Self Improvement
Jamie here, with this week’s health and fitness blog. For the blog this week, we decided to pose an interesting question to our training staff. The question was… What are you doing for self- improvement? Essentially, what do you do to do to challenge ourselves to become better, brighter, more powerful (physically or mentally). After […]
Client Spotlight: Juan Arango
Juan is a 30 year old recent UNC graduate. We asked Juan why he came to Empower to train: “It all started with preparation for an upcoming wedding. I visited the Empower headquarters frantic one afternoon and told Paul I needed to lose 10 pounds in 3 weeks. I now know that Paul isn’t one […]
One Man and Paleo (Day 6/7)
All righty, then end of a week of Paleo. Here’s the wrapup. I knew going in that the weekend (Day 6/7) was going to be tough. Weekends are traditionally, for me, the times when I get lax and slip up. Well, I didn’t. Stayed strong, except on Sunday evening but that was by choice. Saturday […]
One Man and Paleo (Day 5)
Day 5 and I keep rocking. Had some more shrimp and a little pork tenderloin today to go with the fruits and veggies. Cravings have gone away for the most part. Two more days! See you soon. Mike Babbitt, M.F.A, M.A., CSCS Master Trainer Mike is a Master Level trainer at Empower Personal Training. He […]
One Man and Paleo (Day 4)
Day 4. Food is good. Today made a few change-ups in what I’m eating. I had a huge salad with lots of greens, broccoli, cauliflower, and two nice salmon fillets and ate on this throughout the day. Quite good when you throw in a handful of olives and a few walnuts. Also still had my […]
One Man and Paleo (Day 3)
All right, Day 3 has come and gone and I’m feeling pretty in the grove with the diet. I will add though that yesterday was the first day I had any specific cravings; I really wanted some bread. But didn’t give in and had a good day of eating. I added a few things from […]
One Man and Paleo (Day 2)
Onto day 2. What I ate yesterday was pretty much the same I ate on day one. I added a few more nuts and I ate an extra 6 oz of chicken but all in all it was the same. One thing I’m noticing is that this diet is calorically deficient. What I mean by […]
One Man and Paleo (Day 1)
All right. Yesterday was the start of the paleo experience. Here’s what I ate throughout the day: 2 boiled egss 1 apple 2 nectarine 6 oz chicken 6 oz london broil 2 oz cashews 2 tomatoes 1 red pepper 1 chili pepper 1 habenero 1/2 onion 1 avocado All meat was hormone free and free […]
One Man and Paleo (Day 0)
So if you haven’t heard, this week Empower Personal Training is doing a week long nutrition challenge using the Paleo Diet. The gist of the diet is that if you can pick it and eat it raw or kill it it’s fair game (pun intended). So, no legumes (that includes peanuts), no processed foods, no […]
Paleo Diet Challenge Week
Here at Empower we enjoyed the Vegan Challenge Week so much that we decided to have another nutrition challenge for fun. We hope you’ll join us as we take nutrition back to our Paleolithic roots. Here’s a quick guide on the why, what, and how for the week: All the lean meats, fish, and seafood […]