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3 Tips for Making Your Own Fitness Magic (Rabbit Not Required)

How do I pull a rabbit out of my hat? I know this is a strange way to begin my post, but that’s the kind of question I’ve been asked by countless clients over the years. What this question alludes to is how to find magic at the gym and how to get fit and…

7 Steps to Psych Yourself Up Even When You’re Just Not Feelin’ It

Now that it’s Christmas in July, you’re heading toward a new year’s mentality, right? Time to eat better, exercise more. Or, maybe not. If the sweltering weather is keeping you on your couch or in bed a few minutes longer each day and you’re adopting a carefree summer attitude, you might need some motivation to…

The Long Road to Fitness

Five Strategies to Deal with the Long Road to Your Fat-Loss Goal Instant satisfaction is an awesome thing. However, as an adult, you know that it’s far from the norm. Often when we start a new fitness plan, we’re looking for instant results when they are more likely to take weeks and months to…

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…

Six 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…

Bow Down to That Injured Body

So you’ve been beating Boot Camp, killing kettlebells, and destroying deadlifts in your training sessions. You’re in the zone and working out multiple times a week. You’re planning to increase your strength or sign up for a 10K run that you never imagined was possible. You are on top of the world! Then, BAM!…

WOW! 4-27-15: Michelle Bears All!

The WOW, or Workout of the Week, is a short workout that you can do on your own as an add-on to your training. These workouts are designed to be mostly equipment free (so you can do them anywhere) and of medium to high intensity. Modify as needed depending on your fitness level and intensity…

WOW 3-30-15: Swing Row, Sweet Chariot

The WOW, or Workout of the Week, is a short workout that you can do on your own as an add-on to your training. These workouts are designed to be mostly equipment free (so you can do them anywhere) and of medium to high intensity. Modify as needed depending on your fitness level and intensity…

This Post is Only for the Sexy People

Don’t let the media fool you. Sexy is not just an adjective for a lean and mean body dressed to the nines (or in skimpy lingerie from Victoria’s Secret). Sexy is confidence. It’s a woman who knows how to take care of herself even while juggling other roles like mom, wife, girlfriend, friend, employee, employer,…

Avoiding 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,…