Have you heard that doing cardio could ruin your gains in the gym? That, by doing a lot of steady state cardio—running, biking, hiking—you’ll lose all of your hard earned progress. It’s an idea that gets thrown around a lot. So what’s the deal? Is doing cardio a bad thing if you’re trying to get...Read More

Standing there in the middle of Wegmans, a couple of bags of dinner rolls in his shopping cart, Jake wore a frown on his face. He felt his knuckles tighten around the shopping cart as stress started sliding up to the surface. Why does tomorrow have to be Thanksgiving? My diet has been going so...Read More

Does this situation sound familiar to you? One day, you’re going about your business, when suddenly—ow! Your back starts hurting. What gives? You were doing things you normally do.   Maybe you bent down to pick up your kid. Maybe it was while playing a game of pool. Maybe it was while you deadlifted or...Read More

“If you made a list of people that you trusted would you put your name down?” -NF Have you ever doubted your ability to reach your fitness goals? Ever doubted your ability to follow through on the commitment to go to the gym? Maybe you’ve started and stopped so many diets that you’ve lost motivation...Read More

What are your goals? Most of us have been asked that question before—maybe by friends, employers, a personal trainer. It’s a decent question. It shouldn’t be the last question that gets asked with regard to your goals though. Beyond just declaring what your goal is, there’s another question you should consider: why is achieving this...Read More

Have you ever felt confused when walking into a gym? You’re unsure of what to do, where to go, and how to use the equipment. After a few weeks of going, a question keeps bouncing around in your head: is this helping? But you have no clue. You don’t know if what you’re doing is...Read More

A year ago, I was sitting across from a BSP client, who I’ll call Jill, chatting with her about her nutrition, when I noticed she seemed upset. We were discussing what she had been working on and how it was going, and it sounded as if she was crushing it. She was doing everything she...Read More

Beep Beep! “Great, Monday morning. Another day at the office,” you think. Those words were laced with sarcasm of course. As you crawl out of bed you remember: you told yourself you’d go to the gym today. But Monday comes and Monday goes…with no workout. Oh well, you’ll do it the next day. The next...Read More

You want to get a great workout in, to feel stronger, to move towards your goals. But you don’t have any equipment. What do you do? Can you even get stronger without any equipment? Sure, some gyms are open again after being closed down, like Beyond Strength Performance is now, but maybe you’re not comfortable...Read More

“Other gyms I’ve been to in the past don’t care what I do, as long as I’m paying my monthly fee. At BSP NOVA, I feel like I’m visiting my family when I walk in to workout.” -Danielle Does this sound familiar to you? You pull up to an empty parking spot, step out of...Read More