The fitness industry is BOOMING. Gyms, training facilities, or fitness programs are popping up left and right (Myself included!). I was talking with a family friend a few weeks ago who said he felt there are now TOO MANY gyms out there. He said there everywhere he...

Do you ever look at your day and realize you have HALF the amount of time to workout that you would like? Do you FINALLY get to the gym and realize you only have time for a ‘Get In, Get Out’ style of workout? What does that workout look like? A jumbled mess of a...

“What happened to me?” “MAN, I am out of shape!” “I didn’t know I could hurt this bad.” “I had no idea I had muscles here!” Those are all VERY common things I hear when people start back up (or for the first time) on the workout train. EVERY movement hurts. Going up...

Do you ever notice how quickly you get back into the school year routine? Or how you just seem to jump right back into work after a vacation? So why is it that jumping back into a workout routine RARELY comes that quickly? You pass on the workouts during vacation or...

Something happened to me. Something that has NEVER happened to me before. I lost my steam. My mojo. My motivation. Particularly for workouts, and I can’t quite put my finger on why. I was laser focused on training – warm ups, set ups, body movements, and recovery....

Are you REALLY satisfied with the way your core looks? I don’t believe I have a single client who feels completely secure with his or her midsection. In my years as a coach, I think there are a select few instances where someone was confident in their core....

As a kid, I LOVED when my parents were working with a personal trainer. It meant one to two hours of pure playtime two to three days a week! Growing up I felt as if everyone’s parents had a personal trainer that was THE thing. Now I’m grown up and working as a...

I’m stubborn. REALLY stubborn. Therefore, asking for help has never been my thing. I have a MASTERS degree in fitness and nutrition, so what could a nutrition coach do for me that I couldn’t do for myself? I’m not sure if I was too stubborn to admit I needed help...

As a kid, I spent my life around coaches. I was so eager to learn as an athlete that I breathed in every word they spoke. Today, coaches are EVERYWHERE. Just as I was as a kid, people are breathing in every word they spoke with the hope of change. I am a coach. I’m a...

Standing up off the floor, strengthening your squat, and toning your legs and butt – these are just a few of the reasons some credit lunges as one of the six most important exercises to know and include in your workouts. They are a great exercise, but in my time as a...

There are so many reasons I enjoy ending a class or a workout with a finisher. Physiologically, it’s great for one last rapid increase in energy output and calorie burn because of the tax on the cardiovascular and muscular system. Mentally, it can teach you to push...

Did you start your year off ready to crush every last resolution on your list? Did you hit that milestone birthday ready to tackle everything you seemingly failed at doing this past decade? Maybe all your kids are off to school now and you swore this was time to start...