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5 Tips for Dealing With Fitness When Life SUCKS
5 Tips for Dealing With Fitness When Life SUCKS As adults, we are well familiar with the phrase, “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.” However, this tried-and-true maxim for encouragement sometimes comes up short when life throws you a giant curve ball and, for whatever reason, it just sucks. These crappy periods of life…
Read MoreSix Steps to Sexy
Last time we talked about sexiness and how it’s about gaining confidence on the inside and out. It’s not a Photoshopped pin-up figure flaunting a barely there bikini and high heels on the cover of a magazine or a muscular manly man flexing well-greased six-pack abs on the beach. Sexiness is about walking tall, building…
Read MoreAvoiding the Dumbbell Doldrums
Chances are, you’ve experienced burnout in one area of your life or another. You’re in a rut at work. You are completely over a volunteer gig. You’ve lost interest in a hobby you once loved. And another example: You can’t seem to find the motivation to work out and maintain healthy habits. Obviously, as your trainer,…
Read MoreHow to Be a PRO: 4 Strategies for Being Proactive and Staying on Your Game
If you cozied up on the couch and enjoyed any awards shows this Winter, I bet you dreamed of what it would be like to have an arsenal of people at your disposal to achieve the bombshell looks of your favorite celebrities. Your life would be so much easier if you had a personal chef…
Read MoreHow’s it goin’, SMARTy? What to do when your New Year’s goal gets old.
I don’t know about you, but I am so tired of ice, below-normal temperatures, snow, sleet, freezing rain, more ice, and all of the delays and cancellations that come with them. Though it feels like winter will never end, we’re now in March and spring is not too far away! With us nearing the emergence…
Read MoreSix Workouts for the Home or Office-Bound Worker
Did the dog eat your homework? Okay, okay, I know you are too old for homework, but do you use an excuse like this when it comes to exercise? I have too much work to do. The kids take up all of my time. There’s no room to exercise at home. I don’t have any…
Read MoreShould I Lose Another Five Pounds?
You’ve been working hard, training hard, eating clean. You are at, or very near, your goal weight and now find yourself asking, “Should I lose another five pounds?” Recently, I had this very conversation with one of my amazing clients who has been killing it in terms of her goals. I thought it would be…
Read MoreFitness 4 Life
We all have different motivations for fitting in our weekly workouts, right? Some of us want to have leaner and meaner bodies. Others want to run faster and jump higher. And still others want to have bulging muscles and ripped abs. No matter our reasons, we always seem to have some ultimate end goal when…
Read MoreSo, I gotta get up!: How to become an early morning exerciser
In a recent blog post, I convinced you that working out in the morning is the best time to sweat it out, right? But I left you hangin’, wondering how you can accomplish that pre-7 a.m. goal in the dead of cold, dark, dreary winter (or in any season!). Here are my recommendations for making…
Read MoreHey SMARTy Pants!
I know that many of you want to lose weight, and that’s a fantastic goal to have. The trouble with it is that sometimes it can be a drag. Maybe the numbers on the scale or tape measure aren’t moving as fast as you’d like. Your workout or diet might feel like a slog with…
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