Fresh Fitness Tips & Tricks

Welcome to my blog! This is where I share tips, workouts, and thoughts to help you stay strong, healthy, and motivated. Fitness should feel fun and doable - I’m here to make sure it does!

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Are you working out – or are you training?

August 29, 2025

Training or working out – what are you doing in the gym?  What is the difference between training and just working out? Well, the difference is specific, smart goals. When you’re working out, you’re just going to the gym to maybe lose a little weight, get a little stronger, keep up with the grandkids, stay…

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And why do you workout?

August 19, 2025

I was talking to the 65-year-old gentleman in the gym this week, and he was complaining that he hadn’t been working out very much in the last few weeks. I asked him what he was doing. He mentioned that he was: Hiking Gardening Tree pruning with his son De-mossing his roof Stand-up paddleboarding Basically enjoying…

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Do you struggle with what to do in the gym?

August 14, 2025

Do you struggle with what to do in the gym? Don’t want to make another decision today? Are you bored with the same few exercises you keep repeating? Let me help you. For my clients, I don’t give them the generic body part splits with a lot of isolation exercises. Unless you have a very…

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Hydrate, hydrate, hydrate!

August 4, 2025

Hey folks, Trainer Dave here. I just finished a session in the weight room. It’s hot out there folks. We’re in the dog days of summer. Remember to hydrate. Don’t worry about your eight glasses of water a day. The hotter it is, the more you need to hydrate. For some parts of the country,…

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When do you start?

July 21, 2025

Hi folks, Trainer Dave here again. Just dropping in as I’m taking a nice little walk at the end of my workday. Sitting out on the beach right now. I just wanted to answer two quick questions: When should I start a fitness program? Or do I have to wait until a certain time, like…

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