Fitness Together Wilmington

I failed the 60-Day Challenge.  Mark Twain wrote in  The Innocents Abroad:
At certain periods it becomes the dearest ambition of a man to keep a faithful record of his performances in a book; and he dashes at this work with an enthusiasm that imposes on him the notion that keeping a journal is the veriest pastime [...]

“Whether you think that you can, or that you can’t, you are usually right.”–Henry Ford

I grew up on The Little Engine That Could.  My mother’s favorite mantra was:  “Whatever you do, do with your might; for things done by halves are never done right.”  My friends refer to me as a veritable self-help library.  I’ve [...]

Accomplishments of Some of Our Clients in 2010
•Adam went from 3 pushups to 15!
•Geoff decreased his mile time by 3:00 minutes, and surpassed his goal of losing 10 pounds—he’d lost 13 pounds as of his last fitness assessment!
•Dixie could only walk a mile if she took rest breaks; now she can run a mile in 14:50 [...]

The Ugly Truth About Resolutions:
•Are you having trouble sticking to the resolutions you set out for yourself?
•Are you feeling stuck with the same health issues, the same bad habits?
•Do you waste time beating yourself up for not eating better, not exercising?
•Is losing weight and getting fit on your New Year’s resolution again this year?
•Did you [...]

“It’s not that I’m afraid to die. I just don’t want to be there when it happens.”–Woody Allen
“It’s not that I’m afraid to exercise. I just don’t want to be there when it happens.”–40 Carrot Girl, paraphrasing Woody Allen
I have come to realize that I am the Woody Allen of exercise.  I am an anxious.  I think [...]

Recently, FT Client Tracey Glendenning was informed by her 8-year-old son that he wanted to make a “lifestyle change” (his words).  He wrote this promise to his parents:
Dear: Mom & Dad-
I am not going to watch T.V. ever again. I want to eat below 50 grams of sugar and no fat and low sodium. Besides [...]

Have the FT trainers gone wild?  Why are we featuring a photo of a cupcake on our blog?  Cupcakes are allowed on special occasions, and this one is an occasion worth celebrating!  Read the letter we recently received from a former FT client:
 This week marks the one-year anniversary of when I first walked into your gym fat [...]

You’d think that an exercise with the word ’sit’ in it, wouldn’t be so bad.  You’d also think that an exercise that allows you to lean against a wall might be easier than others.  On both accounts, you’d think wrong.  Get a load of these descriptive excerpts from wikipedia.org:
“A wall-sit is an exercise done to strengthen the [...]

It takes twenty years to become an overnight success.–Eddie Cantor
In his book, Outliers, author Malcolm Gladwell describes the 10,000 Hour Rule as a reason why some people become successful. This rule is based on a study that was conducted by Anders Ericsson.  The study illustrated that those who became successful in their given field had [...]

I’ve never understood people who complain of boredom:  kids who can’t figure out how to fill a long summer day; retirees who complain that they miss their jobs; husbands who turn to the television because there is nothing else to do. 
I’m an idea person.  There are so many ideas I want to execute and so [...]