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Evaluating the Mental Load of New Year’s Resolutions

In General Fitness, Mental Health  •  by Melissa, January 2, 2024  •  
Happy New Year! It’s 2024 and if you have found this blog for the first time, welcome! If you are returning, welcome back! Today is the second day of the year, which means resolutions abound. In particular vows to overhaul diet and exercise practices. While...
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Gentle Full Body Workout for Low Motivation Days

In Exercise, General Fitness  •  by Melissa, November 28, 2023  •  
Hello Warriors, we’ve come upon the holiday season. That usually means a packed calendar, lots of yummy goodies, and a spot of travel. All things that combine to create a bunch of constraints on keeping up with a workout routine. Today I’ve got a full...
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Wellness Practices That Move the Needle

In Dimensions of Wellness, General Fitness, Planning and Programming  •  by Melissa, November 14, 2023  •  
Well, Warriors, the calendar has flipped to a new month and we are headed into a season of busyness. This is the time of year that most health and wellness practices start to slide to the back burner to make room for all the other...
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Chair Mobility for Spine Health

In General Fitness  •  by Melissa, August 22, 2023  •  
What’s up Warriors? The pandemic fundamentally changed how many of us work. Or more correctly, where. More of us than ever are working from home and telecommuting. This means more time spent sitting (and probably in a less than supportive chair). This phenomenon even has...
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Wellness Gatekeeping Part 6: One Size Fits All Programs

In Dimensions of Wellness, General Fitness  •  by Melissa, July 25, 2023  •  
Hello Warriors! I’ve been unpacking some ways that fitness/exercise/health/wellness practitioners can gatekeep true, whole person wellness. You can check out the intro here and the first post here. I’d like to talk about something that is detrimental for both practitioners and purchasers this week: the...
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How to Choose a Personal Trainer

In General Fitness, Planning and Programming  •  by Melissa, July 11, 2023  •  
Howdy Warriors! A bit ago, I posted an “Ask Me Anything” question box in my Insta Stories. One of the questions I received asked how to choose a personal trainer. Amazing question. But one that deserves more time and attention to answer than what Instagram...
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Gatekeeping Wellness Part 2: Type of Exercise

In Dimensions of Wellness, General Fitness  •  by Melissa, March 21, 2023  •  
Hey hey, Warrior! Today I’ve got the second part of my Gatekeeping Series. You can read the intro here and last month’s post here. Trainers, coaches, group exercise instructors and the like tend to place emphasis on certain types of exercises. And this emphasis creates...
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Goals and Expectations

In General Fitness, Planning and Programming  •  by Melissa, March 7, 2023  •  
Howdy Warriors! Hope you are well. I want to chat today about something I run into a lot working with clients and students. There isn’t a trainer around (at least not one worth their hourly cost) who doesn’t ask about a client’s goals. But something...
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Wellness Gatekeeping Part 1: Intensity and Duration

In Dimensions of Wellness, General Fitness  •  by Melissa, February 21, 2023  •  
Hey hey, Warrior! Today I want to start digging into ways that those of us in the exercise/fitness/diet/nutrition/wellness arena can be gatekeeping true wellness. True wellness is an active, whole person pursuit and there are many sticky spots or places that can trip us up....
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Don’t Call Them Modifications

In General Fitness, Planning and Programming  •  by Melissa, February 7, 2023  •  
Welcome to February, Warriors! How are you doing? This is always an interesting time of year for those of us working in fitness centers and the like. Typically New Year’s motivation is still up, but the realities of meeting ambitious goals within the confines of...
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