Menopause: The Battle is ON!

Women approaching or in their 40’s have to work against nature to maintain their figure. Our current lifestyle and Mother Nature has stacked the odds against us sailing smoothly through the fourth decade of our life without some extra baggage, literally. I’m talking about gobs of fat hanging off our waists like a muffin top-not … Continued

Want a Better Booty?

I know that your ‘bum’ may have you bummed out. What’s a girl to do? Here is my good friend and fitness model Natalia Muntean discussing your booty! It seems that some people are having issue with the sound on this video. I wanted to provide a re-cap of our conversation. I’ll have more from … Continued

Do You Get Knee Pain When You Squat?

I wanted to tap into my good friend and expert on knee pain, Rick Kaselj. He’s a personal trainer in Vancouver, Canada that specializes in designing exercise programs for clients recovering from injuries.  Rick has trained thousands of clients and completed his Master’s of Science degree focusing on injury recovery.  Rick shares with other fitness … Continued

10 At-Home Fat Burning Workouts

My good friend and mentor, Craig Ballantyne has a ton of knowledge I love to tap into. If you need workout ideas, he’s definitely a ‘go to’ person. If you don’t have an ‘at home’ program, then I highly recommend his. My home program is awesome too, but you can’t have enough resources, especially at … Continued

Tips for Your First Pull Up

Can you do a pull up? Not many people can. Wouldn’t it be super impressive to be able to hit the play ground this summer and knock off a few? It takes practice and a bit of finesse to figure out how to recruit the right muscles to do your first pull up. After you’ve … Continued

Sore Knee Solutions

Are your knees sore? Are you avoiding certain exercises due to sore knees? Many of my clients avoid squats and lunges completely and I’m here to say you’re making a mistake.   Thankfully, I’m not the only one who thinks this. My good friend and exercise rehab specialist, Rick Kaselj and I agree.  

Not-So-Sunny California Hotel Gym Workout

Here is a gym workout that Krista & I did while we were on the road in California this past weekend. Since it was not exactly the Sunny Cali that we were hoping for, 🙂 and the rain was coming down in buckets, we hit the hotel gym which was really nothing special to write … Continued

Partner Airport Workout

Poor Krista should have known better than to travel with me. It all sounded dandy that I was taking her to sunny California for a conference…little did she know what she’d be in for… But she’s a great sport and was more than game for this super full body workout that you can do ANYWHERE! … Continued

Challenge Workout: Pull Ups!

I love a challenge. I did an event about eight years ago that called for maximum pull ups, along with seven other challenges that had to be completed in a day. At the time, I did 28 pull ups…that was almost ten years ago. Anyone who says that performance declines with age isn’t entirely correct. … Continued