Living Your Best Life w/Coach Ademir

Most people know we need vitamins and minerals to live a healthier more fulfilled life. One of the main ones is Vitamin D. But how do we get it and why is it so important ???

A lot of times even when we want to do things for ourselves, our first thought is how other people may react. The best thing to do for ourselves is not to worry what others are going to say or do with OUR decisions. If we constantly question our own decisions to appease others, we may never live in peace or happiness. As long as you are aligned with your heart and mind, you are doing what is best...

Quarantine forced many of us to get creative with our exercise since our access to gyms was taken away. For many of us, home workouts became an even bigger part of our lives well after quarantine ended. So if you're still working out at home or just want to mix up your routine, there are many different options and variations to maximize each workout. 

If you're anything like me, you enjoy sweets....a lot! Believe me I know how hard it is to cut out our favorite sweet treats to minimum or none at all. But, there are many reasons besides gaining weight, that sugar should be avoided as much as possible.

It's easy to be motivated when starting something new, but when challenges arise or when we just simply don't feel like it, that's when we use the habits we've built to keep us moving forward. Motivation will get you started, discipline will keep you going. 

This episode I give you ten different cardiovascular activities (besides running) that you can do to aid in your weight loss. Specifically in accelerating fat loss and maintaining muscle mass, there are plenty of activities you can do that will not only get your heart rate up, but also teach you new skills. I hope you try some of these!!

Let's face it, cooking at home seems like a chore and it's just much easier to order takeout, right?! The problem with eating out more than cooking at home is we lose out on the many benefits of knowing where our food comes from, knowing what is in our food, learning portion control and creating new memories with friends and family. Take a listen as I go over 5 important benefits of cooking from h...

Injuries can happen even when we take the best of precautions. Today I want to talk about my experience through injury and how to best approach it so that you don't feel like you will set yourself back. 

Using suspension trainers in your workout routines will add so much versatility to your workouts and give you multiple benefits from stronger core, build functional strength, agility and power, they are portable and easy to set up and give you the ability to perform over 50 different exercises. 

We have all heard of gluten free this and that, but what we may not know is besides weight loss being a by product of getting rid of gluten, we may also notice significant improvements in our gut health and mental health as well. Take a listen to find out why!

Sometimes life's unexpected, and even expected, circumstances can derail our best efforts to maintain our responsibilities in our personal life, and especially at work. I recently had to move and while it took a lot longer than expected, taking steps to plan ahead and set expectations helped was some of the anxiety. The important thing is to always remember that even though life won't stop for us,...

Over the course of my career in training clients, the question of training when feeling sick has come up so much. "I'm feeling a little under the weather, should I still come in for my session?" While going in to a gym and around people when possibly contagious is not advised, there are still ways to get some movement in that can help boost your immune response when feeling ill. 

I am sure you have heard before that fruit is bad for you cause it has sugar. I am here to tell you that sugar from fruit is not bad for you. There is so much confusion out there and so I hope this clears it up for you and you can enjoy fruit in your diet more often. 

Accountability is probably one of the most important skills if one wants to make improvements and changes in their life. When we set goals or say we are going to do something, we need to get it done. This will increase our confidence, dependability and relationships if we do so. Today I will explain it, tell you why it is important and how to apply it in your life. 

We all know lifting weights is good for us. What most of us don't know is that lifting weights is not going to get us big and bulky just like that. We need to train specifically for that purpose. We can all use weight training in our lives for more than just what we all think it is for, we can improve our sleep, improve our health and also improve anxiety by incorporating strength training into ou...

Being nice to ourselves is probably the hardest thing to do. If we think about how we talk to ourselves, the same way we talk to our loved ones, we will realize that most of the time we are pretty mean to ourselves. So in order to improve your relationship with food, you need to improve your relationship with food. 

Stress!! We all deal with it and we all get to a point where it feels like it's too much. In today's episode, I go over some Invisible Stressors that cause us to feel anxious, irritable, angry or just plain fatigued. When we don't know what to look for we can't navigate our way around it. I'll let you know what these stressors are, how to identify if you struggle with it, and how to recover from t...

Most of us are familiar with traditional strength training, a good way to mix it up and challenge your body is by adding HIIT workouts to your training. There are many benefits to HIIT style workouts, from losing body fat to improving heart health. Take a listen to find out why and how!

I am sure you have had some type of tree nut in your life, unless you are allergic of course! Nuts have such amazing nutritional benefits that adding them to your diet should be a priority. Adding them to meals, snacks and even smoothies can add so many nutrients without making it difficult. Enjoy!

Being self aware is a skill we can all develop to better our relationships, our careers and our overall quality of life. We can learn to be self aware even if we have never known how. 

Yoga, we are all familiar with what it is for the most part, but may still steer away from it because you think it's only for certain types of people. Just like it may seem weight lifting or running is only for certain people. However, Yoga is meant as a spiritual practice, more than an exercise routine. When approached in this way, we can reap the many benefits not only physically, but mentally m...

When it comes to our nutrition, eating protein can sometimes be a challenge, especially if we don't know how much we need or where to get it from. Protein can come from many different sources, so if you are plant based, vegetarian, or you eat anything, tune in to find out why protein is so valuable in our lives and how we can get more of it from whole food sources. 

It's well known that the beginning of the year brings grand resolutions and promises of life changing habits, but even with the best of intentions, many of us seem to falter right out the gates. In this episode I go over strategies and ideas that I have used in my life and have seen work in the lives of others. As a coach my goal is to educate, inspire and help you accomplish your goals, I hope th...

We all have things in our life that can cause us to hit pause on our fitness goals and even stop them altogether, especially towards the end of the year. In today's episode I go over the risks of continuously pressing pause in our health and fitness journey, plus I will also give you tips on how to turn the dial down a bit instead of completely stopping.

We've all heard that cholesterol is bad and too much of it can harm us. While true that too much of something can hurt our bodies, all cholesterol is not created equal. Knowing the two types of cholesterol and how we can increase and decrease accordingly, can help us maintain our bodies at optimal health.