(BlackFitness101.com) After years of coaching men who felt tired, heavy, and misled by every program that treated their favorite foods like the enemy, I have landed on one truth worth sharing. A grown man in his fifties or sixties does not need to starve himself to drop weight, and he ...
(BlackFitness101.com) I’ve spent enough years on a gym floor to know the truth about technology. It’s a gift. My watch tracks my steps, flags my heart rate, and reminds me to stand up when I’ve been sitting too long building programs for clients. I use it every single day, and ...
(BlackFitness101.com) Let me talk to you for a minute, sis, because I know how a lot of us have been feeling lately. Knees fuss at you. Getting to the gym feels like a whole production by the time the kids are fed and the kitchen’s halfway clean. And the last ...
(BlackFitness101.com) Something happened in one of my classes about three years ago that I still think about. A woman, probably 52 or 53, came in for the first time and before she even put her bag down she said I know I have a lot of work to do. She ...
(BlackFitness101.com) Somebody asked me last week what the secret was to a lasting relationship. I laughed a little, not because it was a funny question, but because after ten years of training people, I already knew my answer before she even finished asking. Move together. That is it. That is ...
(BlackFitness101.com) I know some folks hear the word exercise and already start looking for a reason to leave the room. I get it. After a long day, nobody wants to feel like they are being fussed at by some trainer who acts like everybody has fresh knees, perfect sleep, and ...
(BlackFitness101.com) Sleep is the workout partner most people ignore, and I know that sounds almost too plain to be taken seriously. Folks come to me asking about belly fat, tighter arms, sore knees, meal timing, walking plans, protein, water, and which machine in the gym is worth using. I can ...
(BlackFitness101.com) Folks keep acting like hybrid training just fell out the sky with a new pair of leggings and a fresh podcast name. I hear it all the time now. Somebody lifts on Monday, runs on Wednesday, takes a boxing class Saturday, then suddenly they have discovered something brand new. ...
(BlackFitness101.com) Most of us remember jumping jacks from somewhere. School gym, summer camp, football practice, basketball warmups, maybe even a coach in the neighborhood counting loud with a whistle hanging from his neck. Nobody gave a long speech about the move back then. You just opened the feet, raised the ...
(BlackFitness101.com) Let me speak plain to the brothers who have passed fifty, or who are close enough to feel it coming. There comes a morning when the body starts telling on you. Maybe the shoulder does not turn the way it used to. Maybe the knees make noise before you ...