By: Mike Aguirre There are many thoughts, opinions, excuses and fears about stepping foot into a gym and creating a…
Tim LyonsNovember 13, 2018
By: Zach Columbia B.S. NASM. FPT. Reproductive disorders, obesity, diabetes, cancer (especially breast and prostate), endometriosis, osteoporosis, Parkinson’s, thyroid…
Tim LyonsOctober 23, 2018
By David Weaver B.S., CSCS, CPT Everyone knows that gyms have rules. However, there are certain “unwritten rules” of the…
Tim LyonsOctober 16, 2018
By: Michael Simmer BS CSCS LMT FST It is a tale as old as time, women who believe they are…
Tim LyonsOctober 9, 2018
By: Tatiana Britton How often do you sit through a conversation with a friend or family member, and realize that…
Tim LyonsOctober 2, 2018
By: Michael Simmer BS, CSCS, LMT, FST For most of the population when they start a fitness program or…
Tim LyonsSeptember 26, 2018
By: Zach Columbia B.S. NASM FPT It’s probably the most abused concept in the fitness industry. The word goal is…
Tim LyonsSeptember 3, 2018
By David Weaver I walk my new personal training client over to the kettlebell rack and proceed to demonstrate and…
Tim LyonsAugust 21, 2018
By Mike Aguirre Chronic pain is one of several reasons you might look to massage therapy or trigger point…
Tim LyonsJuly 31, 2018
By Zach Columbia B.S. NASM FPT I’ve worked in the fitness industry for a long time and if there…
Tim LyonsJuly 24, 2018
Accountability - A Two-Way Street By Coach James Brusard Whenever we fall short of goals within our daily personal…
Tim LyonsMay 31, 2018
How to be King (or Queen) Of the Jungle By Coach Zach B.S. NASM. FPT When we hear the…
Tim LyonsMay 15, 2018
Passive Rest vs. Active Recovery Why you should implement active recovery to your training routine By: Mike Aguirre A…
Tim LyonsApril 25, 2018
What Is Creatine? And Should You Be Taking It? By James Brusard B.S. Over the past several decades, countless dietary…
Tim LyonsApril 11, 2018
Change Your Life With Just 3 Reps By Zach Columbia. BS. NASM. FPT I want to let you in…
Tim LyonsMarch 28, 2018
By: Michael Simmer BS, CSCS, LMT, FST-1, TPI-1 Have you ever been through a hard workout or a hard endurance…
Tim LyonsMarch 23, 2018
Importance of Periodization By: Mike Aguirre There are many trends, fads, myths and misconceptions about all things related fitness.…
Tim LyonsMarch 14, 2018
Small Group Training Vs Team Training What You Need To Know By Zach Columbia B.S. NASM. FPT At Pulse,…
Tim LyonsFebruary 14, 2018
Staying on Track in the New Year By James Brusard With the holidays behind us and a new year…
Tim LyonsFebruary 2, 2018
By Jess Tailhardat So I’m sure all of us have grown up hearing our parents, coaches, mentors saying, “kids shouldn’t…
Tim LyonsDecember 18, 2017
By Zach Columbia B.S., NASM, FPT “Are you desperate to lose weight? Tried just about everything only to fail again…
Tim LyonsDecember 18, 2017
By Michael Simmer BS, CSCS, LMT, FST Often times I have been asked what is the correct number of times…
Tim LyonsDecember 5, 2017
By Jessica Tailhardat Beep, Beep, Beep, Beep….silence….Beep, Beep, Beep….silence….Having an alarm wake you up after a restful or not-so-restful night…
Tim LyonsDecember 5, 2017
By Michael Simmer BS, CSCS, LMT, FST Countless people every day are starting a new exercise routine or starting a…
Tim LyonsOctober 31, 2017
By James Brusard We know enough about physical activity to understand its positive impact on decreasing risk for heart disease,…
Tim LyonsOctober 24, 2017
By Zach Columbia B.S. NASM FPT Holidays, birthday parties, lunch meetings, family dinners, and happy hours. We got goals, but…
Tim LyonsOctober 16, 2017
By James Brusard The topic of self-massage therapy, otherwise known as self-myofascial release (SMR), is one that has gained attention…
Tim LyonsSeptember 25, 2017
By Michael Simmer BS, CSCS, LMT, FST Cardio, a word that many seem to love, fear, or hate, and in…
Tim LyonsSeptember 19, 2017
By Zach Columbia BS. NASM, FPT Injuries happen! It’s extremely rare for someone to get injured under our coach’s supervision.…
Tim LyonsSeptember 6, 2017
By Michael Simmer BS, CSCS, LMT, FST Working as a morning coach, I hear this question all the time “do…
Tim LyonsJuly 31, 2017
By Zach Columbia BS, NASM I’ve been asked many times by clients what I want to do. It’s an interesting…
Tim LyonsJuly 31, 2017
By Michael Simmer BS CSCS LMT FST When someone decides they want to improve their health, they first begin with…
Tim LyonsJuly 25, 2017
By Megan Turvey ACE, CPT Most of us ladies, want to build up our glutes. Strong glutes are essential to daily…
Tim LyonsJuly 17, 2017
