Diet plays a vital role in how you look and is about 70 percent of the battle mixed with the right workout program. By following these guidelines, you can achieve the body you want and lose fat. • Eat lean protein with each meal. • Eat every 2-3 hours and about 6-8 meals per day. [...]

I have seen firsthand with my pregnant wife (due next month) that you can stay fit and healthy during pregnancy. Generally speaking, the better shape you’re in during pregnancy, the healthier your baby will be, the easier labor will be, the quicker your recovery will be and the sooner you’ll be able to fit into [...]

Clients at Pat’s Gym usually come in about twice a week, but for those occasions they can’t make it in, I’ve create workouts they can do on their own anywhere. Using your body as weight is extremely functional and can be very intense. You can get a great body weight workout in 5minutes or an [...]

I like to start each workout at Pat’s Gym with a proper warm-up. Warm-up exercises prepare clients for the exercises they are going to do in their workout. For instance, if they are going to do overhead squats, I put them through shoulder flexibility movements, which loosen up the shoulders in preparation for holding weight [...]

The Birthday Challenge, originally inspired by Jack LaLanne, “The Godfather of Fitness” (Google him), is usually a very challenging physical task and always makes your birthday unforgettable. Typically your age lends itself to the base of your challenge–when I turned 28, for instance, I did 2,800 pull-ups in one day. The birthday challenge can be [...]