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  27 Jun 2022

  Los Gatos Personal Fitness Trainer's Fitness Prescription

  Our Los Gatos personal fitness trainers want you to take a moment to think about "moderation". Did your mind immediately jump to food? That's definitely the most common reaction… but guess what? Moderation ALSO applies to exercise and your workouts. The old days of “no pain, no gain” are definitely in our rear-view mirror. Instead, our Los Gatos personal fitness trainers want you to know it’s about the “minimum effective dose” for results. That means getting just enough exercise to maintain or improve your fitness, without overdoing it (especially when it comes to long or super-intense workouts). More is definitely NOT ....

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  24 Jun 2022

  Our Campbell Nutrition Coaches Want You to Rate Your Eating Skills

  Our Campbell nutrition coaches want to know, if you had to grade yourself today – right now! – on your eating and nutrition skills, would you get an A, B, C … or …? (haha: we're talking about “healthy” eating here, for the record.) Most of us think of eating/nutrition as something we should just automatically KNOW about … … or we even label them as virtues. EXAMPLE: Our Campbell nutrition coaches can’t even count how many times clients have told them they have been “good” or “bad” when it comes to food. But there really ARE skills involved – things like meal planning, ....

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  20 Jun 2022

  Visualize Your Ideal Self

  Our Method3 Fitness coaches want you to visualize your ideal self. The point of this exercise is all about manifestation – about bringing your ideal self into your physical reality. Which we can only do once we’re crazy clear on who he or she is. Really think about it, focusing on various aspects of who you are and who you want to be, and then sit down with pen and paper. Here are some questions to get your juices flowing. Remember to think positively about yourself in this. Envision a specific point in the future. Imagine as fully as you can what things look like, taste like, smell like, etc. Go somewhere quiet where you’ll have some ....

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  17 Jun 2022

  San Jose Nutritionists' Tips to Stop Stress Eating (or Not Eating)

  If you’ve ever had a stressful day (or year!) that affected your eating habits, our San Jose nutrition coaches want you to know you are NOT alone. In a study, more than 75% of adults said that stress played a role in their eating during the past month. This included overeating, eating junk foods, or not eating. Many of them said it happened weekly. They also said it made them feel sluggish, lazy, disappointed in themselves, and/or irritable. The good news is that our San Jose nutrition coaches have a few tips below to stop stress from getting in the way of your results when it comes to food. But before we get into the tips, it’s ....

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  13 Jun 2022

  Our Nutrition Coaches Explain Why This Fad Doesn't Work

  Heads up, our nutrition coaches have got some controversial news for you today – but hang with us! “Moderation” is one of the biggest buzzwords in wellness right now. But guess what? It doesn’t work … Because almost everyone does it wrong. The fact is, what looks like “moderation” to one person might be something completely different for someone else. For food, your definition of “moderate” can depend on what you grew up eating, your current eating habits, or even your mood. Just as one example: what’s a “moderate” amount of pizza? If you conducted a poll, ....

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  10 Jun 2022

  The Past Does Not Impact What You Can Create in the Future

  At Method3 Fitness, we believe you can do whatever you set your mind to do. Call us crazy, but we do. But if you want to learn a new skill, change careers, or start exercising and eating right, then trust us: You can. Starting today, no matter what your experiences have been. At least once a week, we talk to someone who tells us they can’t start exercising or eating right because they’ve tried in the past and always failed. We get it. We understand that it’s hard to try again after stumbling once, twice, or even several times. But we’ve all heard the saying: Fall seven times, get up eight. We all can remember ....

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  6 Jun 2022

  San Jose Personal Trainer's Tips for Stepping Out with Confidence

  Our San Jose personal fitness trainers truly believe, there’s nothing as attractive as confidence. Not being at your goal weight. Not the perfect haircut. Not wearing THAT swimsuit. It doesn’t matter what your gender is. It doesn’t matter what your age is. It is simply a universal truth that when you believe in yourself, you exude all the right feels, and everyone can see it. So, as summer arrives and layers of clothing come off, our San Jose personal trainers don’t want you to obsess too critically about how your body looks poolside. (Trust us: It looks fantastic.) Instead, take these steps from our San Jose personal fitness ....

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  3 Jun 2022

  When You’re Tired of Feeling Tired

  Have you ever been here before? Something sparked you to set a new health or fitness goal that you were REALLY excited about. Maybe you: stepped on the scale after the holidays had a big event coming up (reunion, wedding, vacation, etc.) were unhappy with the results from your latest doctor’s visit watched an inspiring movie … or were wowed by someone else’s transformation or even had some kind of wake-up call So you committed to clean up your eating, start exercising, and/or make some BIG CHANGES when it comes to your self-care. And then you go at it … HARD! And things are going great. But then something unexpected pops on ....

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  30 May 2022

  Campbell Personal Trainers' Quick Tips to Calm Stress & Anxiety

  “Calm down… Breathe… There you go… Better now?” Our Campbell personal trainers want to know how many times have you said something like that to someone in emotional distress? How many times has someone said it to you when you’re panicked? It turns out that the calming power of deep breathing is real and backed by science. You can purposefully calm your stress and refocus your mind through breathwork. (Ever notice how often our Campbell personal fitness trainers remind clients during workouts to "breathe!"?) You can learn and use a few simple techniques every day – without waiting for the next panic attack. ....

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  27 May 2022

  Don’t Get Fit for Summer

  Summer is such a powerful time. It’s packed full of emotions and memories that can affect our mindset and mood. We all have nostalgia around summer with the sights and smells and that feeling of being free. You know that healthy habits key to living your best lives in the sun, to enjoying friends, family and travel – and, yes, to looking your best. But remember that your core, long-term commitment is more important in the long run than any seasonal stimulation or motivation. It comes from within, from knowing your “why” – and it’s truly the most powerful thing. Which is why we want to say – don’t get fit for ....

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