Strength Studio

We Build Better Bodies

At Strength Studio, we offer 1-on-1 personalized training performed by certified professionals. We believe individualized training is the key to efficient results.  Our staff is highly skilled in the art and science of fat loss and human performance. We use this knowledge to design customized programs that will address your specific needs.

Since opening our doors in 2007, Strength Studio has provided superior personal training  for clients of every physical level in our well-equipped distraction-free gym.
 

Philosophy
The individual is the basis for all exercise and nutrition recommendations. We maintain precise records for each client, this allows us to make educated adjustments when needed. We are constantly searching for more effective ways to accelerate fat loss, improve athletic performance, and increase strength. We routinely reevaluate everything we do to ensure we are never complacent. We never dismiss any method, but we will question every method. If it can be improved, we will experiment and try to improve.

3 Strategies for Lifelong Health and Vitality

Health and physical fitness are moving targets that require periodic adjustments.

Here are 3 simple strategies that will help you in the long rung.


Accept your current physical state 

Regardless of the circumstances or events that led to your current physical state, that is where you are and that's your reality. This is the place from which you must start. Your past physical prowess(or lack thereof) is not relevant to your current state of being. What may have worked for you back in your younger days may not work now. Start from the present.


Respect Your Joints

You are only as healthy as your joints. A healthy joint is mobile, stable, and pain free. If your current activities are causing painful wrists, shoulders, knees, hips, and/or low back, you need to re-evaluate what you are doing. Joint pain is not a right of passage to a fit body. Joint pain will decrease your level of spontaneous activity which is of primary importance if you want to stay healthy and look good for a lifetime. 

You must establish optimal joint mobility before loading the body with stressful activities. Avoid exercises that place excess stress on your joints. Get evaluated by a qualified professional before engaging in activities such as high-intensity strength training, Olympic lifting, and sprinting.


Develop habits that produce measurable improvements

Goals are useless unless they are attached to a behavorial change. I prefer to set habitual goals that cause change. Here are 3 habitual goals that will produce positive physical changes: 

“I will eat 3 servings of fibrous organic vegetables along with 3 servings of high quality animal proteins every day.” 

“I will eliminate sugary beverages from my daily diet.”

“I will go to bed before 10:30pm every weekday.”

Customize your habitual goals based on your needs.

 

 

 

Exercise Can’t Change your Physical Nature: Relationship between Activity and Appearance

You’ve heard the claims: “If you want the long lean legs of a dancer, do Pilates or yoga" or “To get supermodel sexy, do the Brazilian Butt Lift workout by Leandro,” or "To build an athlete's body you gotta train like an athlete and do Functional exercise." Such claims are made perpetually, yet most are wrong or just flat-out lies. I’m not bashing these methods, I'm a big fan of yoga, and progress can be made doing a wide variety of activities. But I will explain why the conventional association between activity and appearance is incorrect. 

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Improve Performance with Better Gut Health

Gut health is rarely considered as an obstacle when trying to improve performance or when overcoming an injury. Yet, gut health has a massive impact on how fast you recover from training, illness, and/or trauma. Without a healthy gut, your immune function will be compromised and you will not extract all the vital nutrients from food or supplements. This can lead to an inability to fight infection and create nutritional inadequacies that will exacerbate the problem. 

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5 Things You Need To Give Up for Fitness Success

The accumulation of things, habits, and ideas are part of the American experience. But sometimes less is better; you may need to eliminate something in order to facilitate your goal. In order to achieve a positive change, you must remove obstacles that are holding you back. When you upgrade your mental software, you must first remove the old software. Many of you have the mindset of “any obstacle in my way, I’ll go through it with intense might and perseverance!” This is a good mindset, in certain situations, but not always efficient. Maybe you need to simply give up, go around, or avoid the obstacle. 

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Two Simple Strategies For a More Productive Day

1) Get sufficient sleep the night before. To function at peak capacity, most adults need 7-9 hours of deep sleep; that means sleeping all through the night without interruption. Here are a few tips to help you achieve deep sleep:

  • Eat last meal no later than 9pm
  • No sweets or alcohol with last meal
  • Avoid caffeine and stimulants after 2pm
  • Ensure that bedroom is pitch black, the slightest bit of light can inhibit deep sleep
  • Make sure all electronic devices are off and at least 4 feet away from bed

2) Eat a high protein, grain-free breakfast. A high-protein, low-carb, grain-free breakfast is the best way to maximize energy. Here is a sample breakfast (what I ate this morning):

  • Ground Bison Patty (6-8 oz), pan fried in organic butter
  • Raw Pecans, 1 handful
  • Organic Blueberries, 1/3 cup
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The Most Important Nutrient for Fat Loss

The Most Important Nutrient for Fat Loss: High Quality Animal Protein

The word protein is derived from the Greek word, “proteios”, which means “of prime importance.” Protein is very important because it is involved in every biological process that runs the body. Without adequate intake of high-quality animal proteins, physical performance and appearance will be compromised.

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Don’t Sabotage Your Fat-Loss Program by Setting The Wrong Goals

Drop the Quantitative Goals and replace them with Behavioral Goals.

Quantitative goal-setting is based on an estimated outcome. When it comes to body-fat loss, this type of goal setting is nothing more than a guesstimate; an educated guess of what you “should” be able to accomplish. Predicting the exact rate of fat loss with an individual is well beyond the abilities of any fitness expert. When a client asks me, “how much body-fat can I lose in 2 months?” I tell them, “as much body-fat as your physiology will allow.”

 

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Advanced Hypertrophy Protocols

A well designed strength program can produce a better looking and functioning body; this process is called adaptation.

The main law of adaptation states that in order to improve strength and fitness, you must expose the muscles to unaccustomed physical stress. Once adaptation has occurred and the stress is no longer unaccustomed, you must present the training stimulus in a different manner. Presenting exercises in the same manner over extended periods of time will eventually lose effectiveness and progress will come to a halt; this biological response is known as accommodation(1). The law of accommodation states that, the response to a consistent stimulus will decrease over time. To circumvent accommodation the trainee must make qualitative (exercise) or quantitative (protocols) changes to their training.

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