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General Fitness

How to Pick Sneakers for Your Gait

In General Fitness, Safety  •  by Melissa, March 23, 2021  •  
What’s up Wellness Warriors? I am back to chat some more about sneakers and how to find the right pair. I have previously covered how to determine the right shoes for your feet/arches. Today, I want to tackle the another important question to answer when...
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Intuitive Exercise Part 1: Reject Diet Mentality

In General Fitness, Mental Health  •  by Melissa, February 16, 2021  •  
Hello friends! Last month I mentioned that I wanted to tackle how we talk to ourselves about exercise over the course of this year. I am going to use the ten tenets of Intuitive Eating as the blueprint as I think they can be pretty easily...
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How to Start a New Exercise Plan Successfully

In General Fitness, Planning and Programming  •  by Melissa, January 12, 2021  •  
Have you ever started a new exercise plan only to stop after a month? Have you ever been disillusioned by the scale after a few months on your fitness journey? Have you ever felt so completely overwhelmed by the types of exercise or equipment that...
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Non Scale Victories

In General Fitness, Planning and Programming  •  by Melissa, January 5, 2021  •  
Happy January Wellness Warriors! Let’s leave the madness of 2020 behind and start off strong shall we? In that vein, I want to chat today about non-scale, non-vanity related victories. These are actually some of the most important, yet under celebrated health and wellness milestones...
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Working Out While Sick

In General Fitness, Planning and Programming  •  by Melissa, November 3, 2020  •  
Hey Wellness Warriors! We are headed into the thick of cold and flu season and there are even more variables to account for this year. But most years I get asked, at least a handful of times, for guidance on when to work out, when...
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Health, Wellness, and Fitness: What’s What In a Changing World

In Dimensions of Wellness, General Fitness  •  by Melissa, October 13, 2020  •  
Hello Wellness Warriors! I hope you are doing well. Today I want to talk a bit about some commonly used – and misused – words. These three words get thrown around a lot in the wellness community and since their meanings overlap a bit, many...
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Getting a “Good” Workout at Home

In Exercise, General Fitness  •  by Melissa, July 7, 2020  •  
Just jumping in with a quick one today. We all (hopefully) know that exercise is paramount to physical health and whole person wellness. We all (hopefully) are making an effort to incorporate exercise into our lives. But does where we choose (or as is the...
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Should I Try Workout X?

In General Fitness, Planning and Programming  •  by Melissa, June 16, 2020  •  
Throughout my career advising clients, I have been asked about trying new workouts. Don’t get me wrong, I love chatting with people about different types of workouts. Discussing pros and cons of various exercises and workout structures is fun and I enjoy helping others figure...
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My Favorite and Least Favorite Exercises

In Exercise, General Fitness  •  by Melissa, June 2, 2020  •  
Hello Wellness Warriors! Everybody who exercises (or who has exercised at some point) has those exercises they love and those they loathe. Just for fun, today, I thought I would share mine with you. And I broke them down by type of training, too.
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All Exercise is Medicine

In Body Positivity, General Fitness  •  by Melissa, April 14, 2020  •  
Hello Wellness Warriors! For today’s post, I want to take a broader look at exercise. So often we get caught up in short term goals and exactly what type of exercise is the “best” for helping us. But the truth is all exercise has value,...
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