In the semi-private training group that meets at my home fitness studio, I encourage the ladies to train barefoot. You can of course wear shoes if you want, but there are many reasons to train without them.

Have you ever heard certain exercises referred to as being “high impact”?

There often seems to be a negative connotation to something being a high impact activity. Running and jumping are considered high impact activities, while cycling and water aerobics are low impact.

There is a connection between decreasing body fat and having more energy, and that is through training your systems of metabolism.
Metabolism is the process of either breaking down or building up cells.

You can’t really tell how strong a person is unless you see them move.
This static photo is a picture of physique. Physique and fitness are related to one another, but they are not the same thing and shouldn’t be conflated.

What if you don’t want to exercise all the time, but you don’t want to go back to the deconditioned state you were in before?
Or what if you need to take a break, for any of the many reasons that we might need to?
What can we reasonably hope for if we stop training, and what do we need to do to keep the level of fitness we have?
Let’s look at usable strategies for not losing everything we’ve gained when we take a break.

People often struggle to find time to exercise, or maybe they feel an aversion to exercising. It can easily become one more task on an endless to-do list that never quite becomes the top priority.
You know what else some people struggle to make time for?