Author Archives: jeffbettag

Tis the season!  We are constantly bombarded with the idea that we have to get a flu shot or we are going to be very sick this winter season.  I believe the flu shot can be effective in some ways but what we can’t forget is that our immune system is extremely powerful when functioningContinue reading “Not Just the Flu Shot”

I was talking with an extremely overweight man this past week and he made a comment that I have heard many times about why he isn’t exercising. He had a defeatist attitude and said that it would just take hours and hours of exercise in order for him to lose weight. This got me thinkingContinue reading “Go For a Walk”

I have trained many people over the past 15 years at all different times of the day. One thing holds true and that is we have to fuel our bodies in order to get the most out of our exercise routine. Whenever I have a client who is feeling dizzy or weak during a sessionContinue reading “Fuel Your Body For Exercise”

It is rare that you would get the opportunity to share a product with people that can truly change their health for the better and that everyone needs. You would also have a hard time finding a company that has so much integrity that it gives its employees every opportunity to succeed and find thatContinue reading “What an Amazing Company!!!”

I walked into a store the other day and there were Christmas decorations all over the place!  I was beginning to think I was in an episode of the twilight zone but unfortunately, Christmas is around the corner.  This is a big time for people who are looking to start a fitness program.  How doContinue reading “Merry Christmas!!!!”

I have had the opportunity to meet so many different people throughout my career in health and wellness.  There have been older adults and teens, serious athletes and weekend warriors.  I have had many conversations over the years with new, and ongoing, clients as to what they need to do to be successful in theirContinue reading “Setting for success”

I can’t think of a better place to learn to be a trainer than where I have spent the first 15 years of my fitness career.  The Y has given me the opportunity to work with just about every kind of individual from a young kid just learning to exercise to the elderly.  From theContinue reading “New Adventure?”

I love the questions that come from a new client about exercise that start with “I heard from a friend…”  My first response is to find out exactly who the friend is.  Usually the friend is someone who is not remotely in the exercise/fitness/wellness field, possibly an insurance agent or car salesman.  Now I’m notContinue reading “Cardio VS Weight training”

Working as a personal trainer since 1998,  I have had that epiphany on what exercise can really do for each of us.  The same can be said about how I see the value of what we eat.  I don’t make the claim to be a dietician so when someone would ask me what they shouldContinue reading “The Power of Food”

When I was 14 I wanted to join a gym, lift weights and get BIG!  I was a skinny teenager and just knew that if I had muscles that would complete my life.  Funny how at 14 I thought such simple things would make me happy.  So my dad took me to the few weightContinue reading “Why I love what I do”