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Planning and Programming

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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Simple Mobility Work for Warm Ups

In Planning and Programming, Strength Training  •  by Melissa, September 10, 2024  •  
Warriors, how many of you are confused by mobility work? This seems to be a bit of a hot topic in fitness lately. Mobility is important, but as most things fitness can get overly complicated really quickly. So, let’s chat about it today!
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Practical Programming

In General Fitness, Planning and Programming  •  by Melissa, June 25, 2024  •  
Hello Warriors! I know some of you may have missed or skipped my previous post, so I just want to shout out that new posts will still happen Tuesdays but on an every other week basis for the remainder of 2024. This week’s post sort...
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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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Exercise and Training

In Planning and Programming  •  by Melissa, September 5, 2023  •  
Happy September Warriors! School’s back and since the kiddos are getting their learning on, I thought we should too. Those who have been around this little corner of the web awhile know how much I love proper definitions. Today I want to address the similarities...
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Fasted Cardio

In Cardio, Nutrition and Eats, Planning and Programming  •  by Melissa, August 8, 2023  •  
Hello Warriors! I’ve had this post in my back pocket for a hot minute. The question of when to do cardio in relation to meals is one that I have been hearing a lot lately. So today, I’ve got a hot take on a hot...
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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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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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