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General Fitness

Training, Exercise, and Movement

In General Fitness, Planning and Programming  •  by Melissa, April 22, 2025  •  
Hello, hello! Fitness Friends, I’ve got the teacher hat on for today’s post. I believe language is important and there are lots of words that get mixed up, stirred together, or inadvertently misused in fitness land. It’s been a long time since I’ve covered this,...
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Workouts You Can Take Outside

In General Fitness  •  by Melissa, April 8, 2025  •  
Hello Fitness Friends! I can hardly believe it’s April and if my sump pump is any indication there will be lots of things blooming next month. As the weather starts to get warmer (and drier), I like to think about taking workouts outside. So, I...
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Links, Loves, and Blogiversary

In General Fitness  •  by Melissa, March 25, 2025  •  
Well, Fitness Friends, it’s been awhile since I’ve done a Links and Loves post. An entire year, in fact. After I took some time off last year and came back at a reduced capacity, I didn’t think it was fair to you to throw these...
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Sunk Cost Fallacy

In General Fitness, Planning and Programming  •  by Melissa, March 11, 2025  •  
Hello Fitness Friends! It’s March and let me tell you, I am looking forward to warmer weather. After a freezing cold January and successive winter storms throughout February, I am not sad that time is marching on. And that is my segue into this week’s...
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If You Aren’t Bored…

In General Fitness, Planning and Programming  •  by Melissa, February 11, 2025  •  
It’s February, which usually means something very different for fitness and exercise related goals than it does for human relationships. The funniest thing is, while New Year’s tends to get all the attention, this month is actually where gains are made and habits cemented. I...
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Build a Useful Home Gym on a Budget

In General Fitness, Planning and Programming  •  by Melissa, January 28, 2025  •  
Hello, hello! Recently I talked about consistency being an unsexy practice that can really make a huge difference in a fitness journey. One part of consistency is being able to access your exercise practice from multiple different places. And let’s be fair, one of the...
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Unsexy Practices To Be Sexy: Fitness Edition

In General Fitness, Planning and Programming  •  by Melissa, January 7, 2025  •  
Happy New Year, friends! I hope that your festive season was what you wanted and hoped. If you are returning, thank you for giving me some of your precious time. I’m sure you see a few changes and I’ll address those in another post. And...
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Value Add Part 5: Physical Health

In Dimensions of Wellness, General Fitness  •  by Melissa, November 19, 2024  •  
Nice to see you, Warrior. Today I’ve got the final installment in my Value Add Series. You can check out last month’s post here. This should have been the easiest of the series to write as we can all probably list five things that movement...
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Movement as Gratitude

In General Fitness, Mental Health  •  by Melissa, November 12, 2024  •  
Trigger Warning: Discussions of trauma and disordered eating. Hello Warriors! In North America, it’s Thanksgiving season. In the US we will celebrate in a few weeks and our friends in Canada had their festivities in mid-October. I’m a big fan of gratitude practices as tools...
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Value Add Part 4: Mental and Emotional Health

In General Fitness, Mental Health  •  by Melissa, October 22, 2024  •  
Hello Warriors! I’m coming at you today with the fourth installment of my Value Add Series. Throughout this series, I am trying to highlight how exercise and movement positively impact other areas of wellness. Other than Physical Health benefits, regular movement can play a huge...
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