Bars and shakes are convenient, but they’re not the only refueling options post-workout. If you’ve been missing real food after your workout, try these snack options. The best post-workout snack is a carbohydrate and protein mix, since our muscles at...
Rob King grew up in Saratoga Springs, NY. For most of his childhood, he grew up playing various sports. In the beginning, his training philosophy and style was deeply connected to athletic strength and conditioning. However, in his post college...
Monika Patel was chosen as our Client of the Month for the month of July. She was one of the first clients in the door when we first opened our Raleigh personal training location and she has been going strong...
Our Director of Client Relations J.J. Yager is always rolling in to work with delicious leftovers for lunch. That being said, we were able to twist her arm and get her to share with us one of her recipes that...
Want to Improve Your Fitness? Sleep! When we are training hard, most of us focus on more reps, heavier weight, longer runs, or twice-a-days to see progress. But what if I told you that sleeping more might be the...
Strength Training for All Written By: Eric Broadbent At Empower Raleigh you’ll see a lot of people doing strength training during a personal training session, and for good reason. If you could only choose one type of training modality in...
Written by: Kate Thieda, MS, LPCA, NCC Does the thought of leaving your smartphone turned off spike your anxiety? If more than an hour goes by without looking at Facebook or Twitter, do you suffer from FOMO (fear of missing out)?...
We know sometimes it can be hard to remember all the exercises, or in this case stretches, you wanted to add to your routine after a workshop. So, we have created THREE videos summarizing what we go over in our...
Visualization: Written By: Kate Thieda, MS, LPCA, NCC Are you finding yourself stuck in a rut – in the gym, at work, or in life? Making changes requires that we believe we can make those changes, and often that requires changing...
Post Workout Snacking
Meet Empower Trainer Rob King
Exercise of the Month: Inch Worms
Client of the Month: Monika Patel
Recipe of the Month
Want to Improve Your Fitness? Sleep!
Strength Training for All
Time for a Technology Detox? 3 Tips for Reducing Screen Time
Flexibility Training and Yoga for Runners
How Visualization Can Help You Achieve Your Goals