In 2007, when I first began my personal training career, I was convinced that every client was a unique puzzle that required a completely tailored approach. I believed that to be an effective trainer, I needed to craft something unique for each person, meticulously tailored to their whims and perceived limitations. Every client was, in my mind, a special snowflake.

Imagine your body as a complex machine with over 20,000 finely tuned parts. These parts, your genes, contain all the instructions your body needs to function. But what happens when some of these instructions are a bit off-kilter?

Have you ever fallen off the wagon with your fitness routine? Maybe you missed a day or two. Maybe you missed a week or more. Either way, you aren’t quite sure how to re-engage in training. The thought of how to jump back in makes you delay even longer.

If you have made efforts to lose body fat, change your body composition and shed the excess weight that is holding you back and failed, keep reading to find out if you’re making one (or more) of the following mistakes.

One of the most common reasons folks struggle to get results is a disconnect between their values and their goals. They know the outcome they want to achieve, but don’t consider their values in the execution.

You’re going to the gym and working hard on your fitness. You’ve got your workout schedule thoroughly organized, you’re in a good groove and feeling great when all of a sudden, something comes up and causes you to start missing workout sessions.

Indulging at a few social gatherings over the holidays isn’t going to make or break your progress. It’s when you let it seep into the days in between and start stringing together weeks of lazy eating that you might start to notice some backward steps.

Despite what many women have been led to believe about strength training, performing endless repetitions of exercises using very light weight will not yield “long and lean muscles” or strength gains.

At Hill Country MVMT, we live and breathe a culture of MOVE WELL + MOVE OFTEN. We believe that it’s not about the weight you lift; it’s about the people you move.

You probably think you know how to give it your all when you work out. But are you doing enough, pushing too hard or doing too little?