I’m at an event learning from experts how to help YOU more effectively and I have two messages for you today: 1. Surround yourself with smarter people than yourself 🤓 2. Always find time to move 😅 Here’s how I started my day: With bad hair but a good workout 😉… ➡️20 double unders, single … Continued
Are you scared to jump into something new? Me too! Here are 5 mistakes beginners make when getting into fitness… ➡ Doing too much too soon – Remember to take it easy when you start a fitness plan. ✅ Go 50% to start to avoid too much muscle soreness and avoid injury. ➡Weight loss is the focus/motivation … Continued
Should you go on a diet? The short answer is NO! In the long answer, let me outline all the reasons why going on a diet is a poor choice: Minimal long-term success – The Journal of Obesity reported only 20% of those that have lost weight in the first year keep it off. This … Continued
Should I do ‘cardio’ to burn fat? Short answer ➡️ No! ✖️Steady state cardio is one of the least effective fat burning methods. ✖️Time consuming. ✖️Increases lower body repetitive use injuries. ✖️Doesn’t address the core or upper body muscles. ✖️Boring (my bias!) ✖️Causes frustrations when results don’t come. What’s an alternative fat burning method? ✅Do metabolic … Continued
It’s the weekend! One of the most common issues with women I talk to is how to manage the weekend so that any progress through out the week isn’t sabotaged. The weekend can be a great break from your every day routine, but if maintaining your health is your goal, then it’s important to stick … Continued
Don’t try to make too many changes too quickly. Drastic changes typically don’t work. People end up giving up when results don’t come fast enough. Instead…. Focus on 1 degree of change. Think of a cruise ship. If you were to take that massive cruise ship and adjust it’s course by just 1 degree, you … Continued
Stress! What’s it doing to you? How can you de-stress? Cortisol the ‘belly fat storing hormone’ is increased when you’re under stress. I’m sure increased belly fat is NOT a useful way to handle stress for you as it once was. In the caveman days, increased belly fat was a survival mechanism because back then, … Continued
Has your schedule ever been thrown in the blender? What do you do? Stress is the enemy and will pack on the belly fat, so make sure that you keep things in perspective, if for no other reason than for the vanity of maintaining a flat belly! ) Here’s what I do when my schedule goes … Continued
As we age our muscle mass naturally dwindles as nature takes its course. This is a process, called Sarcopenia, which begins as early as 20 and can ramp up to .4 lb loss in muscle each year by 50. When we lose muscle tone, we tend to have a lower metabolism and gain weight more … Continued
Many times menopausal symptoms are confused with symptoms of other health issues. The good news is that you can ‘fix’ these issues and end some of the suffering! Insulin resistance Many women are suffering needlessly because a lot of menopausal symptoms are actually confused with insulin resistance. What is insulin? Insulin is a hormone produced … Continued