By Michael Simmer BS, CSCS, LMT, FST Many of us especially here in the valley of the sun, have come…
Tim LyonsMay 25, 2017
By Brian Slugocki Can’t make it to the gym? Get a one minute workout in. There are many times as…
Tim LyonsMay 23, 2017
By Zach Columbia BS, NASM Sport specific training varies across sports and the demand each sport places on the athlete’s…
Tim LyonsMay 16, 2017
By Milani Pickering BS, ACSM Is there a purpose for Pulse Fitness to post the warm-up on the board? Does it…
Tim LyonsMay 11, 2017
By Megan Turvey, ACE CPT Did you know? Drinking Too Much Stalls Weight Loss. With the April challenge, many people were…
Tim LyonsApril 26, 2017
By Brian Slugocki The best-designed programs in the world are meaningless if we aren’t able to get athletes/clients to do…
Tim LyonsApril 20, 2017
By Brent Moore, CSCS Anybody who has ever played a sport or trained with a fitness coach can tell you…
Tim LyonsApril 18, 2017
By Zach Columbia BS, NASM I grew up playing Baseball. In the game of baseball, you fail more than you succeed.…
Tim LyonsApril 13, 2017
By Brent Moore, CSCS As a fitness professional, it is painfully apparent that the hardest thing people have a hard…
Tim LyonsApril 11, 2017
By Milani Pickering BS, ACSM What is motivation? Motivation is the general desire or willingness of someone to do something.…
Tim LyonsMarch 15, 2017
By Michael Simmer BS, CSCS, LMT, FST Have you ever been in the gym or on the golf course or maybe…
Tim LyonsMarch 7, 2017
By Zach Columbia BS, NASM How do you achieve the perfect body? Not aesthetically… but functionally? The truth is, we all…
Tim LyonsMarch 7, 2017
By Michael Simmer B.S. CSCS, LMT, FST So you have decided to start running, maybe you have even signed up…
Tim LyonsFebruary 14, 2017
By Megan Turvey What is sugar? Sugar is often labeled as evil or something to be avoided at all costs,…
Tim LyonsFebruary 14, 2017
By Brent Moore, CSCS One of the most frustrating things for any person who spends a lot of time at the…
Tim LyonsJanuary 18, 2017
By Zach Columbia B.S. NASM On a scale of 1 to 10 how healthy would you say your diet is?…
Tim LyonsJanuary 18, 2017
By Michael Simmer BS, CSCS, LMT, FST The squat a long loved and at the same time long hated exercise;…
Tim LyonsJanuary 18, 2017
By Brent Moore, CSCS Everybody sets goals and makes choices with the intent of being successful. People typically do not…
Tim LyonsJanuary 10, 2017
By Zach Columbia B.S. NASM By now, we’ve all grown pretty familiar with the term over training. As fitness coaches,…
Tim LyonsJanuary 10, 2017
By Raquel Lannes-Sherrill, MA, CSCS We may all be aware that the rest, ice, compression, and elevation (RICE) protocol prescribed…
Tim LyonsJanuary 10, 2017
By Raquel Lannes-Sherrill, MA, CSCS Due to popular media (magazines, internet, and fitness infomercials), it’s unfortunate that there are so…
Tim LyonsOctober 20, 2016
By Michael Simmer BS, CSCS, LMT, FST, TPI How many times have these words been said usually from female clients,…
Tim LyonsSeptember 28, 2016
By Brent Moore, CSCS Many athletes, fitness enthusiasts, recreational weight lifters, and unfortunately some trainers believe that the training load…
Tim LyonsSeptember 28, 2016
By Brent Moore, CSCS Everybody wants to be the most powerful athlete on the field, no matter the sport. The…
Tim LyonsSeptember 28, 2016
By Michael Simmer BS, CSCS, LMT, FST, TPI If there is one thing most of us cannot stand is people…
Tim LyonsSeptember 15, 2016
By Michael Simmer BS, CSCS, LMT, FST Conditioning for golf has reached a period now where it is accepted that…
Tim LyonsSeptember 15, 2016
By Michael Simmer BS, CSCS, LMT, FST What is Piriformis Syndrome? Before we get into what it is and what…
Tim LyonsSeptember 15, 2016
By Zach Columbia BS, NASM Shortly after becoming a personal trainer, I remember reading a statistic that only 4% of…
Tim LyonsSeptember 15, 2016
By Brent Moore, CSCS Core training has been one of the most commonly referred to ideas in the fitness industry…
Tim LyonsSeptember 15, 2016
By Zach Columbia BS, NASM As coaches, it’s something that frustrates us to no end. We ask our clients to…
Tim LyonsSeptember 15, 2016
By Brent Moore, CSCS “Eating clean” has become one of the most thrown around phrases in the past couple years…
Tim LyonsSeptember 15, 2016
By Michael Simmer BS, CSCS, LMT, FST You’ve seen it before, and you’ll see it again. That client, who has…
Tim LyonsSeptember 15, 2016
By Brent Moore, CSCS Everybody wants the magic answer for losing body fat. The truth of fat loss is that…
Tim LyonsSeptember 15, 2016
By Michael Simmer BS, CSCS, LMT, FST Being consistent with workouts is a critical factor to making progress. If you…
