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General Fitness

General Plans for Progress

In General Fitness, Planning and Programming  •  by Melissa, January 22, 2019  •  
So, the New Year’s Resolution goals look like they are going to stick around. And you’re asking yourself, “Where do I go from here?” Good question. I had a professor in grad school who loved to say, “If you do what you’ve always done, you’ll...
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Creating New Habits

In General Fitness, Planning and Programming  •  by Melissa, January 15, 2019  •  
How many of you would be jazzed if I asked how your New Year’s diet and exercise goals were coming along at this point? How many of you would want to punch your computer? We hear the phrase, “new year, new beginning,” all the time....
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Fitness Looks Different on Every Body – Training

In Body Positivity, General Fitness  •  by Melissa, November 14, 2018  •  
Last week I mentioned that the folks at Fitness Blender had posted a motivational quote on their Instagram, “Fitness looks different on every body,” and talked about the body image and positivity undercurrents that it had for me. There were a few other significant thoughts...
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Exercise Recommendations for Long Term Health

In General Fitness, Planning and Programming  •  by Melissa, October 17, 2018  •  
It should come as no surprise that one of the questions I field most has to do with how much exercise one should be getting. Truth be told, it’s actually a fairly complicated question to answer. It involves figuring out what the individual’s goal is,...
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Seeing the Six Pack

In General Fitness, Strength Training  •  by Melissa, July 25, 2018  •  
You want six pack abs? Of course you do. I know you do, don’t try and brush it off like you are above it. I do, I can admit it. We all like to see the results of our hard work in the gym. But...
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Staying the Course

In General Fitness, Planning and Programming  •  by Melissa, July 18, 2018  •  
Today’s post is going to be a shorter one. Hopefully leaving you more time to go and practice what I’m about to preach. I pay a lot of lip service to training goals, but anyone who knows me knows that no matter who I am...
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How to Palpate Heart Rate

In General Fitness, Planning and Programming  •  by Melissa, April 25, 2018  •  
In the world of fitness trackers, you might be wondering why I am devoting a post to manually taking a heart rate. Two reasons:  first, what happens when the battery inevitably dies during a workout? Second, fitness trackers are notoriously inaccurate. And, a bonus reason,...
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Straight Up

In General Fitness, Safety  •  by Melissa, April 4, 2018  •  
Confession… I like to people watch. It doesn’t come from any weird voyeuristic place; I am just genuinely interested in people. Given that part of my job entails me watching my clients to ensure proper form, I’m guessing that sometimes I just can’t shut it...
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Body Composition Part II

In General Fitness  •  by Melissa, March 28, 2018  •  
In Part I, I covered some background on body composition “measurements” and talked a bit about two common techniques used in gyms and by fitness pros. In this segment, I want to address two other measurements that are typically assessed with and lumped into the...
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Body Composition, Part I

In General Fitness  •  by Melissa, March 23, 2018  •  
I have found that there is one constant in the exercise world. Regardless of gender, age, goal, or training status, e’erbody wants to know their body composition. Like, seriously, everyone. I have worked in several gyms and it is common for personal trainers to offer...
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