Gainesville Health and Fitness Center is helping members save money through their Member Savings Program. If you haven’t been using it, you're missing out on some tremendous savings! The innovative program partners with local Gainesville businesses and allows GHF members to save money toward the cost of their gym membership dues. In addition to discounts on everyday purchases, GHF is also able to promote and highlight local businesses. [More]

As a busy mom, wife, amateur athlete, and blogger, I do my absolute best to make sure that what my family eats is healthy and clean. But it used to not be like this. [More]

CrossFit is one of the fastest growing workout communities in the nation, and until now I could never really understand why. [More]

Increasing muscle mass and strength requires exercise and some dedication at the gym or fitness center. But the body also requires adequate protein which serves as the building blocks for this new muscle. [More]

Sometimes, on those days that you just don’t want to do anything, ask yourself these questions: “What’s my excuse for not getting up and exercising today?” “What’s my excuse for not doing whatever it is that I want to do to have a positive impact on my life?” [More]

When Rory Causseaux’s back problem jeopardized the extreme exercise that was the central common bond of his marriage, it was time to try something new. He and his wife of 30 years, Terri, share a deep passion for exercise that goes beyond an hour-long workout a few times a week. From the moment Terri saw Rory playing football shirtless in a University of Florida parking lot in 1979, the two have played hard and played together. “Exercise is a major part of our relationship,” Terri says. “Part of our fun in life is exercise and competing with one another.” That doesn’t pause even on the most romantic day of the year. “I’d rather have a pair of tennis shoes for Valentines Day than a dozen roses,” she says. “If we do something special for Valentines Day, it will be something all out and crazy, then we’ll go home and relax together.” But more than 30 years of physically fit fun was jeopardized for the Casseaux couple when Rory injured his back. His doctor gave him a choice: pain medicine or core strengthening utilizing Pilates. [More]

I’m not the biggest fan of deadlines. Deadlines mean I can’t take my sweet time at completing a task. They mean I can’t be lackadaisical in my approach. Deadlines turn the pressure dial up a bit and draw a line in the sand between “successful” and “fell short.” [More]

Sorry to say it, but it’s virtually impossible to make room for something new in your life without eliminating (or at least decreasing) the presence of something else. For change to occur, change has to happen. Doing the same things over and over, expecting a different outcome, is (by definition) insane— you almost always have to give up something in order to achieve your goal. [More]

So you know what you want to change, and you know what you want to accomplish. You’re pumped and ready, chomping at the bit to get started towards your goal. Nothing is going to hold you back this time. [More]

Regardless of your feelings for resolution and change, I have to agree that the New Year is a great time to start fresh and muster some extra gusto for making improvements to various areas of your life. We all struggle in at least one area of life, and we all have something we’d like to achieve or strive toward. So why not make 2013 the year to be successful? [More]