The most prominent challenge individuals face is changing from short term thinking to long term planning. Can you do what you are planning to do to lose weight for the rest of your life? IF the answer is no, then don’t start. Find a real answer. Too many people spend their lives getting harmful nutrition...Read More
Progression Staff, past and present. The CrossFit Games Open starts March 11 this year, and February is the prime time to prepare. We’ve got tons of great stuff lined up, and you know we’ll have a blast like we always do—even if things are just a bit different this year with a pandemic and a...Read More
Community is created in conjunction with the people around us. There are good communities and bad communities. The community is vital to us and it has allowed us to grow and thrive in almost all things that humans do. We are not always at our best, and when we are not, the people around us...Read More
Last month Progression Fitness and Regent fitness in Rochester, MN offered a Mega Challenge to our members. Row, Bike, Run, SKi for a long time! This was our first challenge since Covid Started and we made it a big one. Participants that completed the challenge will get a Challenge Coin! This month we will be...Read More
If you are looking to improve your health, take a look at your sleep. Sleep is often overlooked in favor of those new shoes or that new watch. Buying something is an excellent way to get motivated, but fine-tuning your sleep can help in many ways. Sleep is not sexy. But the results can be. ...Read More
Dr. Sanjay Gupta has a new book out. Keep Sharp: Build a Better Brain at any Age. Today I will quickly go over his five pillars of brain health. If you belong to a functional fitness gym, you are already checking most of these items off the list. No surprise to me, the first pillar...Read More
I had the opportunity this year to attend two two-hour seminars with Cameron Herold. During both of the sessions, I learned a lot and the information hit me differently each time. During the second talk, Cameron again talked about the success formula. I took notes on it the first time but did not take it...Read More
One of the options at Progression Fitness and now Regent Fitness, in Rochester MN, is Flex online coaching. Originally the Flex program was developed for the person who lived too far from the gym or traveled for work. The Flex client meets with a coach 1-2 times a month at the gym. The client usually...Read More
Great post this morning from Seth Godin. Famous Conductors Who do you see as the conductor in your life? We all have or had one at some point. How they did as a conductor probably significantly impacted who you are and how you see the world. We all need to be our conductor with certain...Read More
Sunday today, new fresh snow to explore, so I will keep this short. Research on over 300,000 people has shown that specific things make us happy. And they may not be what you think. Here are 3 of the things the studies showed. Activity. Doing things that require movement and physical activity is shown to...Read More
