The Tale of the Scale #bikinirebellion

The Tale of the Scale #bikinirebellion

The dirty little secret hiding on the bathroom floor: Neghar Foonini is running a #bikinirebellion program and it has really inspired me to share a personal story. If you want to check out the rebellion head you can read about it here. And look for #bikinirebellion of...
The Fitness trend that MUST STOP!

The Fitness trend that MUST STOP!

There is a fitness trend that must STOP. To be honest I could list at least 5 fitness or weight loss trends that I wouldn’t mind seeing fall off the face of the earth, but today I am only going to focus on the one that has been making my skin crawl this spring....
Sit back, relax & recover!

Sit back, relax & recover!

When you are training hard, working hard, and just generally busy you body needs rest. There are 2 types of rest/recovery in my book. Both of them being important in their own way. #1 Active Rest This is the type of activities that you do to enjoy life. You’re...
Better Planks = Better Training

Better Planks = Better Training

During your training, what do you think about? Many times when we are exercising we get mentally lazy. I know I’ve done this, and I ALWAYS regret it later in the forms of aches and pains where there shouldn’t be. Training takes energy, training takes...
7 Core Moves (without a single crunch)

7 Core Moves (without a single crunch)

Let’t talk about the core While studying to become a personal trainer my mentor had a great way to keep core training at the front of our minds. If we wrote CORE at the top of any paper, assignment, or test we got extra credit. While we would be teaching or...