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Eric C. Stevens

About Eric C. Stevens

For the past seventeen years, Eric Stevens has established himself as a leading fitness professional, consultant, writer, presenter, and television personality. Currently, Eric is the Fitness and Membership Director for the Allegria Spa & Club at Park Hyatt in Avon, Colorado.

In addition to his extensive fitness experience, having managed, coached, and trained in the private health club and non-profit industries, Eric has been a long-time instructor of Western boxing, most recently as boxing coach for the Denver Athletic Club. In 2011, Eric was selected to serve as a trainer in the nationally televised series "I Used to Be Fat" on MTV. Eric is also a published author and regular contributor to Breaking Muscle, Muscle & Performance, and the Whole Life Challenge.

Eric is originally from Portland, Oregon and is a graduate of the University of San Diego. Since 2003, Eric has been a nationally certified personal trainer with the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA).

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Fitness

  • ‘How To’ Is Pointless Without ‘Why’
  • Learning to Fight
  • You Should Stop Exercising
  • You Are Not Your Body
  • Is Personal Training Too Personal?
  • How to Age Gracefully
  • When It Comes to Fitness Start with the Right Questions
  • The Treadmill Is More than a Hamster Wheel
  • How to Calculate Your Fitness Age (Though Your True Age Is an Attitude)
  • The Seven Deadly Sins of Fitness
  • Where Faith Meets Fitness
  • The Elusive Flow: Finding Ultimate Human Performance
  • Why MMA Creates The Fittest Athletes
  • 10 Lessons in Mindfulness
  • Boxing Should Be Your Next Sport
  • Facing the Second Half of Your Fitness Life
  • The Case for Competition in Youth Sports
  • Are You Weak in the Knees?
  • What Your Kid Needs to Know About Exercise
  • The Myth of Exercise and Weight Loss
  • The Real Reason Your Hard Work Isn’t Paying Off
  • What Are Your Injuries Telling You About Your Life?
  • Safety: The Most Important Part of Choosing a Fitness Program
  • How to Choose the Right Fitness Program for You
  • 5 Underrated Reasons You Should Pick Up a Martial Art
  • Rowing Is Here and It’s For Everyone
  • 5 Totally Valid Reasons You Shouldn’t Exercise
  • The WODFather: Why Greg Glassman Is Good for Fitness
  • Go Outside and Play! 5 Fitness Lessons From Your Inner Child
  • Sparring Essentials: Learn How to Take a Punch
  • Sparring 101: When, Why, and How to Take a Hit
  • The Group Fitness Customer Bill of Rights and Responsibilities
  • Exercise Is Not the End Goal: How to Enjoy the Process
  • Exercise Is Not a Final Destination: How to Enjoy the Journey
  • Don’t Always Take the Green Run: 5 Lessons From the Slopes
  • The Real “Ideal” Body Type Is Up to You
  • Don’t Get Stranded On Your Training Plateau
  • Prioritizing Your Fitness Isn’t Selfish – It’s Necessary
  • What’s a Fitness Trend? What’s a Fad? Does It Matter?
  • The Difference Between Fear and Love in Fitness
  • Lessons While Shooting: How to Take Aim in Life and Sport
  • 5 Ways to Improve Your Defense and Win More Fights
  • 7 Reasons You Aren’t Losing Weight (or Keeping It Off)
  • The 5 Most Important Words for Succeeding in Fitness
  • How to Get and Stay Ahead During the Holidays
  • 5 Martial Arts Lessons on Peak Performance for the Non-Martial Artist
  • Why I Believe in the Core Vales of the YMCA
  • Do Violent Sports Create Violent People?
  • How TV, the Internet, and Your Phone Are Hurting Your Fitness
  • The 6 Most Important Things Martial Arts Taught Me About Life
  • Can Exercise Make You Happy?
  • The Case for Swimming
  • The Life-or-Death Reason Kids Need to Learn to Fail
  • What Is “Group Personal Training” and Does It Work?
  • Why Boxing Is the Toughest Sport
  • 3 Reasons Americans Should Love Soccer and 3 Reasons They Don’t
  • 3 Exercises You Should Skip at the Gym
  • Why I Love the Medicine Ball and You Should, Too
  • Could Head Trauma Bring an End to Football?
  • Are You Addicted to Exercise? The Tell-Tale Signs
  • What Makes Floyd Mayweather, Jr. So Great?
  • What Oregon and Colorado Can Teach Us About Fitness
  • The 4 Paradoxes of Boxing (and Fighting)
  • The 10 Commandments of Fitness and Wellness
  • 10 Deal Breakers That May Be Sabotaging Your Fitness Goals
  • 5 Lessons the Olympics Teach Us about Sport and Life
  • Why You Shouldn’t Work Out When You’re Sick
  • The Good, The Bad, and the Bottom Line of the Fitness Gadget Craze
  • 7 Reasons Why Your Child Should Practice Martial Arts
  • Don’t Judge a Book By Its Cover: Instrinsic Motivation vs. External Goals
  • A Holiday Wish for the Health and Fitness World
  • Kids Are Fatter, Sicker, and Slower – What Can We Do About It?
  • Why Fighting Is Like Chess, and Both Are Like Life
  • The Pros and Cons of Our New-Found Obsession With Old-School Training
  • When You Train and What It Might Mean About You and Your Exercise
  • Muscle Activation Techniques: What Is It and How Can It Benefit Me?
  • 5 Essential Qualities to Look for in a Good Trainer
  • 10 Things I Hate About You (At the Gym)
  • A Call to Action: If Obesity Is Contagious, Maybe Fitness Is Too?
  • Perform, Recover, Rebuild: How Perspective Changes for the 40+ Athlete
  • Heart Matters: 5 Boxing (and Life) Lessons From Rocky Balboa
  • Lessons From the Fall: Turn Over a New Leaf and Switch Up Your Program
  • Adventure Racing, Obstacle Course Racing, and Triathlons – Where Does It Stop?
  • Why Rock Climbing Is a Lot Like Boxing, and Both Are a Lot Like Life
  • What the Heck Is Restorative Yoga and Why Should I Do It?
  • What Seniors Can Teach Us About Fitness and Not Giving Up
  • What Can Buddhism Teach Us About Our Fitness Journey?
  • The Scrawny Male: The Journey of an Ectomorph
  • Habits vs. Superstitions (Does it Really Matter if You Wear Different Socks?)
  • Community-Based Fitness: Turning the Tide Toward Health
  • Crack That Whip: The Jab Is the Most Important Punch
  • And Then What? What Happens After We Reach Our Goals
  • Why a Non-Yoga, Non-Hippie Guy Thinks You Should Do Yoga
  • Shadow Boxing: The Art and Purpose of the Warm Up Ritual
  • Use It or Lose It: The Third Pillar of Fitness – Flexibility
  • Heart Rate Interval Training: Get a Stronger Heart and Leaner Body
  • Finding Balance in Our Physical, Personal, and Professional Lives
  • Facing the Pain: Making the Physical Mental and the Mental Physical
  • Facing the Pain: Let It Be Your Guide
  • Women and Group Exercise: Theories From a Male Instructor
  • Five Rules for Success in Fighting (And Life)
  • Respect the Rower: An Argument for the Ergometer
  • The True Meaning of Having Heart
  • What We’ve Learned From Ultimate Fighting
  • Take Out the Trash: Why Athletes Should Stop Talking Smack
  • The Art of Body Maintenance: 4 Tips for Caring for Your Vehicle
  • Why Taking a Hit Is the Best Way to Avoid a Hit
  • Go Anaerobic: What It Is and Why to Do It
  • Social Media and Fitness: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
  • Results: How to Live at Your Goal, Instead of Visit It
  • Keep Moving Forward: Knowing When to Run, Walk, or Crawl
  • The Multiplier: Your Personal Superpower
  • Finding the Fire Inside You
  • When Enough Is Enough: Knowing When To Quit
  • 4 Things Men and Women Can Teach Each Other in the Gym
  • Rhythm Is an Athlete: 3 Tools for Learning Rhythm
  • Swinging the Bat: How to Do the Muay Thai Roundhouse Kick
  • The Vital Role of the Kiai, Grunt, and Otherwise Noisy Exhale
  • Artist of Life: Can an Athlete Be an Artist?
  • Don’t Sweat the Technique: Finding Flow as an Athlete
  • Speed Is Power, But It’s Not Everything
  • Living Life Like a Boxer: Making and Breaking the Rules

