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Do you know? ☝🏻Exercise was first prescribed for health by Hippocrates (479-379 BCE) and Galen (129-200 CE). ☝🏻Only 21% of Americans meet the CDC physical activity recommendations of 20-30 minutes per day of exercise. ☝🏻Exercise can improve sexual arousal responses in women. Need I say more? ☝🏻HIIT (high intensity interval training) and LISS (low intensityContinue reading “Did you know?”

If somebody said “if you workout for 30 minutes right now, I’ll send you $20.” You’d do it, right? Of course! Without even a question of “what kind of a workout?” If someone said, “I’ll send you a tool that (if you do it) you will be in better shape, have more energy and feelContinue reading “Would you?”

When I am at the gym running my boot camps, I see a wide array of ages. It’s the men and women in their 70s and 80s that really inspire me.🙂 They are vibrant, active, full of life and happiness. They love adventure, playing with their grandkids and they love being free and healthy enoughContinue reading “Live life”

Trainers tips!  Being healthy is both physical and mental. One of the best things I have done for myself is to start reading personal development books.  A friend of mine is reading this one, so I decided to download it.  I am currently reading “100 Days to Brave,” by Annie Downs. These are short readingsContinue reading “100 Days to Brave”

Caloric management is mainly through nutrition. ☝🏻 This means that how you look and feel is based mainly on how many calories your are consuming and what those calories are from. When introducing the concept of a nutrition shake into a client’s diet, they normally think…I don’t want your weight loss shake. 🤨 BUT…when youContinue reading “Game changer nutrition”

What motivates me to workout like I do? One reason is because I need my body to function right! The best exercise program will include cardio, resistance, stretching and recovery workouts. Exercise must be balanced to be effective and this is why: Cardio strengthens the heart. ♥️ Resistance builds and tones muscles. 💪🏻 Stretching improvesContinue reading “Balance and function”

As a trainer, the biggest complaints I hear are, “I love the motivation of having a trainer, but WHY is it so expensive!” Or, “Listen, I just don’t have time to go to the gym, isn’t there an easier way?” YES THERE IS! But, shhhhh! 🤫 Most trainers will not say this. I work inContinue reading “Trainer secret”

It’s a hell of a lot better to be frustrated than to just give up. And that can apply to pretty much anything in life.😉 Listen, as humans, we have an awesome ability to talk ourselves out of ANYTHING! I need to make that phone call….maybe later. I need to clean the bathrooms…I’ll do itContinue reading “Motivation”

Throughout my life, I have been told I would be great at teaching. I’ve also been told I would be great as a journalist. 🤷🏻‍♀️ Well, I ask more questions than a 5 year old on a road trip, but still. 😉 I’ll be honest, I wasn’t always into health and fitness. It was actuallyContinue reading “Teacher”

As I always teach to set goals for the day, I think it’s also important to reflect on things accomplished during the week. 🤓 🧘‍♀️I made myself a priority each morning with my workouts and attending to my daily goal calendar. 🧘‍♀️ I was there for my son each day to help with his homeworkContinue reading “Accomplished”