The Soccer Mom Workout

Are you a soccer mom? Hockey mom? Swimming mom? In other words, do you sit in bleachers for any amount of time watching and waiting for someone special (your child) to do their thing? This seems to be a common issue with many of my clients. You spend all your time driving your kids all … Continued

Fashion Flash

I”m a little behind this week given that I got in late last night from an amazing event called the Fitness Business Summit 11. More details and interviews of that to come… We’re starting off this fabulous Tuesday morning with an all new Fashion Flash from some of our favorite bloggers in the fashion, health, … Continued

Welcome to the Challenge Workout Blog!

I’m Shawna Kaminski and I love challenge workouts. Over the years, I’ve developed some crazy hard workouts that I do myself and others have expressed interest in them. This blog is all about how I train and how I can help you to train and accomplish your fitness goals. I want to emphasize that I’m … Continued

Success Story: Lori

Every day I know I have the potential to ‘change lives’ in my boot camp, with my blog and online information. It’s always a pleasure when a client and now friend sends me her story to share with you. I’ll let Lori tell the rest…and thank you Lori for inspiring others! I have been trying … Continued

The Skinny on Water

How Much Water Should I Be Drinking On a Daily Basis? Water has always been one of  those drinks that I continually have a love-hate relationship with. I know that it’s good for me to be drinking water throughout the day. My problem is that if I don’t drink enough in the day, I end … Continued

Hormones and Body Fat

My friend and fat loss expert, John Romaniello,  talks about how hormones can affect body fat and specifically regional fat storage. He has a great program that can address specific regional fat storage: check it out here: http://goo.gl/3BAfF

Fashion Flash!

As you know, I’ve teamed up with other women bloggers. You can check out this site: www.blackcatplus.com to get info on all the cool topics below: Here’s what you’ll find when you go to that link: Have you ever had the good intentions of getting to the gym or doing a workout and then you … Continued

Do it Yourself Personal Training

I’ll be the first to tell you that you need to consult an expert when it comes to your fitness and fat loss program. And I’ll also say that you’ve found the best: me. I know that’s a little arrogant, but seriously, I am the best at what I do and that’s why you’re on … Continued

Can you do a pull up?

Can you do a pull up? Not even many men can do a pull up. Wouldn’t it be super impressive to be able to hit the play ground with your kids and knock off a few? The key to learning how to do a pull up is to work the ‘eccentric’ contraction. That is, help … Continued

Bikini Beach Workout

    Can you beat a bikini workout? I”m super impressed with my clients for stepping up to the challenge to ‘train anywhere’! It started with the ‘airport workouts’. Then Kelly asked strangers to take pictures of him doing push ups in London Square. And now my super assistant, Krista, is turning heads in the … Continued