Lake Country Training Blog Page
Welcome to the Lake Country Training Blog, where we share our experience, perspective, and practical information on topics related to personal training, fitness, nutrition, weight loss, strength training, GLP-1 coaching, HRT, TRT, peptides, supplementation, sports performance, recovery, healthy aging, and overall health and wellness.
Many of the topics we cover here are relevant to the people we work with every day throughout Oconomowoc, Delafield, Hartland, Pewaukee, Okauchee, Nashotah, Merton, Summit, Dousman, Waukesha, and the surrounding Lake Country communities.
Whether your goal is to lose body fat, build muscle, get stronger, improve athletic performance, improve your nutrition, maintain muscle while using a GLP-1 medication, or simply become healthier and more physically fit, our goal is to provide useful information you can actually apply to your life.
With more than 25 years of personal training experience, we’ve seen the fitness industry change considerably. Some principles have stood the test of time, while other ideas have changed as better research, technology, medications, training methods, and nutritional information have become available.
Health & Fitness Trends and Techniques Are Constantly Evolving.
New research and better evidence continue to shape what we know about exercise, nutrition, metabolism, weight management, muscle development, recovery, longevity, hormones, supplementation, and performance. However, much of what actually works and gets results has never changed no matter what next new trend, new idea, or current fad is.
At Lake Country Training, we believe strongly in continuing to learn. That means looking at new information, comparing it with what we’ve learned through education and decades of real world coaching experience, asking questions, and being willing to adjust our approach when better evidence supports a different conclusion.
We don’t believe in blindly following the latest fitness trend just because it’s popular on social media. We also don’t believe that something should automatically be dismissed simply because it’s new.
Learn. Evaluate. Apply. Adjust.
That’s how we approach training, nutrition, coaching, and health.
Because of that, some of the opinions or information shared in older articles may evolve as new research and evidence become available. That’s exactly how it should work. Being knowledgeable doesn’t mean refusing to change your mind. It means being willing to continue learning and make better decisions when better information becomes available.
Our goal with this blog isn’t to make health and fitness more complicated. There’s already enough noise, misinformation, quick fixes, and conflicting advice out there.
Our goal is to help make it clearer and more practical.
Whether you’re already working with Lake Country Training or you’re simply looking for reliable fitness and health information from a local Lake Country training and coaching business, we hope these articles help you learn something, improve your approach, and make better decisions about your health and fitness.
Keep learning. Keep improving. And most importantly – keep doing the work.
Enjoy the Lake Country Training Blog!
The Fitness Playbook – No More Excuses
The Fitness Playbook for Adults Who Are Done With Excuses The No-excuses Fitness Playbook For Busy AdultsDownload It’s time to stop lying to yourself. Specifically, it is time to quit scrolling for "fitness tips" while your situation remains stagnant. Moreover, you need to move past simply "trying" in the gym and the kitchen and actually start doing the work. Check out the fitness playbook. Download it, its free. You have nothing to lose. Admittedly, if you feel busy, [...]
You Woke Up Overweight Today – Now What?
You Woke Up Overweight Today You woke up overweight today just like the past many days. Today though was different. You looked in the mirror and decided to do something about being overweight. But what should you actually do? Go on some weird weight loss crash diet? Start running? Join a gym? Maybe feel overwhelmed and go back to bed? If you are overweight, obese, over fat, or just want to look and feel a [...]
Protein: 3 X’s Daily RDA
The Triple Protein Effect *** Health experts say that women need 46 grams of protein per day. But what happens if they get more than triple that amount? Let’s find out. *** Forty-six grams of protein per day for a female weighing 130 pounds. That is .8 grams per kg of bodyweight. That’s all the average woman needs (according to "experts in the US Government). It must be true because the US government says so and is never [...]
Obesity – Lets Understand It
What Is Obesity Obesity is a chronic condition characterized by an excessive accumulation of body fat that negatively impacts health. It is defined as having a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or higher. Obesity is a serious health condition that can have significant negative consequences. It is important to understand the risks and take steps to prevent or manage obesity through healthy lifestyle choices. Are Hormones To Blame For Obesity? Hormones are often blamed for fat gain [...]
Being Obese & Overweight – The Truth
The Truth Hurts What Are Causes & Solutions to Someone being Obese? The only way beat obesity is to accept some painful truths, then take action. Here are the uncomfortable facts and the Truth Hurts. Once that hurt goes away though, the Truth Helps. Objective truths have been prohibited even if they could help people get better. Its called political correctness as everyone has heard of this. Health practitioners can't be blunt and tell patients that being obese [...]
GLP-1 MEDICATION AND EXERCISE:
LAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR WHAT YOU'RE ABOUT TO READ Right now we live in a very exciting time when we have the most science, information, and knowledge ever in the history of the world. We have medicine that actually works to help people lose weight for the first time ever, with no need to change diet or exercise! And, unless you've been living under a rock you have probably heard about it, and the best part is that [...]