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Can't Afford a Personal Trainer? Here Are 5 Things You Need to do to Get In Shape

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Can't Afford a Personal Trainer? Here Are 5 Things You Need to do to Get In Shape

Personal training is great. If you have a good trainer you get all the benefits of education, safety and external accountability all wrapped up into one neat and tidy service to make staying consistent with working out virtually guaranteed.

But, sometimes it’s just not in the cards for you. 

Maybe you can’t afford it or maybe you just don’t know any good personal trainers. Whatever the reasons, if that’s the case for you there are still many things you can do to reach your goals!

Here’s a quick list of 5 things you need to do to get in shape if you can’t afford to hire a personal trainer.

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BACK ATTACK Motivation Workout | VLOGMAS DAY 13

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BACK ATTACK Motivation Workout | VLOGMAS DAY 13

BACK WORKOUT with a sneak peak of the cookies I am making for tomorrow's VLOGMAS episode! :D

My QUEST BAR Confession, Side Shave Update & Battle With MIGRAINES | VLOGMAS DAY 11

My QUEST BAR Confession, Side Shave Update & Battle With MIGRAINES | VLOGMAS DAY 11

THIS VLOGMAS EPISODE IS ABOUT QUEST BARS, MY SIDE CUT AND MY BATTLE OF MIGRAINES :(
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Do you spend OODLES & OODLES of money on buying Quest Bars or any other protein bar because you are constantly taking them on the go and opting to have them instead of other foods? YOU'RE NOT ALONE. Watch to see my strategy for combatting the QUEST BAR ADDICTION!

[Q&A] How To Lose Belly Fat, BIG BICEPS?, My Fitness Journey & More...| Vlogmas Day 4 and 5

[Q&A] How To Lose Belly Fat, BIG BICEPS?, My Fitness Journey & More...| Vlogmas Day 4 and 5

In this VLOGMAS video I answer questions that you guys asked me on Instagram, Snapchat and Facebook!
Learn about how I got into fitness, what is my secret for big biceps, pre or post workout snickers bar?, how I respond to negative comments and more!

 

Enjoy

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Pull-ups & Eating Cow Heart | VLOGMAS DAY 2

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Pull-ups & Eating Cow Heart | VLOGMAS DAY 2

In this vlog, I give you a view into what I explain how I came to eating COW HEART, and show you a great back workout!

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WHY WE ENDED THE SWEETNESS BASEPOINT RESET EARLY | Biofeedback Flexible Dieting [DAY 3]

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WHY WE ENDED THE SWEETNESS BASEPOINT RESET EARLY | Biofeedback Flexible Dieting [DAY 3]

Day 3 of our Biofeedback Flexible Dieting experiment and the end of the Sweetness Basepoint Reset!

Including tips on:
1. What happens when you don't sleep enough
2. How flexin' gives you gainz
3. Why it's important to avoid unnecessary restriction in your diet

Biofeedback Flexible Dieting is flexible dieting WITHOUT tracking calories. It's our newest program which we are trialling prior to releasing in the upcoming months.

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How to Defeat Holiday Weight Gain (While Still Enjoying Pumpkin Pie!)

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How to Defeat Holiday Weight Gain (While Still Enjoying Pumpkin Pie!)

For us Canadians, this weekend is Thanksgiving. (Sorry American's you'll have to wait a month to get your piece of pumpkin and apple pie!) 

With thanksgiving comes many things. Cooler weather, the changing of leaves, time with family & friends, hockey (or football) and of course food. 

Delicious, enticing, calorie-rich food.

...and lest we forget, with that food comes one less welcome addition: That extra 5lbs of holiday weight.

Ugh!

Now if it was just about avoiding gaining weight it would be easy. 

You'd just stop eating when you got full, skip out on dessert and drinks and workout the way you normally do. Easy peasy.

The problem is that most of us are not ready to sacrifice the enjoyment that comes with thanksgiving dinner. It holds a special place for us sentimentally, and to be honest it's just nice to have nice feast once in a while!

