There are a few things you can do to make a drastic change to your weekly effectiveness. You can do these with your significant other as well. I suggest two sets of weekly goals, one for you as an individual and one for you as a couple. Start with one if you are new to this activity. The first step to writing down your goals is to find your intrinsic motivation. Why are these things you are planning to do necessary? If you do not have some internal reason to get them done, chances are you won’t get them done.   Here are the five things to crush your week. Do these five things, and the ripple will flow through the rest of your life.  Plan your meals for the week. Don’t let yourself get caught in a situation that all of a sudden requires a drive-through. Either meal prep or...Read more

Yesterday I talked about The Longevity Game. Health is not a six-week challenge, and it is not a 21 day cleanse. It is not a 12-week bootcamp. However, this is what is being sold to you daily. Today I will discuss how we changed from Playing the short game to playing the longevity game. Always getting what you want is extremely bad for you. The real world is not a candy store. When we behave as if it is, things turn out poorly. In 2017 at Progression, we were always trying to change and give people what they wanted. We ran boot camps, 30-day nutrition challenges, Competitor classes, All kinds of things that we thought would help people on their health and fitness path. What we found was we became a revolving door. People got some results, but the percentage that sustained these results was less than 5%. We decided...Read more

Getting back at it! 5 ways to make your return to the gym a success. Covid-19 has broken our habits in many ways. When it is time for you to start back at the gym, there are ways to do it successfully.    Here are five ways to great success when you return to the gym.  Start slow. Maybe you did all the bodyweight workouts at home, or perhaps you did nothing. Either way, it is best to chill a bit the first few times back in the gym. Warm-up extra well. Go through all movements carefully to check for any issues that may have flared up from your change in routine. Just make sure your body is still firing on all cylinders. Dial back the weights and intensity. Fitness leaves quickly. Back off from where you previously were, to again test out your current status. Go by feel, not the...Read more

Bodyweight workouts are great for short-term gains. Think Beachbody. However, what they won’t do is give you long-term gains or long-term muscle growth (a significant predictor of longevity and health). There are many reasons for this. Let me quickly go over a few. Once you get good at body weight movements, you need to keep doing more to keep getting results. This is a ladder that most people can’t climb. You will run out of time, much like runners who run 100 miles a week and still can’t lose that last 20 lbs. Your body adapts. You need to be able to force adaptation. Why do CrossFit participants look the way they do? Because these programs force adaptation. You need to continually add challenges to your body to continue to get stronger and fitter, and surprisingly, to burn the same amount of calories. Many runners and P90x participants had discovered...Read more

by Jennifer and Joshua Grenell We know many of us are planning on hunkering down this holiday season. But some of us are still getting together with close family and friends. Whichever you are doing this is a good time to try some new options for celebrating. Alcohol and health and fitness are minimally mutually beneficial. No one will tell you to drink to get healthy. This blog post is focused on how to celebrate with your health and fitness in mind. Do you have a goal of a weekly exercise routine with eating healthy? Have you noticed there are many obstacles in the way? The key to obtaining a healthy lifestyle is to find ways around or remove said barriers.  One of those aspects of our lifestyle that can really impact our goal attainment is drinking alcohol and the chain of events that can sometimes occur when drinking alcohol....Read more