24/7 Progress Report: Sara on SetBacks

Here’s my 24/7 client Sara explaining her trials and tribulations on her fitness journey: So there I was, barreling along full-speed-ahead in my fitness revolution. Exercising practically every day. Eating clean and healthy food. Losing fat and gaining muscle. Feeling and looking better than I probably ever had before.

Fashion Flash

It’s my turn to host the fashion flash. For those of you new to my blog, a few awesome blog owners have gotten together to provide you with relevant information every week. This is a group of powerful women that like to provide great content that will inspire and empower other women. First up is … Continued

Girl Talk on Female Fat Loss Over 40

Here’s my good friend and fitness expert Lindsay Vastola: Here we are at Fitness Business Summit: As you can see, Lindsay is clearly a beautiful woman. But with pictures, you’re missing out on the best part: her knowledge and passion for fitness and wellness. She’s an awesome trainer, boot camp owner and most recently the … Continued

Exercise Tips for Women

If you’re going to exercise, you may as well do it right so I’ve compiled 17 exercise tips for women for you. These are simple tips that you can put into place right away. These exercise tips for women can also be applied to men, they’re just great ways to burn more fat and build … Continued

Success Story – Jen

I have the opportunity to work with the most amazing women. My 24/7 client, Jen falls into that category. Here’s her story in her own words: I would like to share my story so that any of you that are wanting to get into shape, and have tried many other methods, might give Shawna’s 24/7 … Continued

Water Facts

How Much Water Should I Really Drink? And why? Looking to up your fitness game? Of course you are. How about increasing strength and stamina and losing fat in the process? (Who doesn’t want to LOOK better while performing better?) Does water play a role? You bet. Water has always been one of  those drinks … Continued

Fashion Flash

Here’s this week’s Fashion Flash with excerpts of the best of the best posts  from my fave blogger friends! These gals have been working hard to bring you the latest news in fashion, beauty, fitness and more! Check it out here: http://www.blackcatplus.com/blog/this-weeks-fashion-flash/ From me, Shawna K at Female Fat Loss Over Forty: Do you lack … Continued

1000 Rep Workout

How high can you count? Well, you don’t really have to count up to 1000 for this workout. Basically, you’re going to take the list and get 100 reps of each the exercises listed. You can do any combination of reps: 10 x 10, 4 x 25, 5 x 20…what ever you can do. Start … Continued

Squats = Knee Pain?

Clients always are saying to me that they get knee pain when they squat. They tell me that they want to give up squatting, so my next question is ‘Will you give up going to the toilet?’ Squatting is one of those functional movements that you MUST be able to do if you want to … Continued

Workouts for Women

I’m going to be bold and say that I’m an expert on developing workouts for women. In fact, workouts for women are my specialty. Let me explain…. Obviously I’m a woman. In fact, I’m a woman in my late 40’s, (I have a hard time believing that myself) but given my age, I’ve had my … Continued