January 2026. It's a new year. And usually the time when we start to think about what we would like to change this year or what we would like to achieve in the months that lay before us. And, it is usually in January when I, like most Fitness Trainers, start preaching on goal setting, and the best methods to put in place to give you the best chance to achieve those goals. It's an important topic, and one I will address in the coming weeks. But first, there is something more p

2020 started like any other year - with goals and plans to keep improving my offering of a fitness service to Portland & surrounds. Within months, the world was rocked by the Covid Pandemic, and the world as we knew it, ceased to exist. Over the next few years, we would be subject to lockdowns, covid entry screenings, vaccinations, limited numbers when meeting as groups, limited grocery items, restricted travel boundaries...the list could go on. From a business point of view,

With ANT Fitness building nicely, I was getting more confident at not only being a trainer, but also running a business. However, I was not ready for what was about to test me and my business. Covid? No, that was still 10 years away. It was early in 2009 that it started to unravel - the relationship with my landlord. I'm obviously not going to go into all the details here but in short, after Evan Toyer passed away, things changed. A dispute over building safety, namely a non

We are well and truly into Spring, and Summer is only a few weeks away, but have you done your Spring clean yet? Have you made time for it? And I'm not talking about your usual Spring clean. You know the one I mean - clean out the linen closet, your wardrobe, wash everything, do the windows, declutter the house. No not that one. The one I am talking about is YOU. The one where you check in on yourself. To see how you are operating day to day and whether you are looking after

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This blog I first wrote for my Mission 231 Heart Foundation Fundraising page nearly 12 months ago. I recently reread it and thought it...

Do you ever stop and think how lucky you are? Do you do it enough? I know I certainly don't. It can be so easy to get caught up in the...

As we approach the end of January, and the year 2020 slowly moves further away in the rear view mirror, it is easy to get excited as we...

Wow! We are into November already!! Actually we are a full week into November, which may make that first sentence even scarier. The end...

There's something about Spring! Whether it is the longer days, the promise of warmer weather, the blossoms appearing, or the birds...

Life is busy. It is stressful. And it can be also overwhelming. Especially considering the events of 2020. During the week, I was filming...

Restrictions are slowly being eased across the country and across the globe as we continue as a world population to move through the...

I feel like I owe an apology. I, like many FitnessTrainers and Studio/Gym Owners and/or Operators have been recently impacted by Covid...

In these unprecedented times, perhaps we can develop a "new normal" exercise routine.