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30 Minute Full Body Dumbbell Workout.
30 minute full body dumbbell workout that can be done at home.
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!
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. ….
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.
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.
✨𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗨𝗚𝗚𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗢 𝗗𝗢 𝗣𝗨𝗦𝗛-𝗨𝗣𝗦 𝗢𝗡 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗧𝗢𝗘𝗦?✨
Feeling frustrated that you “can’t do it!” because this movement is often touted as a beginner movement because it’s body weight?
You’re not alone! Because they are so popular of an exercise (cause they work so many muscles!) and because they are so simple, there is an assumption that they are “easy” but they are not!
10 Minute Full Body Circuit: For Beginners!
For this home based workout, you just need a bench or chair (make it’s sturdy and won’t slide on you!), a set of dumbbells or cans/bottles if need be, and your body!
Craving a Strong Core? Try These Anti-Rotation Moves!
There’s a “core” fact that us fitness professionals wish was more widely understood with the public. A strong core - one that supports the upper and lower body is not represented by social media boasted 6 packs.
In fact, someone with NO 6 pack can have a stronger core than that buff jacked guy online. Visible abs simply mean low body fat. Someone with no visible abs can be 10x stronger than someone who has a 6 pack.
The Most Undervalued Core Exercise: the Dead Bug
The dead bug! An incredibly underestimated and devalued (by many!) exercise for the core, is often poo-pooed for being “too easy” and not “hard core enough”. But what I’ve found, is that many doing the poo-pooing of this exercise, are actually performing the exercise without intention and missing a critical piece of the “form” of the exercise. Read on for tips to maximize Coach Michelle’s favorite core exercise!
How Do I Pick a Weight for an Exercise????
A question that has been popping up more frequently for us, especially with folks starting or restarting a strength routine is:
"How do I determine the right weight for an exercise?"
t might take some trial and error at first, but once you discover the starting weight for the rep range and exercise you are working on, you'll be able to progress as you gain strength from consistently implementing your training program!
Importance of Strength Training and How to Get Started!
Why bother to lift weights if you’re not chasing an aesthetic change (i.e.: weight loss or muscle growth) or a performance goal (i.e: powerlifting competition)?
Because strength training allows us to be strong for life.
4 Tips to Get (and Stay) Motivated
Feeling stuck and “unmotivated” to get moving? Here’s Coach Michelle and Coach Tina’s top 4 tips to get moving, and stay consistent!