Author Archives: jeffbettag

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”

This is a question that, depending on who you are talking to, will get you a variety of answers.  If you are like me and periodically wake up at 2am and can’t get back to sleep, you turn on the T.V. and see the P90X or Insanity programs.  Crossfit is all the rage in someContinue reading “What is the best way to exercise?”

Thats right…I’m going there.  The hot button topic in politics.  Where to draw the line in providing insurance and what should be allowed is something that will be argued for a long time to come. What I am going to say is this…it really doesn’t matter.  Having health insurance is not going to do anythingContinue reading ““Healthcare” in the USA”

For a long time I have felt that the health and fitness industry is its own worst enemy.  Look at any “health” magazine and what you see is a guy with his shirt off with rippling muscles and/or a gal with a half shirt and  much the same.  The point to these pictures, in myContinue reading “The difference between healthy and “fit””

I don’t know about you but I was continuously amazed by what these athletes were able to accomplish.  10,000 meter open water swim, marathon, weightlifting, gymnastics, pinpoint diving and the list goes on and on. I consider myself very much an amateur athlete and I think I do quite a bit to stay in theContinue reading “Incredible accomplishments at the Olympics!”

Watching these athletes compete in a variety of events motivates us to to get out and move.  We don’t have to be olympic competitors to lead a healthier life.  It does take a daily commitment to exercise and eating more fruits and vegetables.  I am proud to be associated with Juice Plus to bridge theContinue reading “Who loves the Olympics!!!!”