In this installment, Bryan explains what people really want to know - what makes your body released stored fat.

For this week's featured exercise, Melanie Douglass shows one of her favorite exercises for toning up your legs and glutes.

Bryan Haycock M.S., an exercise physiologist with NextFit, has studied the effects of exercise, diet, and supplementation on the human body for decades, and he is here to share his considerable knowledge on the subject of diets in this special 8 part video series.  It will focus on what makes the body store fat, how diets release fat, common misconceptions about dieting, and tips for success with whatever type of diet you may choose. 

The first key to success on any diet is understanding the effects your choices make so you can make the right ones, and Bryan will explain everything you need to know in terms that anyone can understand. 

Part 1 is a quick breakdown about how your body responds to and processes fats, proteins, and carbs.

Portion sizes in America have been expanding for years, as have Americans' waist lines.  Reading labels and counting calories is a good way to keep your calorie intake in line, but a lot of people forget to take that important step of matching the portion size to the label.  Melanie Douglass, registered dietitian and NextFit trainer, is back this week with some quick tips to keep your portion sizes under control.

Push ups.  It's one of those exercises that everyone knows how to do, but this week, Ron Mathews shows you how to do them right.

This week Kent Burden, the author of the award-winning book 'Yin Yang Fitness: The Whole Package of Health,' tells us about one of his favorite exercises.

This week’s featured exercise is from Adrienne Reed, PBS TV host and power yoga specialist. This week she shares with us a fundamental yoga flow known as Sun Salutation A.

Welcome to our new segment, "NextFit Nutrition Bites". These segments will provide valuable information and helpful tips in bite size bits that are easy to understand and remember. Melanie Douglass is a registered dietitian and a NextFit trainer. Here she explains how 500 calories doesn't always come in the same size package.

This week’s featured exercise is from Chris Kluge, a certified personal trainer and a mixed marital artist with a black belt in Jiu Jitsu. Here he shares with us one of his proven methods for strengthening and shaping the entire lower body.

Hi I’m Dori Madsen. I’m a NextFit trainer and I wanted to share 5 tips that help my clients reach their weight loss goals. I am asked day in and day out what’s the best way to keep the weight off. I always tell people it’s not as complicated as you might think. Here are my 5 easy-to-do tips.

1) Don’t feel bad about throwing away food you don’t need to eat.
If you have already purchased the food it doesn’t make a difference if you put it in your mouth or in the trash! The best thing would be to not purchase things you do not need in the first place. But in the case of cleaning out your cupboards and fridge to get rid of things you do not need just relish in the fact that you will no longer be tempted by these things and you will be making room for all of the wonderful foods you will be eating instead.