Question: I can not do the hanging leg raises because I have no grip strength at all, what do you suggest? Answer: You can do these with a band too. Use the band to take some of your body weight. Don’t worry about doing the leg raise yet, work on taking your body weight … Continued
My body is recovering from doing 33 challenge workouts on video last weekend. To be fair, I didn’t do quite that many videos because I had awesome trainers, Brian Kalakay and Sean Francis to help me out. These videos are for my upcoming program that I’ll be teasing you with it until I have it … Continued
Question: I’m retaining a lot of fluid. And I’m gaining weight. I think I’m retaining water. Any advice to not retain water? What should I eat? What should I avoid? I’ve always heard rule of thumb is don’t eat foods that have over 500mg sodium. If you could give me some advice that would be … Continued
So…the whole kitchen remodel has me a little inspired to try to improve my cooking skills. Bear with me as I share a recipe on the Q n A. (And be thankful that you’re not part of the taste testing team 😉 I thought I’d try something a little on the easy side even … Continued
Question: The strength in my left arm almost matches that of the right one, my grip strength has improved, I can do series of 3×15 scapular retractions and also the controlled descents aren’t too bad. However, unfortunately, I still can’t do a single pull up. Possibly my brain still doesn’t know which muscles to address? Could … Continued
Idaho Falls…I have nothing against you, but I wasn’t thrilled to spend hours in your tiny airport when my flight to Salt Lake to Cali was diverted. Apparently weather in Salt Lake shut down the airport, so all flights got to visit other exciting destinations. The five people working the Idaho Falls airport were a … Continued
Question: I saw an article you posted about abs that talked about training your abs like a sprinter vs. a marathon runner. Is this the truth? Have I been training my abs wrong all along? What should I do? Kay I’ll leave this to my pal, Tyler Bramlett… Answer: Hey Kay, first of all … Continued
Question: I have enjoyed reading your emails and your posts at challenge fitness this past year. I appreciate your enthusiasm to help others with their fitness goals. So I wanted to take the time to say Thank You! Now to my little challenge. I am 43 years old and was overweight for years but … Continued
I regularly get many questions about doing a ‘cleanse’ and so I put these questions to my friend, Yuri. He’s a holistic nutritionist and he’s my ‘go to’ for this sort of thing. Here are the questions he answers in the video: Why should I do a cleanse? I have a ‘clean’ diet. Do I … Continued
Question: There are lots of workouts with pull ups, like the 15-10-5 workout. What can I substitute for pull ups since I can’t do them yet? Maria Answer: Maria, great question! There are lots of options (I’ll add them to the Q and A). How about an assisted pull up? Can you do an … Continued