Fat Loss Sculpting Success: 7 Ways Strength Training Ignites Your Fat Loss Journey
April 19, 2024 R3 Coaching Team

Let’s get off the treadmill, shall we? Embarking on a journey towards shedding excess body fat and feeling your best isn’t just about what you do on the treadmill or how many salads you consume. Incorporating strength training into your routine can be the secret sauce to unlock your full potential. It’s not just about bulking up; it’s about sculpting a healthier, more vibrant you. Let’s dive into seven compelling ways strength training can assist in shedding body fat, enhancing daily activities, and revving up your metabolism. Muscle Burns Fat: Strength training isn’t just about building muscle; it’s about torching…

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Diet and Nutrition Harnessing the Power of Nature: The Importance of Eating Fruit for Micro-Nutrients
April 17, 2024 R3 Coaching Team

Eat a rainbow of fruit colors each day In the confusing world of dietary trends and super-foods, it’s easy to overlook the simplest yet most powerful nutritional heroes: fruits. From fiber filled berries to juicy tropical delights, fruits not only excite our taste buds but also offer a treasure trove of essential micro nutrients vital for our well-being. In a society often fixated on macro nutrients like carbs, proteins, and fats, the importance of consuming fruits for their micro nutrient content cannot be overstated. The Crucial Role of Micro-Nutrients Micro-nutrients, including vitamins and minerals, play crucial roles in various bodily…

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Fat Loss Beat the Boredom Workout!
March 24, 2020 R3 Coaching Team

These unknown times of not having access to the gym or your equipment can really put a hamper on your workout routines. Rather than working out your hands by twiddling your thumbs waiting for the opportunity to get back in the gym, we can beat that lethargy together by incorporating exercises in a circuit to get your body moving, and you feeling better that you burned some of those pizza calories! Here at R3, there are some movements that we can string together to keep your body moving in the right direction without the need of equipment! Lets string these…

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Uncategorized Motivational Monday
March 23, 2020 R3 Coaching Team

Are you totally out of your workout routine at this point? Or do you need a little push to keep you going?  Would an acrostic poem help?! No…well at least the poem suggestion got you to smile! Monday Motivation Poem M Move your body – climb the stairs, clean the house until you sweat O Outside is a good choice for fresh air and fewer germs (but the snow?!)  T Trust the process and just move, you’ll feel energized  I It all counts and can be credited on your MyZone  V Vary your workout- squats holding a laundry basket  A…

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Uncategorized Food 4 Thought
March 21, 2020 R3 Coaching Team

R3 Fitness & R Thoughts 4 You REAL PEOPLE, REAL COACHING, REAL RESULTS and REAL THOUGHTS Quickly this has become a moment of stockpiling food, making the most from little and trying our best to remain well – mind and body.  Time to get creative, waste nothing, be prepared, minimize trips to the grocery store and support our health. Many of us, being essentially sheltered in place, have extra time on our hands for better or worse.  Let’s make it for the better….  Do you hate when you have those 3 brown bananas and know you should bake banana bread,…

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Recovery WHAT WE KNOW…
March 18, 2020 R3 Coaching Team

R3 Fitness & R Thoughts 4 You REAL PEOPLE, REAL COACHING, REAL RESULTS and REAL THOUGHTS With countless unknowns in our world right now,  we know it feels like the right time to get back to the R3 Blog.  We can stay connected even with our social distancing. Many people feel alone and out of control for a variety of reasons – no school, no work, no routine, no access to the gym…no toilet paper in any stores!  Let’s think about what we do have control over to lessen the stress and find a silver lining during this trying time….

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Corrective Exercise The Surprising Truth About Deadlifts… Part 2
July 30, 2019 R3 Coaching Team

We are back with the follow up blog on the very popular exercise, the deadlift! If you didn’t get a chance to read part 1 I will link it here, and it wouldn’t be a bad idea to read that post before this one! Today I am going to go over a few different variations of the deadlift and why we use them with certain clients that we train at our gym. Now, after going over and understanding what a hip hinge is and how that is the movement pattern of a deadlift, this doesn’t mean everybody has the same…

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Muscles Chest Press Variations for the Bored
July 19, 2019 R3 Coaching Team

Bench pressing can get boring so here are some new variations of chest pressing to spice up your workout! Chest pressing can get very boring with the typical bench press, whether it be a flat, incline and decline and all sorts of inclines in between. The weekly grind for chest gains can get dull and routine, and if you hit that plateau it can get very frustrating as well. Here at R3 Fitness, there are several exercises we like to use to blast those pectorals in different ways to keep exercise fresh and challenge yourself in your path towards sculpting…

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Diet and Nutrition Oh the dreaded plateau… :(
July 12, 2019 R3 Coaching Team

You’ve been working hard on your fitness game and it paid off. The pounds started to drop! And then one day your results stopped. You keep putting in the same effort without any sign of improvement. You’ve hit a frustrating plateau. Or have you? Before you blame a fitness plateau for your lack of results let’s critically consider the following: 1. Your Diet: It’s human nature to begin to slip on your nutrition after a few weeks of stringent diligence. A small treat here, and a bite of something there, and before you know it you’ve fallen back into old…

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Diet and Nutrition Top 5 BBQ Alternatives
July 2, 2019 R3 Coaching Team

Hot dogs and cheeseburgers are just some of the distractions you may find at a BBQ. Plan ahead, do not count on their being healthy choices at the event, BRING YOUR OWN. Something easy would be putting some of your favorite vegetables, in a folded piece of tinfoil, along side some of the steak or chicken at the event.(EX: Green beans, bell peppers, onion, zucchini and squash. Prepare them as you please, drizzle with olive oil and pack it up.) No one would mind placing your bag of veggies on the grill. 5. Sweet Shredded Carrots (Pulled Pork) – “Matchstick”…

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