Proactive Lifestyle Fitness

08/23/2025

05/11/2025

We are fortunate to work with a lot of mothers, grandmothers, and even great grandmothers.

Here’s to you.

Here’s to how you selflessly make all the lives around you better.

Happy Mothers Day

04/16/2025

The exercise industry profits from extremes, but your body thrives on consistency.

"Coloring in the lines" isn't about limiting your potential—it's about maximizing your longevity.

The people still training effectively in their 70s and 80s aren't the ones who pushed to extremes in their 50s.

They're the ones who found sustainable approaches that respected their body's boundaries.

Don't sacrifice tomorrow's mobility for today's ego.

04/15/2025

There's absolutely no reason to go 0-60 MPH in your exercise program.

Doing too much too soon will just p**s things off in your body, and you won't stick with it.

Our goal with exercise is simple: create JUST enough overload to stimulate adaptation.

If you haven't been doing much, we don't need much to create change.
Too much will push you over the edge.

Focus on what you can stay consistent with and actually enjoy.

04/14/2025

Here’s a snapshot of one of our clients on their strength journey.
Early on, they couldn’t complete the top of their range of motion.

The options?

Use momentum (cheating), skip the weak range (risky), or—what we did—lower the weight and target that specific challenge.

That’s what smart training looks like: working within your limits while still moving forward.

04/13/2025

Take a look at this photo—this is me assessing my available shoulder range for chest press.

Notice my right arm can't even make it to my chest.

Yet the exercise world tells us we HAVE to touch our chest during bench press!

For me, that violates my shoulder structure and increases injury risk.
The uncomfortable look on my face in the second photo?

That's what happens when you ignore structural limits.

Don't force movements your body isn't built for.

04/12/2025

Just like a kid with a coloring book or a car avoiding cement barriers on the highway, our bodies have limits we shouldn't exceed.

My golden rule for exercise: DO NO HARM.
This means respecting your skeleton's limits—period.

We ensure this by assessing available ranges and selecting proper exercises that understand what's happening in each movement.

Your body isn't trying to limit you—it's trying to protect you.

04/11/2025

"You" Phase 4

"No pain, no gain" is terrible advice, especially as we age.

Finding your optimal exercise "dosage" is crucial:

Start with less than you think you need
Monitor your recovery between sessions
Prioritize consistency over intensity

04/10/2025

"You" Phase 3

Just because you CAN move through a range doesn't mean you have the STRENGTH to control it under load.

Look at this photo - I have the structural ability for this leg extension, but under this specific load, I can't complete the range properly.

That's not failure - that's valuable information! Adjust, don't push.

04/09/2025

"You" Phase 2

BEFORE you ever pick up a weight, test your available ranges!

Simply move through the exercise pattern with NO load. If you can't perform it comfortably unweighted, why would you add resistance?

Most injuries happen when we force movements our body isn't structured for. Respect your unique design!

04/08/2025

"You" Phase 1

The starting point for effective strength training is YOU - not some arbitrary standard.

Three principles I always follow:

Assess joint structure and how your body naturally moves
Test muscular ability in available ranges
Find the right dosage your body can handle

Skip these steps and you're just gambling with injury.