Ricky Magana

A while back, I was talking to a client who had just lost 100 pounds. As we were chatting about his own fitness journey, he kept saying, “If you saw me at […]

One evening, my phone buzzed. It was a text from a friend and longtime client, and she was ecstatic. “Been taking pics of myself every Friday from the front and back. OMG, […]

Imagine if you will, where one day you wake up and gas is cheap, traffic has evaporated, and you have been given six weeks off from work. Sounds like a dream come […]

You would think that by the time a star basketball player arrived at UCLA to play for one of the most legendary teams in NCAA history, they’d already know how to put […]

Back in 2003, I was a young pup, barely 16-years-old, just starting out in the gym. I was completely lost among the rows of machines, treadmills, and weights. I wandered the gym […]

Yes, this is an obligatory New Year’s resolution column. But before I talk about “how to make 2020 your best year ever,” I’m curious, how did the last year go for you? […]

A few weeks ago, we had a goal workshop at our gym. We had members set goals, primarily for the next 12 weeks. Then we check-in every quarter to track progress.  I […]

It’s a law as reliable as gravity. Man embarks on a diet and invariably loses more weight in one week than his wife lost in a month.  Within a few weeks, he […]

One of the most common struggles I hear among people is that, despite their desire to get in shape or lose weight, the older they get, the harder it becomes to “fit […]

When I was a teenager struggling with my weight, I used to think there was some “secret” to weight loss being kept from me. I’d obsess over every book, magazine, and article […]