Benefits of the Get up. The what? The Get up!

A few of my class got to experience the baby get-up in the past few weeks. It sounds easy right? “Baby get-up”. If you did it, you know it wasn’t easy. The baby get-up isolates your oblique muscles. They are the muscles responsible for rotating the...

The F-word

Got your attention? LOL! The F-word! In the studio, the F-word is “foam rolling”. HaHa, had you wondering didn’t I? Foam is a nasty 4-letter word if your muscles are tight or you have pain. You might even let out some other 4-letter words while you...

YOU BOUGHT ME A PAIR OF JEANS?

I was doing laundry and noticing that I have an array of sizes in my drawers. No lie – I have a SMALL, MEDIUM, and a LARGE in my workout pants and shirts! How can one body, the same body, fit into all three sizes? I wonder that often myself! That’s why...

BMI vs BODY FAT

Body mass index (BMI) and body fat are very different measures of obesity/health.  Unfortunately they are all too often used interchangeably. Last year my Doctor told me I was borderline Overweight (based on BMI).  Based on height and weight measures, I do weigh...

BODY DIVERSITY

I learned a new word recently, body diversity. BODY DIVERSITY.  Think about it for a minute. Body diversity. That’s a great word! That wording promotes acceptance of differences in bodies! While the media embraces individual differences in many realms, body...