Finishing your workout with a bang is important. Squeezing every ounce of energy out of your bones not only strengthens the body, but builds mental toughness too. I can’t say enough about Mike Whitfield and Travis Stoezel’s Hardcore Finisher program. If you’re NOT mentally tough, if you don’t have an “I can do anything” attitude, … Continued
Remember my good friends Mike Whitfield and Travis Stoezel? You can see them in challenge workouts with me here and here. They teamed up to create something called ‘Hardcore Finishers’ that’s off the hook. I had to bust out the program and give a few of the finishers a go. The finishers are actually intended … Continued
You may not think that you’d ever be able to do a pull up. Well, guess what? I have news for you. I have several clients from the Female Fat Loss Over 40 community that are doing pull ups now. Whoop whoop! If you hadn’t heard, my alter ego is ‘The Pull Up Queen’. I … Continued
I’m here with ‘Mr Finisher’ Mike Whitfield at Petco Park in San Diego. We had the day to hang out and goof off. Part of goofing off included doing some videos for you. We did an a$$ kicking circuit for you and a fun one. Good times. First some serious stuff:
Who doesn’t want to bang out a ton of quality push ups? Along with being a total upper body toner, the push up is down right impressive when you do multiple clean reps. I wanted to give you a few sneaky push ups secrets to help you to that end. Now I like to train … Continued
The assisted pull up can be done in a variety of places. Do you have a set of bleachers close by? Lots of hockey rinks, soccer centers, baseball diamonds etc have these. Check out the back of the bleacher to see if there’s a cool ‘X’ like frame that you can use to step up … Continued
We all know that being lean is your best bet for optimal athletic performance (and for looking good too). But eating to get and stay lean can be tedious. Are you bored with the same recipes? I’m no gourmet cook so it’s always great to get some new ideas. It’s easy to be a great … Continued
In the efforts to increase your pull up power, I have a sneaky pull up trick that you can do when doing pull up exercises. While I’m a strong believer in training with strict form, the pull up exercise is one of those exercises that you can ‘cheat’ a little and still benefit. Note that … Continued
Push ups are one thing that most women would like to be able to do well. In my fitness boot camps, most come to me not being able to do one from their toes. As well as being an upper body toner, the lowly push up tightens and tones the core and even strengthens the … Continued
I’ve been talking a lot about elbow pain this week on the blog. The first post in the series, Rick gave an overview of some of the reasons you may be feeling elbow pain. You can check that out here. Here’s a video Rick and I did where he gave me some suggestions to help … Continued