We are busy people. Schedules jammed packed with work responsibilities, family commitments and social events can leave us feeling as if there are not enough hours in the day. As a result, the activities that promise to fulfill us can leave us emotionally and physically depleted. Being too busy is serious business - with serious consequences. Being too busy can cause us to trade purpose for prestige. Being too busy can cause us to choose popularity over passion. Being too busy can cause us to mistake activity for accomplishment. Being too busy can also rob us of our health and, ultimately, the life we were designed to live. It’s... [Read more]
Dr. Daniel Wiernik, DPM, of Orlando Orthopaedic Center celebrates after competing in his most recent triathlon. It’s the time of year to TRI something new. Throughout Central Florida people just like you are training their minds and bodies to tackle one of the most grueling, and most rewarding, competitions on the planet: a triathlon. To complete a triathlon, athletes must conquer three components of the race - swimming, biking and running. You’re not the only one thinking about training for a triathlon this year. In 2007 alone more than 280,000 individuals purchased one-day membership to compete in USA Triathlon (USAT) sanctioned... [Read more]
When not working, David Mullins can often be found in a sports field or on a basketball court. As you may or may not know, I co-publish Insight Magazine with my wife, Jennifer Thompson. We live very active lifestyles and it seems like we’re always on the go. When it came to physical fitness, we do what we enjoy; I play basketball and jog while Jennifer runs in marathons and swims, and somehow we also find time to cycle. But a few years ago we decided we needed something more, something different. That’s what brought us to Fitness Together of East Orlando and I have to say that I’ve been pleasantly surprised with just how much... [Read more]
In last month’s article I introduced you to Fitness Together’s new nutrition program called Nutrition Together. In case you missed last month’s article, Nutrition Together has been designed and written by Dr. Janet Brill (our National Director of Nutrition, a registered dietician and PhD exercise physiologist) for the purpose of empowering our clients to implement sensible strategies for eating healthy and staying fit. The Nutrition Together program has been founded on ten specific strategies, the first five of which I discussed last month. In review, strategies 1 - 5 are: Strategy 1: Eat Healthy to Stay Healthy Strategy... [Read more]
Have you ever heard of the three legged stool? At Fitness Together, we empower our clients to achieve life changing fitness results by ensuring they understand the analogy of the three legged stool. Each leg represents one critical component of their program. As the analogy goes, the first leg represents the nutritional component of their program while the second and third legs correspond to the resistance training and cardio-respiratory components, respectively. We explain to our clients that failure to implement any one of the three components will have a negative impact on the overall effectiveness of their program, similar to how a stool... [Read more]
