what we call, the juicy middle bits aka- the mesocycles. It’s in the middle that all of the good stuff happens. If we can teach ourselves to enjoy the work and process of …
Calculating BMI, or Body Mass Index, makes for an interesting party game, but as a gauge of health and fitness it definitely has its limits. BMI does one thing- it tells you how much weight you are carrying over your body in relationship to your height. That’s it. Given that muscle is denser than fat, …
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In a mountain of digital fitness solutions and apps, what could possibly be missing? A lot. Whether it’s a result of Covid-19 concerns, an attempt to curb spending or just the desire for something different, the wild west of fitness apps and online workouts has become mainstream. The interface of technology and fitness is more …
What does it mean to think like a trainer? Good trainers are solution focused people. They are detectives and great observers. When working with a client, a trainer will try to gather as much information about their client’s physical conditioning as possible. They ask questions, they gather data and they watch. They watch very closely. …
A common praise from personal training clients is, “I never work as hard when I’m alone as I do when I’m with my trainer. I don’t push myself as hard.” This commitment to exertion is crucial to program adherence. VitFit has addressed this in 2 ways. Each workout is coached by a trainer through real-time …
Transforming a device into a coach and giving it intuition… Read More »
