Fitness Tip: If you’re still plodding through the 3 x 12 reps session that the gym instructor gave you a year ago, it’s time to mix up your weights workout.

Fitness Tip: When time is short, compound exercises that work multiple muscles at once are the key to strength rewards – lunges, squats, etc.

Fitness Tip: Perform 20 seconds of resistance exercise such as squats, kettlebell swings or medicine ball slams, then 10 seconds complete rest. Repeat 8 times.

Fitness Tip: Thoughts are powerful; pay attention to yours. Do you encourage yourself with positivity or hold yourself back with negativity?

Fitness Tip: Pay attention to what you are eating. Ask yourself if you really are hungry or if something else is going on that’s causing you to turn to food.

Fitness Tip: Unless you’re training for a marathon, skip long, slow, distance running — sprinting builds more muscle.

Fitness Tip: Be warned: Buying foods labeled “low-fat,” “non-fat,” or “fat-free” may encourage you to eat up to 50 percent more calories.

Fitness Tip: Weighing yourself too often can cause you to obsess over every pound. Go for once a week, and not every day.