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Nick Kosik is a Certified Personal Trainer in Austin, TX. Get to know this week’s RightFit Personal Training featured trainer, Nick Kosik. He is an Austin native, former collegiate football player, and currently working on his M.A. in Sport Psychology. His specialty includes teaching a beginner, progressing an intermediate, and making a elite athlete more efficient. Why did you become a personal trainer? My entire family is in the fitness industry, I have always been involved in fitness, it's in my blood. I played collegiate sports where I transitioned into competing in CrossFit. This direction helped me learn what I knew with elite ...
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Original post written by Houston Personal Trainer Austin Nicoson, Health & Fitness Lifestyle Coach First off, congratulations! Since you’re researching Personal Trainers, I’m gonna assume you’re considering an investment in your health, fitness, and quality of life. Love it! Now comes the somewhat intimidating, but exciting, part of the process...finding the right Personal Trainer to coach your through your fitness goals. The great news is, Houston has a ton of fantastic PT’s with the experience and knowledge you’ll need. So I gonna lay out 3 simple points to keep in mind while you search, and after reading you’ll feel confident in finding a ...
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Written by Licensed Registered Dietitian and Certified Diabetic Educator, Ranelle Kirchner Citrus for the Skin Food waste is a huge problem. This has been true for years. In fact, we waste 150,000 tons of food per day here in America. But, the good news is, there is plenty we can do, as we cook and create, to help mitigate the effects of food waste, and cut back on the things we throw away. For example, there are benefits hidden amongst the food scraps you might normally toss in the trash. Today, we're going to focus on one specific ingredient that is especially potent ...
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Every year on March 8, the world celebrates International Women's Day, which serves as both a call to action and a way to honor the accomplishments of all the amazing ladies who've made, are making, or will make history. In keeping with the spirit of the holiday, we've rounded up just a few of our awesome female personal trainers that help our RightFit clients in achieving their fitness goals. Annalise Kurowski Annalise is a full time student pursuing a degree in Exercise Science at the University of Illinois at Chicago.  Although, she is new to formal one-on-one personal training, she has ...
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Original Post written by Maggie Priore, Certified Personal Trainer in Chicago, IL We are presented with a plethora of options everyday; many of these are “instant” thanks to technology. We can order groceries from our phones, swipe to make a date, and now, we can have virtual personal trainers and fast access to working out via Instagram and other fitness apps. Trust me; I get it. It’s hard to get into the mindset to go to the gym and workout. It’s hard to lose weight, it’s hard to figure out why you’re busting your butt at the gym and eating kale ...
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Original post written by St. Louis Personal Trainer Laka Huyette One of the biggest mistakes clients and trainers make is trying to turn a stressed out couch potato into a power lifter overnight. In a healthy individual, intense exercise is useful for strengthening as the muscles are able to repair and rebuild stronger. Unfortunately, most of the general population is in a less than healthy stressed state due to over packed schedules, diets full of processed foods, chronic dehydration and sleep deprivation. In bodies that are chronically stressed, high intensity exercise may compound stress. In these cases, restorative movement is important before ...
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Written by Scott from Plant Based Scotty. If you want to get healthy, but don’t want to give up burgers and ribs, the Flexitarian diet is the diet that’s best for you. Ranked No. 3 in Best Diets of 2019 on US News & World Report, a Flexitarian diet meets you where you’re at. You want to eat healthier, but also want to indulge in your favorite guilty pleasures. You’re also a fan of moderation and don’t want to follow an exclusion diet that only focuses on removing foods. Thankfully, flexitarians can still reap some of the same health benefits ...
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Original post written by Houston Personal Trainer Austin Nicoson, Health & Fitness Lifestyle Coach Welcome to the 21st century, a time when people are subjected to more advertisements than ever before. In particular, the advertisements for and the overall use of dietary supplements has skyrocketed over the past decade (see the stats here). With so many ads bombarding us each day through the various digital platforms, it becomes a constant struggle to determine fact from fiction. Especially when it comes to the dietary supplements proposed to increase our health and fitness. As a Personal Trainer and Health Coach, I’ve seen the ridiculous trends ...
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