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About PT

Patricia Tremblay B.S., NSCA-CPT owner/ operator of Physiques By PT a personal training and consulting company. My focus is functional training that is compatible with your life and goals for a healthy active life, and a little fun tossed in for good measure.

Performance Not Soreness

Fitness has undergone some interesting transformations over the last several years. As an oldie but goodie in this industry I have seen it all, from Jane Fonda to Bootcamps and ultimately CrossFit. I suppose it depends on which fitness camp … Continue reading

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The Hobby Dad

  I really thought long and hard about writing this little blog today, but I always think that whatever dilemma I am going through so are others and sharing is caring.  The dilemma I have is how to celebrate father’s … Continue reading

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Consistency!

    Consistency…it is an often unspoken element of success. There is nothing very dramatic about the concept itself. If you were to ask me “ Hey PT…how do you stay fit?” my answer would bore you to tears…as I … Continue reading

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GREAT!!

Great = Get Real Evaluate All Thoughts Great: Markedly superior in character, quality or skill. Excellent. Webster’s Dictionary has a few meanings listed for the word “ Great”. It can also mean “large” or “big” and “being beyond average”. When … Continue reading

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Yoga …Hot or Not…

      My best friend Denise, she thinks she wants to try some hot yoga. Knowing that I did Bikram Yoga for a year, she has been asking me to sort of give her the 911 on the heat … Continue reading

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The Perfect Myth

  I am by nature a researcher, a planner and a perfectionist. All three of those things have the potential to lock my thoughts and actions down like Sing-Sing. We all have a way of being in this world and … Continue reading

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Mindful Movement

    Mindful movement is what happens when your brain and your body are in the same place at the same time, it’s not your body flailing about in an effort to mimic an exercise. Mindful movement happens when you’ve … Continue reading

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What’s In A Name ?

  When I was a child back in the days of milkmen and 3 television channels,  I came home from elementary school with a note from my teacher. She wanted documentation that my name was now indeed Mary Ann and … Continue reading

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Release The Rail!

        Yesterday I found myself at the gym due to Isaiah…the tropical storm. I don’t mind running in the rain, but I do draw the line at gail force wind and rain.  So there I was forced … Continue reading

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Magical Thinking

Disney…the epitome of Magical Thinking.  Nothing is more magical than taking your child there for the first time and just watching them enjoy all that expensive fantasy. I admit by the 3rd, 4th and 5th time the magic does tend … Continue reading

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