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Melissa Moves Well

General Fitness

Success in the New Year Starts Now

In General Fitness, Planning and Programming  •  by Melissa, October 20, 2026  •   Leave a Comment
Hello to you, Fitness Friend! I don’t know if you’ve looked at the calendar recently, but mine tells me it’s late October. And that is actually the perfect time to talk about planning for the new year.
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Exercise and Congestive Heart Failure

In General Fitness, Planning and Programming  •  by Melissa, October 13, 2026  •   Leave a Comment
Hello Fitness Family! Today in my series about how exercise can help manage different conditions, I want to talk about congestive heart failure. Many of the conditions I’ve covered in the last ten months have a correlational relationship with exercise, and CHF is no different.
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Move Well Part 8: When Time Is Tight

In General Fitness, Planning and Programming  •  by Melissa, September 22, 2026  •  
Hello friends! Earlier this month I posted a couple of ideas about how to get the most from workouts with a small time buy in. Frankly, living life requires a lot of time, which doesn’t always leave a lot for movement. So, let’s talk about...
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Exercise During Pregnancy and Post Partum

In General Fitness, Planning and Programming  •  by Melissa, August 25, 2026  •  
Happy Tuesday friends! I have been spending time this year publishing guides for exercise under different conditions. I am a firm believer that movement is for every body, but most recommendations are based on young, apparently healthy males. Today let’s dive into a group that...
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Move Well Part 7: During Times of Transition

In General Fitness, Mental Health, Planning and Programming  •  by Melissa, August 11, 2026  •  
Hello friends and Happy Tuesday! Moving well through life and all its stages is important. But what about moving during times of transition from one phase to another? We’ve all been there and will probably all be there again at some point, so we should...
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Links and Loves 23

In General Fitness  •  by Melissa, May 19, 2026  •  
Well, Fitness Friends, it’s been awhile since I’ve done a Links and Loves post. A little over a year. But the links are piling up and I’ve got some random bits and bobs to through in there as well. In case you are new around...
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What Does It Mean To Be Consistent?

In General Fitness, Planning and Programming  •  by Melissa, April 21, 2026  •  
Happy Tuesday Friends! Something I stress a lot is consistency. Being consistent without exercise and movement is far more important than exactly what your program looks like. It’s more critical than motivation. Yet, we focus on the other stuff, and I think I may have...
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Moving Well Part 2: When We Are Young

In Dimensions of Wellness, General Fitness  •  by Melissa, March 24, 2026  •  
Happy Tuesday Friends. I’m spending some time over the course of this year breaking down what I think it means to move well during different seasons of life. Last month, I talked about moving well through the aging process. Let’s talk about the opposite phase...
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Special Populations

In General Fitness, Planning and Programming  •  by Melissa, March 17, 2026  •  
Howdy Crew. I’m going to be honest, I’m a bit fired up about today’s post. I’ve mentioned quite often my frustration that there are no formal oversight procedures on personal trainers in the United States. For those of us practicing who take safety seriously, though, our...
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What Does It Mean To “Move Well?”

In Dimensions of Wellness, General Fitness  •  by Melissa, January 27, 2026  •  
Last year I did a bit of a rebrand with this blog. I changed up the name to better reflect my background in exercise science and physiology; and it also reflects an underlying goal I have for any and every client I work with. Moving...
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