As the winter freeze creeps into Minnesota, I wanted to take this time to check in and make sure that everyone followed my advice before Thanksgiving. If so, you should still be right on track with your current workouts and well on your way to avoiding any bad habits this season. If not, you need to kick start your workout back up immediately. Trust me, staying the course isn’t going to get any easier as you start to travel for the holidays and the draw of college bowl games make it harder to get off the couch.

Hello Anytime Fitness nation! As we prepare to begin a week of overeating and football-watching, I wanted to wish all of you a very happy Thanksgiving. Think of Thursday as one of those gifts that you can reward yourself with for all of that hard work in the gym this year. Just be careful to guard against one day’s indulgence becoming an excuse to take the week off from the gym. Trust me, I have been there before.