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30 Minute Full Body Dumbbell Workout.
30 minute full body dumbbell workout that can be done at home.
What Your Mom Didn’t Tell You About Menopause!
Real questions about the menopause transition from real women answered by Dr. Kameelah Phillips (MD, IBCLC, NCMP Founder, Calla Women’s Health during an instagram live with Coach Tina!
5 Potential Reasons Why You Aren’t Feeling the Results From Your Strength Workouts.
Even when we know something is “good” for us, it can be hard to stay consistent when we aren’t feeling the progress. Here’s 5 possible reasons why you are not progressing with your strength training workouts.
5 Reasons Strength Training is Amazing!
Strength Training has incredible benefits for all bodies and is especially incredible for folks over 40! Learn 5 reasons why here!
Dread Lunges? Try These Variations!
Dread lunges? Coach Michelle shares four lunge variations for you to try!
Better Goals for Better Results
As we head into the new year, we’re going to be inspired to declare resolutions or goals or aspirations for ourselves and our lives - which is amazing - inspiration to create goals for ourselves based on reflection of previous outcomes and current emotions is the first step to making change.
But many people don’t move from this initial phase of change making and accomplish their goals because they either fail to make a plan and take consistent action or they try to do all the things all at once, which is most often not an effective route to sustainable and long term success.
Are Online Fitness Classes and Coaching Really As Effective as In Person?
We are often asked, "are online workouts and remote coaching really as effective as classes and training in a gym?"
And our answer, is yes!
Pick a Lane
This bobbing and weaving actually creates more slow downs, but in our minds, we’re in control! We’re moving! We’re making the choices here! So instead of staying the course, we seek the next flashy opening and slide on into the new slot that we think is going to move us along faster. This happens in the fitness and nutrition industry all the time too. We think we are supposed to see and feel results RIGHT NOW because of the marketing of “14 day challenges” and other diet nonsense about “fast physique changes” we absorb almost everywhere we go.
Just Listen to Your Body
Ever been told to "just listen to your body?”
Sounds simple enough, but what does that actually mean? What are you supposed to be listening for?
Just like with nutrition, years of diet marketing teaching us to NOT tune in and listen to our bodies leads to us actually having difficulty with this. ….
Pumpkin Turkey Lasagna Roll Ups!
Are you #TeamPumpkin?
If so, you'll want to try this super simple Pumpkin Lasagna Roll Up Recipe for your next dinner or meal prep for lunches!
Seriously, I know the word lasagna can conjure up images of long hours in the kitchen and a culinary challenge, but these truly are simple to create!
3 Ways to Fix Your Bent Over Rows!
Bent over rows are a very popular upper body full exercise, found very often in strength programs and in group fitness classes. And they are super popular because they not only work the muscles of your back (lats and rhomboids) but also recruit stabilizing muscles in abdominals and lower back. Muscles in your shoulders, forearms and legs are also working during this exercise!
How To Squat Without Knee Pain: Common Errors & Most Effective Cues
When any new client preemptively expresses that squatting makes their knees hurt, I immediately take a look at their form.
In this video, I show the 3 most common form errors and I share my 4 most effective cues that have helped so many clients redefine their squats without pain.
Trust the Process
When we have a goal and we seem to be progressing “too slow” we can become impatient - but this is when it is most important to trust the process!
Burpees: Love Them or Hate Them?
Love ‘em? Hate ‘em? Scared of them? No matter how you feel about them, you are likely to come across them in a group fitness class and knowing how to access them with a variation that suits YOUR body and Your needs can empower you to feel comfortable and confident in any class you take! So give this a save for future reference and share with your friends!
Four Beginner Core Exercises
While many fitness pros promise a six pack and flat tummies with their programs, core strength is really so much more than what your torso looks like. #ItsTheTruth
In fact, a strong core is really central to all your movements - in life and in the weight room.