In case you haven’t heard, we are in the middle of a global pandemic.  Wearing a face covering isn’t a political statement, it’s an IQ test.  The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluations, an influential model used by the White House, pr...

Under the best of circumstances, coping with the daily stresses of life can be overwhelming.  Psychologically, stress can cause depression, anxiety, irritability, and restlessness.  It can leave you feeling overwhelmed, unmotivated, an...

Sooner or later, gyms and fitness centers around the country will re-open.  But it’ll be anything but back to normal.  This could happen sooner than you might expect thanks to a big lobbying push from the International Health, Racquet and S...

By now, most of you are sequestered at home, deep into your home workouts.  You’ve cobbled together a hodgepodge of at-home workout gadgets, rubber bands, and rusty dumbbells from the garage, and you’re doing your best to replicate the workouts ...

According to one study, the average treadmill in a public gym is teaming with germs; more than one million per square inch. That’s about 74 times more than you’d find on a public bathroom faucet.  Some of the common culprits are Athlete’s F...

Sometimes it’s called “Bro Science.”  You hear stuff at the gym all the time.  And if it gets repeated often enough,  before you know it, everyone accepts it as gospel.  Sometimes it’s pseudoscientific, other times it’s just lore....

This is your year!  Seriously.  This is the year you do it.  (Think David Naughton singing “Making it”.... Google it.) You are not too old, too fat, or too lazy to get in shape!  But if you do pull the trigger on that gym membersh...

Believe it or not, modern presidents have been a little preoccupied with physical fitness.  Based on the findings of an NYU Professor (and rock climber) which showed that American kids were way more out-of-shape than their peers in Europe, Presi...

Anyone who’s been to the gym has seen these individuals.  At a glance, nothing in particular really distinguishes them from the other gym goers.  By every measure, they are basically ordinary. But you’ll know them when you see ‘em because t...

Calories in.  Calories out.  It’s basic biology.  If you burn more calories than you take in, you will lose weight.  If you take in more calories than you burn, you will gain weight.  It doesn’t matter who you are or what you...

What you are about to read is true.  Some of it may be difficult to believe, but all of it is real.  I know because it happened to me.  I’m Philip Hitchcock and I’m a Personal Trainer.  And these are my confessions:    ...

“I’m certified in CPR,” I tell all new clients.  “Please don’t make me prove it!”  Because the last thing I want to do is perform chest compression on a client who’s in cardiac arrest.  But if the worst should happen, you definitely wa...

You’re out of shape.  You’re desperate.  You’re watching late night TV and you’ve got a credit card.     ...

Last year at this time, NBC News reported that a CrossFit franchise owner canceled a gay pride workout event because he thought it was “a sin.” His franchise license was revoked and the entire facility was shuttered.  Executives at CrossFit adam...

It happens to a lot of people.  One day, you wake up and your jeans are too tight, you have a muffin top, and that ass that used to be so righteous, high, and tight has now hit the floor.    ...

The very thought of walking into a gym can send some gay men into a tailspin.  Rivers of sweat.  Accelerated heart rate.  Increased blood pressure.  PTSD.  Whether it was being bullied in school, always being the last one cho...

Every Monday I feel like some kind of a food priest hearing a confession. I have a client, call him Mike.  “My food was really bad this weekend,” Mike says.  “It was out of control.  I ate an entire cheese stuffed crust pizza.” &n...

I remember an old pharmaceutical ad that extolled the virtues of better living through chemistry.  It was something heady like, “without chemicals, life itself would be impossible.”  Of course the stoner community seized upon this slogan im...

An ancient Chinese philosopher once said, “The expert in anything was once a beginner.” (Or was it RuPaul?) Yes, it was RuPaul who said that. No wait. RuPaul said, “Remember who you really are, unleash the dragon, and let these bitches have...

Once again you’ve decided that THIS will be the year to get in shape. Look out 2019, because this time you’re serious. You’re going to stop devouring pizza like a college freshman, curtail that taste for Fireball you seemed to have developed since Th...

With the high (calorie) holidays upon us, my advice to clients is “stay the course.” This is not the time of year to start a new diet, change gyms, or alter your workout schedule. It’s a set-up for failure. Stay as close to your current routine as po...

There’s a snarky remark that you occasionally hear in gyms and fitness centers: “You’re not sweating, it’s the fat crying.”  In fact, most of the clients I see have one thing in common:  they want to lose weight, or more specifically, they ...

I think many of you would rather have a colonoscopy than start an exercise program.  Okay, maybe it’s not quite that bad, but for some of you, the idea of working out or getting physically fit conjures images of a high school gym coach with an a...

Did you know the St. Louis Frontrunners, a non-competitive LGBTQIA+ running and walking club, offers a variety of events to get active and socialize with two club run options each week? Further, the group also offers club social and volunteer opportu...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. - #Boom Media was proud to be a returning sponsor for this year's Pride 5K Run 2018 held at Tower Grove Park on PrideFest Sunday. The run is the annual fundraising effort that sustains St. Louis Frontrunners’ year-round non-profit ende...

  24 Hour Fitness and the University of Pennsylvania’s Behavior Change for Good Initiative (BCFG) announce a game-changing science-based partnership and research study to explore what really motivates gym-goers with the goal of creating lasting...

“PARTNERS IN PRIDE” SERIES FUSES UNLIKELY FITNESS CLASSES, MUSIC ACTS   Supported by Lance Bass, Johnny Wujek, Russell Tovey and Musical Guests The Misshapes, Nomi Ruiz, Brooke Candy, Fat Tony, Munroe Bergdorf, Kid Massive, Jimmy Somerville, D...