So with that as our context, we have a problem to solve:

"How can you avoid gaining weight during the holidays when there is abundance of delicious, tasty food, and more importantly, how can we do it without hating our life and missing out on the enjoyment of our beloved thanksgiving feast with friends or family?"

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Three Simple Tools to Allow You To Eat Whatever You Want at Social Events

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Three Simple Tools to Allow You To Eat Whatever You Want at Social Events

Last night we were out at a social gathering and there was an assortment of treats available. For the last 3 weeks, we were on a cruise with an all you can eat buffet, delicious food left right and center! AND, over the last month, I've dropped 4lbs to reach the lightest I've been in almost 6 months. (A recent goal of mine since extra weight is a big hindrance in calisthenics - my latest fitness pursuit)

What's more, I've been far less stringent with what I've eaten than in past attempts at a similar goal. 

Rather than relying on my willpower to get me through the mass of food that's been in front of me, (let's be honest, there are only a select few people who can maintain that) I used a few simple strategies to allow some surprising indulgences while still slowly dropping weight.

So, what's my secret? Read on to find out...

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6 (+3) Critical Habits for Sustainable Fat Loss

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6 (+3) Critical Habits for Sustainable Fat Loss

As you know here at Live For Today Fitness our mission is to make sustainable fat loss easier for you. Yesterday I came across a great article that does just that, so I had to share it with you.

Eric Bach is definitely one of the up and comers in the fitness industry. This week he put together a great post on adampine.com called 6 Habits of Successful Long-Term Dieters. 

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Gratitude: The One Tool You Need To Resist Anything Without Feeling Deprived

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You may be able to keep up deprivation through sheer willpower for weeks, months or even years at a time, but at some point losing control is inevitable. Feelings of deprivation are simply not part of a sustainable fat loss system.

So… the question is, how do we fix this? Obviously we can’t just eat whatever we want to eliminate deprivation – that doesn’t work for fat loss. Likewise, simply using willpower to avoid eating anything “bad” doesn’t work either because the deprivation created by this method inevitably results in a rebound.

What we need is a solution that eliminates deprivation WHILE still allowing fat loss.

The solution is gratitude.

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ASF2015: DLB's Prejudging, meeting DLB & Arnold...& my pull-up challenge FAIL

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ASF2015: DLB's Prejudging, meeting DLB & Arnold...& my pull-up challenge FAIL

SUMMARY of our weekend away in Columbus, Ohio for the 2015 Arnold Sports Festival!
Got to see Dana Linn Bailey at prejudging ...briefly :(...then met Rob & Dana later on!
I got to shake Arnold's hand !!!!!!!!!!!! :O
I failed at a pull-up challenge...
I randomly did cardio...
ALL IN A DAY's TIME! :)

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Our Morning Ritual: How We Set Ourselves Up For Success Every Day

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It’s ironic that we’re posting this today. For some unknown reason, this morning we didn’t stick to our morning ritual. We started off strong by getting adequate sleep and prioritizing our main tasks, however sometime after that we let ourselves get off track. 

We were still reasonably productive, and we got some good things done, but our stress level was much higher than normal during the process. On top of that, we ran out of time for one of our main objectives for this morning – finishing and pre-scheduling this blog post. The blog post is still making it up, and a little stress won’t kill us, but mornings like this one are definitely not something we want to repeat. 

Below we outline 5 steps that we try to stick to in order to keep our morning organized, productive and stress free.

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Prioritization: When Life Gets in the Way… Where to Give In and How to Minimize the Damage

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Sometimes, life just gets crazy. Between a dinner with friends on Saturday, helping family with some moving preparations on Sunday, and an Australia day party for Rach’s sister on Monday, we had a busy weekend for social events. On top of that we’re creating programs for our first two coaching clients this week, preparing documents for what could be a very good business opportunity and attempting to continue maintaining performance at our full time jobs.

Then, this weekend we’re helping my parents AND my brother move and Rach is working both days. There just seems to be no relief. That doesn’t even bring mention of fitting in our workouts and keeping our nutrition on track.

Needless to say, something has to give.

I’m sure everyone out there has had similar weeks. The question is, how do we prioritize around this?