Murky Motivations “Be the very best you”. “Get that beach body ready”. “Boost your self-esteem”. “Impress others with your gains”. “You deserve to look good”. If you have spent any time in the exercise and fitness world, no doubt you have encountered motivations like these. You may have experienced them through popular marketing and advertisements, or in the familiar tugging

” ‘Serious things tomorrow’, said a heathen, to one who warned him of coming danger; but his tomorrow never came. Tomorrow is the devil’s day, but today is God’s. Satan cares not how spiritual your intentions may be, and how holy your resolutions, if only they are fixed for tomorrow. Oh, give not place to the devil in this matter.”

“What gain has the worker from his toil?” At the end of each year, we start observing a fitness frenzy. During the Holiday season, we naturally reflect on what was accomplished in the last year and what was left unfinished. Inevitably, fitness tends to be an area that fills most people’s New Years Resolution lists for the upcoming year.  This

What is a Pike Push-Up? The pike push-up is a push-up variation that will give you a great shoulder burn. It is a strength-building exercise that targets your shoulders with support from your triceps. The movement also requires flexibility in your hip complex, hamstrings, calves, and ankles.  The following muscle groups are engaged when performing pike push-ups: Shoulders Triceps How

What are Hip Extensions? Hip Extensions strengthen your core and your leg muscles. Your lower back and abdominal muscles are engaged in the upward and downward movement of your lower body. Your hamstrings (muscles on the backside of your legs) and your gluteals (muscles on your bottom) are also targeted in this movement. This exercise is simple yet effective, and

What is a Single Leg Romanian Deadlift? Like the Lunge, the Single Leg Romanian Deadlift is a leg strengthening exercises that will develop your balance and coordination. This is a fantastic balancing exercise (I almost lost my balance in this video!). It requires flexibility in your hamstrings (muscle on the underside of your thigh) and your hip complex, so be

“I passed by the field of a sluggard, by the vineyard of a man lacking sense, and behold, it was all overgrown with thorns; the ground was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down” – Proverbs 24:30-31 Meet Mr. Sluggard The word “Sluggard” is derived from a Hebrew verb that has the idea of ‘leaning idly’, or

Don’t Skip the Warm Up Warm up routines are skipped more than breakfasts on busy mornings, advertisements before YouTube videos, and unwanted songs in a Spotify playlist.  I have certainly skipped my fair share (of warm ups I mean). And I have regretted it each time.  The following is a 8-10 minute warm up routine. The movements done in this

“Therefore lift your drooping hands and strengthen your weak knees, and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint but rather be healed”.  – Hebrews 12:12-13 Run the Race There are seasons when the Christian life can seem like it’s a slurry of unrelenting trials without expiration dates. Some trials