by Pamela Hernandez | May 30, 2013 | Fitness, Motivation
Under Armour sponsors the What’s Beautiful Challenge and this post but all experiences are completely my own. Running is all mental for me. Perhaps that is why it is also very hard, harder than weights or even the Inferno Program. When I decided to declare a...
by Pamela Hernandez | May 27, 2013 | Fitness 101, Fitness Book Club, General Health, Motivation, Reviews
We are the sum of our habits. We may think we are in control but we spend most of our day on autopilot. Like when you drive to work but can’t really remember how you got there? That’s your habits doing the work. Take the story of man named Eugene. After...
by Pamela Hernandez | May 16, 2013 | Fitness, Motivation, Reviews
I am not the person Jillian Michaels is trying to reach with her Maximize Your Life tour. Her 3 hour (yes THREE hours) educational/motivational presentation was, to me, preaching to the choir. What she says are the same things I tell my clients, and you, everyday. So...
by Pamela Hernandez | May 13, 2013 | Fitness, Motivation, What's New at Thrive Personal Fitness
What makes an athlete? Is it having the medal around your neck? Is it a trophy on a shelf? Is it being part of team with a dedicated training schedule? Or is it the act of showing up? Is it getting up off the couch and moving each day? Is it about staying strong to do...
by Pamela Hernandez | May 9, 2013 | Fitness, Fitness 101, Motivation
photo by Pamela Hernandez IDEA Personal Trainer Institute (PTI) West is a weekend of workouts, workshops and lectures designed to keep fitness professionals educated, motivated and dedicated to the best for our clients. This past weekend was my first time at PTI and I...
by Pamela Hernandez | Apr 25, 2013 | Fitness, General Health, Motivation
image by Luz Adriana Villa It’s 7 am as I am writing this post. I slept in, so I’ve only been up since 5:30 am. That’s right, I said slept in. Normally on Tuesday and Thursday I get up at 5 am. It’s prime blogging and program writing time. The rest of the week I get...