Tim LyonsSeptember 15, 2016
By Brent Moore, CSCS When people find out that I was a Pararescueman in the Air Force, they automatically assume…
Tim LyonsSeptember 15, 2016
By Michael Simmer BS, CSCS, LMT, FST Sports massage was originally developed to help athletes prepare their bodies for optimal performance,…
Tim LyonsSeptember 15, 2016
By Brent Moore, CSCS Olympic athletes are known for their physical prowess, their superhuman physiques, and an incredible ability to…
Tim LyonsSeptember 2, 2016
By Zach Columbia, BS, NASM You have the opportunity to start your own business. It’s been your dream to start…
Tim LyonsSeptember 2, 2016
By Pulse Fitness Not only does eating the rainbow make your plate more appealing, it also provides great health benefits.…
Tim LyonsSeptember 2, 2016
By Zach Columbia B.S. NASM People tend to think that fat is just excess stored energy in the form of…
Tim LyonsSeptember 2, 2016
By Michael Simmer BS, CSCS, LMT, FST I have been in the health and fitness industry for almost 10 years,…
Tim LyonsSeptember 1, 2016
By Zach Columbia B.S. NASM Why does it seem like some people have all the discipline in the world? They…
Tim LyonsSeptember 1, 2016
By Pulse Fitness New Year and a new you. Many people have New Year’s resolutions to get in better shape,…
Tim LyonsAugust 30, 2016
By Pulse Fitness When talking about health supplements you often hear about creatine, whey protein, and fish oil just to…
Tim LyonsAugust 30, 2016
By Brent Moore, CSCS Go to any country club or large fitness facility in the country and you are bound…
Tim LyonsAugust 30, 2016
By Brent Moore, CSCS When we breathe, the goal is not to get oxygen into the lungs, but rather to…
Tim LyonsAugust 25, 2016
By Raquel Lannes-Sherrill, MA, CSCS The “crunch,” taught for decades, has been viewed as a staple of abdominal training. Should it…
Tim LyonsAugust 25, 2016
By Michael Simmer, BS, CSCS, LMT, FST I am sure that many of our members have heard one if not all…
Tim LyonsAugust 25, 2016
By Brent Moore, CSCS Everybody who comes into the gym has a goal in mind when they first join. Some…
Tim LyonsAugust 25, 2016
By Zach Columbia BS, NASM Make a fist. Did your knuckles turn white? Of course they did, but do you…
Tim LyonsAugust 25, 2016
By Brent Moore, CSCS The concept of flow is a mental state originally described by a psychologist name Mihály Csíkszentmihályi.…
Tim LyonsAugust 25, 2016
By Michael Simmer BS, CSCS, LMT, FST Today I want to talk about the importance of a proper warm up…
Tim LyonsAugust 25, 2016
By Michael Simmer BS, CSCS, LMT, FST Childhood obesity is a serious medical condition that affects children and adolescents. Approximately…
Tim LyonsAugust 25, 2016
By Zach Columbia. B.S. NASM Remember when Nike came out with the Nike Shox line? I was totally in love…
Tim LyonsAugust 25, 2016
By Raquel Lannes-Sherrill, MA, CSCS The term “functional training” is a buzzword that is thrown around often in the fitness…
Tim LyonsAugust 25, 2016
By Zach Columbia BS, NASM If you’re eating right and working out, but still not losing weight, it might be…
Tim LyonsAugust 25, 2016
By Christy Gasparino, CSCS When people walk into Pulse Fitness they are looking for a change. Whether it be to…
Tim LyonsAugust 28, 2015
Christy Gasparino, CSCS The society we live in today promotes instant gratification. If we have a question, we can ask…
Tim LyonsAugust 21, 2015
By: Michael Simmer BS, CSCS, LMT, FST-1, TPI-1 When we talk about post workout nutrition it is important to discuss…
Tim LyonsAugust 7, 2015
By: Mike Simmer BS CSCS LMT FST WHAT IS DOMS? Delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS) is very familiar to most…
Tim LyonsJuly 14, 2015
By: Christy Gasparino When trying to achieve performance or weight loss goals people generally adapt their exercise training first, then…
Tim LyonsJune 12, 2015
Written by Christopher Smith What exactly are carbohydrates? Where do they exist? Are they all bad? Do I need them?…
Tim LyonsMarch 26, 2015
According to the CDC, and adult whose BMI is between 25 and 29.9 is considered to be overweight. An obese…
Tim LyonsJanuary 30, 2015
What is it? Metabolic resistance training combines the benefits of traditional aerobic…
Tim LyonsFebruary 20, 2014
By: Jenna Damron, ACE, FST Exercise and diet are often solely credited as the main vessels through which an individual…
Tim LyonsOctober 1, 2013
Hip Extensor Training - Exercises for a Better Butt By: David Larson, MS, CSCS Deep squats, lunges, and deadlifts have…
Tim LyonsAugust 19, 2013
By: Chris Smith What is it? Stevia is a plant species that is native to South America. The leaves of…
Tim LyonsJune 21, 2013