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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!
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.
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!
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!