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Traditions With Dad
Traditions With Dad By Todd Durkin, MA, CSCS One of my favorite traditions when I was a boy was spending time with my dad in our local Hallmark card store on his birthday. I can vividly remember between the ages of 10-15 years old going to the Hallmark store and reading every birthday card made [...]
Category: Coaching Exercises, Fitness Quest 10, General Fitness, Health and Fitness Articles, Personal Development, Todd Durkin
The IMPACT Question Corner
Thanks for your questions on our Facebook LIKE Pages (www.facebook.com/ToddDurkinFQ10) and on our Twitter feed (www.Twitter.com/ToddDurkin) this past week. I always enjoy hearing from you and connecting via our Social Media outlets. If you have a question that you would like to ask, please visit one of the links above and share your question. I [...]
Category: Coaching Exercises, Fitness Quest 10, General Fitness, Health and Fitness Articles, Nutrition, Personal Development, Todd Durkin
A Culture of Mental Toughness
A Culture of Mental Toughness Brett Klika C.S.C.S. “Mental toughness!!” the overweight, out of shape, red faced, coach screamed as his team did their umpteenth set of “gassers” at a 10k pace. He nodded and smirked knowingly at his coaching staff who was fervently echoing his sentiments.  They had succeeded that day.  The athletes were [...]
Category: Brett Klika, Business Development, Coaching Exercises, Educational Articles, Fitness Quest 10, For Fitness Professionals, General Fitness, Health and Fitness Articles, Personal Development
I Would Like You to Meet AGNES
I would like you to meet AGNES – Part 1 of a 3 Part Series on the Pillars of Wellness as we Age By Janet Bertrand ACE Every day we are faced with choices. We make those choices and build our lives based on a pattern of decisions, one after the next. Those choices dictate [...]
Category: Educational Articles, Fitness Quest 10, For Fitness Professionals, General Fitness, Health and Fitness Articles, Janet Bertrand, Miss Fit Boot Camp, Nutrition, Personal Development, Physical Therapy
Feeding Your Metabolism: The Truth About Food Our Health System is Afraid to Admit
Metabolism Primer 3 of 3 Feeding Your Metabolism: The Truth About Food Our Health System Is Afraid to Admit by Pat Jak, BS, CPT, USAC II, USAC Power Based Training Coach This is detailed and I don’t want you to just skim over the intro because these tips can help you improve your metabolism, change [...]
Category: Educational Articles, Fitness Quest 10, For Fitness Professionals, General Fitness, Health and Fitness Articles, Nutrition, Pat Jak, VO2 Testing
The IMPACT Question Corner
I recently asked my followers on Facebook & Twitter for their most pressing questions as it relates to health & fitness. I received some great questions and going to answer a few of them now. Q: As a trainer, is it important to makes sure your clients wear a heart rate monitor? A: I highly [...]
Category: Chiropractics, Coaching Exercises, Educational Articles, Fitness Quest 10, For Fitness Professionals, General Fitness, Health and Fitness Articles, Nutrition, Personal Development, Physical Therapy, Todd Durkin
Easier to Stop than Start, taking it to the next level in 2012!
By Natalie Brown, MS, CSCS Director of Todd Durkin Enterprises and Personal Trainer at Fitness Quest 10 2012 can be your best year ever! The first month of the New Year is almost at a close and we are all making game changing moves to propel us to the next level. I suspect individually we [...]
Category: Business Development, Coaching Exercises, Educational Articles, Fitness Quest 10, General Fitness, Health and Fitness Articles, Natalie Brown, Personal Development, Todd Durkin
Putting the “Physical” Back in Education
Putting the “Physical” Back in Education Brett Klika C.S.C.S. I won’t beat the statistic into the ground anymore. Unless you live under a rock, you have read, seen, and possibly experienced, modern stats demonstrating about 1/3 of our youth are overweight. According to the center for disease control, the number of extremely overweight youth has [...]
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Was it Really an Accident?
Was It Really An Accident? By Todd Durkin, MA, CSCS It’s funny how life works. Sometimes people appear just when they’re supposed to. Just when you need them. Sometimes things happen that you don’t understand as they occur, but later make a lot of sense. Sometimes the bleakest news leads to a transformation that sets [...]
Category: Chiropractics, Educational Articles, Fitness Quest 10, For Fitness Professionals, General Fitness, Health and Fitness Articles, Personal Development, Physical Therapy, Todd Durkin
Six Things I’ve Learned in Six Years of Practice
Six Things I’ve Learned in Six Years of Practice By Dr. Jennifer Reiner, DC, CSCS, ART If there is one thing I have come to accept in six years of practice, it’s the more I learn the less (I feel) I know. I believe this is what drives so many of us in the fitness [...]
Category: Business Development, Chiropractics, Educational Articles, Fitness Quest 10, General Fitness, Health and Fitness Articles, Jennifer Reiner, Personal Development, Physical Therapy, Todd Durkin
Using Cardio Training to Effectively Boost Your Metabolism
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Metabolism Primer 2 of 3 Using Cardio Training to Effectively Boost Your Metabolism by Pat Jak, BS, CPT, USAC II, USAC Power Based Training Coach Continued from last month’s article – “If You Can Measure It, You Can Manage It,” which reminded us if you want to reach your goals, you need to know [...]
Category: Educational Articles, Fitness Quest 10, General Fitness, Health and Fitness Articles, Pat Jak, Todd Durkin, VO2 Testing
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