Healthy Eating

  • The Fallacy of Supplements
  • Why It’s Time to Regulate the Supplement Industry
  • Why the Scale Lies About Your Health (and Where to Find the Truth)
  • Why Dieting Is Harmful to Your Health
  • Why Fitness Professionals Shouldn’t Eat (or Sell) Energy Bars
  • Are Energy Bars Good for Us?
  • Cleanses, Detoxes, and Juice Fasts: Do They Work?
  • What Prohibition and the War on Drugs Teach Us About Our Nation’s Battle of the Bulge
  • The Cult of Supplements and the Dangers of Multi-Level Marketing

Learn

  • The Gym Is Not a Restaurant
  • Get Your Fitness House in Order
  • Prepare for Life’s Challenges: Train Martial Arts
  • 10 Good Reads on the Mental Aspects of Sport Fighting
  • How Success in Exercise Is Like Success in Investing
  • An Argument Against Machines: RIP Weight Machines (1963–2013)
  • How to Prepare for and Win a Fight
  • What the Marines Know About Discipline That Will Make You a Better Athlete
  • Momentum: Recognizing and Dealing With It
  • Game Plans: When to Hold ‘Em, When to Walk Away
  • Be What You Love: Finding Purpose in Art, Sport, and Life
  • Seasons of the Athlete: Evolving with Change
  • Step On the Gas: How to Throw a Killer Left Hook
  • Hero To Villain And Back Again: The Chris Herren Story
  • Analysis of the Liver Shot: Throwing and Defending
  • How the Tradition of Respect Can Save Boxing From Itself
  • Winning Combinations: How to Create Punching Combos
  • Gameness: Pit Bulls Have It, Do You?

Reviews

  • Suspension Training At Its Best: TRX Duo Trainer
  • “The Sports Gene” (Book Review)
  • “Driven” and “Tommy’s Honor” – A Tale of Two Worlds
  • Book Review: “Which Comes First, Cardio or Weights?” by Alex Hutchinson
  • Eric Stevens’s Holiday Wish List

Workouts

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