Category: A Rebel’s Take: The Blog

Overcoming Setbacks And Becoming A Champion Setbacks, disappointments, and mistakes are very much a part of living and learning. We all make them, we’ve all had them, and you can bet your mortgage there will be more to come. Weight loss, dieting, and fitness are no exception to this rule. Maybe you lost focus and [...]

Motivation Motivation. What is it, and where can you get some? According to Wikipedia, motivation is the driving force which causes us to achieve goals. Yeah, that’s great, but where does it come from and why do you need it? Every person who has ever walked the face of this earth has had a dream [...]

Priorities Are you making the type of progress towards your fitness goals that you had hoped for? Do you look any different than you did last year? It may be time to consider why not. The underlying problem may be your inability (or unwillingness) to prioritize. Yeah, yeah, I know, you’re busy right? Well guess [...]

Are You Happy? Are you happy? The question is simple enough, yet deep-down inside many people struggle through life without a true feeling of happiness. Many choose to focus their attention on things they cannot control (politics, the economy, lack of finances, unstable home life, etc.). This way of thinking can lead to feelings of [...]

You’ve Got To Be #@&%*# Kidding Me! The laziness factor has officially reached an all time high at the gym where I work out. I’m not talking about the roughly 90% of all cardio equipment users who appear to be stuck in first gear, barely breaking a sweat. Or the “campers” who sit motionless on [...]

1000 Crunches A Day? As many of you know, I’m a personal trainer, and I workout myself 5-6 days a week. So needless to say I spend a considerable amount of time at the gym. And spending this amount of time at a gym you tend to notice things that other people might not. (Is [...]