[VIDEO] Full Body Strength Circuit (no equipment)
Body weight workouts are a fun and simple way to exercise! The beauty of them is that they can be done anywhere: bedroom, living room, hotel room, or even your backyard (when the weather is nice). Here’s a short and effective 15 minute workout with no equipment needed. We’re working the whole body with this […]
Banish your Bat Wings, Blast your Belly, Build your Booty – At-Home Workout
The most common complaints women have about their body relate to their “bat wings” (ie the flabby part under the arm), their belly and their butt. This is an at-home circuit workout designed to specifically target each of these areas. All you need is a bench or chair and a resistance band or dumbbell (or […]
The Secret to Doing a Push Up from Your Toes
Have you ever wanted to do a push up from your toes? If you already can, that’s awesome! Keep doing what you’re doing. If you are doing push ups from your knees, I have a better way to increase strength and your ability to achieve doing push ups from your toes. Wanna know my secret? […]
The Top 3 Tips for a Great Workout At Home
Working out at home can be really effective when done properly. It can save you time not having to go back and forth to the gym and can easily be done whenever it’s convenient for you. But, it’s also easy to slack off and get distracted by TV, laundry, dishes, Facebook…you get the idea. If […]
Bust Past the Winter Plateau with the CUBA Workout
Dreaming of the sunny south? I sure am! Bust past the Winter plateau with the C.U.B.A. Workout. Winter can be a really hard time of year: it’s cold days are dreary and short we stay indoors and hibernate We tend to be less active in the winter, so aren’t getting as much exercise (go from warm […]
How to Stay on the Fitness Wagon
Did you jump into the New Year with an ambitious agenda to workout every single day and eat perfectly? And now you’re struggling to stay on top of it all? When thinking about improving your health and staying on the fitness wagon, do you often think of all the things you do “wrong” and need […]
10 Minute Fat Blast Workout
Is 10 minutes of exercise a day enough to make you feel better and have more energy? It sure is! I conducted a 2-week study where participants did 10 minutes of exercise a day at home and answered a short survey on how they felt about themselves and their energy level. What were the results? • […]
Improve Your Golf Game with These 6 Exercises and Stretches
Flexibility is one of the most important factors in making a successful golfer. Stiff shoulders, tight hips, and stubborn hamstrings inhibit achieving the ideal swing. Lack of flexibility can also limit your distance off the tee. Power comes from strength but also flexibility since it allows you to use a full range of motion in […]
Demystifying the Personal Training Experience
Personal training can seem daunting if you’ve never done it before. Many people assume it’s like on TV where the trainer is yelling at the client and making them do things they don’t want. While there are some “drill sergeant” style trainers, it’s generally not like that (and not with me). My Approach My approach […]
Do You Make These Exercise Mistakes? 4 Quick Fixes for Bad Form
Gym time is precious so you want your exercises to be effective. As well, you want to make sure you are safely performing each exercise using proper form and technique. There are common mistakes people make when doing standard exercises. In the video below I demonstrate the mistakes and show you the proper way to […]
3 Reasons Why You Should Throw Out Your Scale
I’d like to introduce you to Heather, one of my online clients. Heather’s progress in the few months we’ve been working together provides the perfect example of why you should throw out your scale! Heather came to me wanting to lose body fat, increase muscle definition and generally feel better and have more energy. She […]
5 Amazing At-Home Exercises with Kitchen Items
Exercise doesn’t need to be complicated or expensive. Body weight work can be very effective, especially when done as high intensity interval training. There are many options for doing exercises at home, with some equipment like resistance bands or a suspension trainer, or with no equipment. You can also improvise and make your own “equipment”! […]
Be Careful with Online Workouts
Online workouts are great, right? They are free, fun, and there are so many to choose from so you never get bored. Here’s the thing: not all online workouts are created equal! Because anyone can post on the internet there is SO MUCH information out there. Unfortunately, a lot of it is not necessarily safe […]
Physical Activity 101: What Kind, How Often and Why?
Unless you’ve been living in a cave, you’ve heard about the importance of daily physical activity. In general, it’s recommended to perform 30-60 minutes of physical activity a day in order to stay healthy or to improve your health. Of course, this is easier said than done… I’ll focus on tips for building exercise into […]
Why I Work Out with a Personal Trainer
Even though I’m a Group Ex instructor and a MYBootcamp coach, I have my own personal trainer who I workout with twice a week. Originally I started with Brendan Smith to train for the figure competition I was in June 2012. However, it quickly became apparent that having a personal trainer was also beneficial even […]
