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7 Top Habits to Challenge Your Fitness and Crush Goals
Any time we start working out again we think, "This is the time I am going to stick to it." We last 10 days, quit, and then try to start...

benbarkerfitness
Aug 10, 20233 min read


Top 6 Diet Plans for 2023 (Mediterranean, DASH, Keto, etc)
It seems like every day there's a new diet trend that promises to help you lose weight, get healthy, and improve your overall quality of...

benbarkerfitness
Jul 20, 20234 min read


5 Top Benefits of Front Squats in Your Leg Workouts
I am passionate about a few things: my faith, my family, short shorts, coffee, and SQUATS! I LOVE leg day. Truth be told the back squat...

benbarkerfitness
Jun 22, 20233 min read


Fit Dads and Intentional Fatherhood: Why Health Matters
Father's Day is this Sunday and what better time to discuss what it takes to be a great dad?! Are you giving your children the best...

benbarkerfitness
Jun 15, 20233 min read
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4 Essential Metrics to Track for Optimal Health and Fitness [2023]
Do you ever get tired of tracking all of your stats? It's now the hot ticket to literally track everything. We track our calories, our...

benbarkerfitness
May 20, 20233 min read


ChatGPT Wrote a Fitness Article for Me...
AI is here to stay. And I am all about using it to my advantage professionally. If artificial intelligence can help me provide people...

benbarkerfitness
May 5, 20233 min read


How to Dominate Sleep and Dining Out for Optimized Health
As a fitness and nutrition coach, I'm always on the lookout for ways to help my clients improve their health and wellness. Recently on my...

benbarkerfitness
Apr 27, 20233 min read
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The Ultimate Core Exercise You Need to Try [2023]
Crunches and leg raises are probably the most overrated ab exercises. If you're like me and trying to make the most of your time, you...

benbarkerfitness
Apr 6, 20232 min read
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Boost Your Fitness Motivation with the Power of Words [2023]
Hey, hey, hey! Are you ready to learn about the language of love? No, no, no, not the mushy, gushy kind of love, but the love language...

benbarkerfitness
Mar 3, 20232 min read
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Achieving Your Goals: The Power of Persistence and Positive Mindset [2023]
It's a tale as old as time: the underdog who defies the odds and accomplishes great things. Whether it's the scrappy little league team...

benbarkerfitness
Feb 18, 20234 min read
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Just Start 2.0: Fitness or Really Any Goal [2022]
One of my first blog posts when I launched my website earlier in 2022 was titled "Just Start." I had been researching for about 4 weeks...

benbarkerfitness
Dec 10, 20222 min read
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Encouragement is a Super Power [2022]
Who do you know that could use some encouragement? Text the first person that comes to your mind! You never know what someone has going...

benbarkerfitness
Nov 20, 20222 min read


It Will be More Challenging Than You Think
What a bummer of an article title right!? A better title would have been, "If you believe it, you can achieve it." But that's just not...

benbarkerfitness
Nov 5, 20222 min read


Day 31: Do Extra
I am horribly unorganized. I am not focused. I sometimes try to do so many things at once that I get nothing done. But if it requires...

benbarkerfitness
Oct 9, 20222 min read


Day 30: The Greatest Ab Exercise of All Time
First things first... I did it! I wrote one article per day for 30 days! The goal here was to challenge myself to put out more content,...

benbarkerfitness
Oct 8, 20222 min read


Lifestyle Changes Dominate "Challenges"
We live in the day and age of "7 Day Detoxes" and "30 Day Shreds." Short, not maintainable challenges that will supposedly "kick start"...

benbarkerfitness
Oct 6, 20222 min read


Megan Knees and Juicy Dump Trucks
Y'all... I feel like this might be my greatest article title ever. I wish I could just retire after this and go out on top but alas, I...

benbarkerfitness
Oct 5, 20221 min read


The Perfect Workout Split + Podcast Ep. 4
If you prefer listening versus reading, check out today's article on my podcast Ben Barker Fitness on Spotify... You know Morgan Freeman...

benbarkerfitness
Oct 4, 20222 min read


Push-Up Mistakes and Top 2 Modifications
Push-Ups are one of those exercises where a lot of us let our egos get the best of us. I am always more impressed with people when I see...

benbarkerfitness
Oct 3, 20222 min read


The Single Most Important Nutrient... And You're Probably Not Getting Enough
“Coach Klein: Gatorade not only quenches your thirst better, it tastes better too, idiot. Bobby Boucher: No. You people drinkin the wrong...

benbarkerfitness
Oct 2, 20221 min read
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