Every once in a while we all need a little treat so I started making these at the recommendation of one of our clients and love them!  They are a great alternative to the store bought version, which often only use milk chocolate along with peanut butter.  I love them because I get the choice

At AOC, we’ve always been about functional movement exercises. What is that? Functional movements are literally movements that have function.  They mimic real-world patterns that we use day in and day out.  Thankfully, functional exercise is becoming more and more popular, and we could lend some thanks to compound exercises for that. Compound exercises are

During my school years, the question was asked:  “What’s more effective:  running for a long period of time or running a shorter period of time but faster?”  Back when I was still learning, I really gave this question some thought but didn’t know what the right answer was. What I learned was this:  work as

Clients of AOC surely hear “pigeon toed!” in their sleep.  Yes, we do sound like a broken record but we promise, it’s all for the greater good of the body!  When we perform an initial assessment, majority of the people we see look like a duck.  No, they don’t have a beak, don’t quack or

In the fourth part of this series about maximizing fat burning, we are going to be talking about the last part of the equation:  food!  We’ve been letting you in on the secrets of getting great results and have covered: Metabolism and how it relates to fat loss Strength training and how it ties in

So far we’ve busted the cardio myth about fat burning and gave you the up and up on how metablolism works and how it relates to fat burning and lean muscle mass. So you get it, right?  You need to build muscle via strength training to keep that metabolism fire burning hot.  But how?  There