Insights, Tips, and Stories from the NorthEast Health Performance Blog

If your fitness class feels more like speed dating with dumbbells than actual coaching, we should probably talk. There’s a new wave of fitness studios popping up everywhere promising “results”...

By Coach Manny A. There’s a pattern we’ve both started to notice—myself in coaching, and my wife in clinical psychology. It doesn’t show up right away. At first, it looks...

By Coach Manny A. Most people don’t fall off their health plan because they’re lazy. They fall off because life gets heavy. Work piles up. Kids get sick. Sleep gets...

By Coach Manny A. The internet screams, “you need more motivation!” The slightly smarter crowd says, “no, you don’t need motivation—you need discipline.” The truth? Both are incomplete. And more...

By Coach Manny A. Everyone says they value integrity. Until integrity costs them something. Because the moment integrity requires sacrifice—money, relationships, opportunities—most people suddenly discover that their values are negotiable....

By Coach Manny A. At some point you realize something uncomfortable. You’re not who you used to be. Maybe you notice it in the gym. The weight that once moved...