What it Means to be “Fit” – Part 2

By Kevin Hirose – BHK, CSCS

The football athlete posted in the picture above is clearly very lean and muscular and obviously fast and powerful – a case of an athlete looking fit and being fit for his sport. However, he would not be the fittest person to a marathon or play as a lineman (the big guys on the front line football), despite the impressive physique. To reiterate the last point of Part 1 of this entry; I would choose the “fit’ individual vs the “fit-looking” one in any situation that required “fitness” or physical ability. Don’t get me wrong; there is nothing wrong with looking fit, lean and muscular but do not gauge one’s fitness solely on his/her appearance. You can get into trouble there, in more than one way. Read More

What it Means to be “Fit” – Part 1

By Kevin Hirose – BHK, CSCS

Over the past several years, the terms “fitness” and “fit”, in my opinion, have been distorted by the industry and media. First look at the dictionary definition of “fitness”:

fit·ness
ˈfitnəs/
noun

the condition of being physically fit and healthy.”disease and lack of fitness are closely related”

What It Means to Prioritize Health

By Victor Ngo

The First Step

There are a lot of reasons why you “don’t have time” for the gym – work, family, and so on. However for each of those excuses there is an even better reason to start taking better care of your health now. We won’t even get into that, let’s just say if you are here then you already realized that you have to take care of yourself first and foremost. And the first step is to make that appointment with your trainer. However, that is only the beginning. The next phase is what separates those who sees great versus mediocre results after training for a period of time.

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The First Step