How Do You Get Strong?
"Wow, you're so strong." I know you've heard that before! 🙂 Besides the obvious (you seriously impressed someone), what does it mean to be strong? There are many meanings to being strong (i.e. inner strength, personal strength, financial strength, muscle strength,...
Stick to it!
Have you ever started something new and didn't stick with it? Then you tried again, but with a friend and it worked that time? That friend was your accountability buddy - the one who helped you do what you said you were going to do. In college I had a friend who...
Movement vs. Exercise: What’s the Difference?
In class we use a few words that I want to differentiate: movement vs exercise. Some people use them interchangeably, but they're actually different. Let me explain each. A movementis an action that your body does. There are seven primary movement patterns:...
Resilience: How to Build it
Ever wonder why some people seem to bounce back from a struggle or challenge and others don't do it so well? Why some people have more "fight" in them than others? Or, how some always seem to make lemonade from lemons - even if the lemons are rotten?! This is called...
Exercise & Peri-Menopause
Let's talk about how exercise can help the symptoms of perimenopause: hot flashes, night sweats, mood swings, brain fog, bone loss, etc. It can! Not all people respond the same to changes in their hormones and not all people respond the same to exercise so this is...
How to Change your Intensity
Over the course of an exercise program, you change different variables in order to progress the program and maximize benefits. So what exactly can we change to alter the intensity of a workout? Load: The easiest variable to manipulate is load. Just grab a heavier...
Self Discipline: Why it’s important.
No one really likes to hear this word: discipline. I remember when I was younger and discipline was handled by my Dad. Oy! Us kids used to say "the punishment never fit the crime". I digress. I'm not talking about THAT type of discipline though. I'm talking about the...
Why it’s important to change your body position
Options. I like options, especially in my workouts. Options allow you to customize the workout to how you are feeling that day. It doesn't mean that you do nothing, it means that you do what works for you. Example: my left knee hurts. I'm not going to avoid squats,...
Does it really matter where I put the weight?
A squat is a squat is a squat. Hmm, yes and no. The actual movement of a squat is the same; grab the floor with your toes, push your hips back, and push your knees out as you bend your knees, hips, and ankles and lower your body. That's your standard squat. However,...
Don’t Train in One Plane – oh no!
You all know that this program progresses from week to week over the eight week period. Even if you've been coming here for 10 years (yay!), the program still progresses for your fitness level. I think that is really cool! Anyhow, one of the variables that we progress...