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Planning and Programming

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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Measuring Progress with Dimensions of Wellness

In Dimensions of Wellness, Planning and Programming  •  by Melissa, January 31, 2023  •  
How are you, Warrior? It’s the end of January and we are officially at the start of attrition season. As I mentioned at the beginning of the month, most wellness/exercise/nutrition based resolutions will be discontinued in the next month or so. There are a couple...
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The Exercise Dimmer Switch

In Planning and Programming  •  by Melissa, January 3, 2023  •  
Happy New Year, Warriors! If you are new around these parts, welcome, click around, learn about who I am, and check out some of the great resources I have. If you are a returning reader, thanks for joining me again in 2023 and you probably...
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Playing the Long Game

In General Fitness, Planning and Programming  •  by Melissa, December 6, 2022  •  
Happy December Warriors! I know most of us are in full end-of-the-year chaos mode. Holiday shopping, parties, juggling kid care and schedule interruptions. That doesn’t usually result in us making the choices we’d like. But since it won’t be long until New Year’s resolutions take...
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Quality versus Quantity

In General Fitness, Planning and Programming  •  by Melissa, November 8, 2022  •  
What’s up Warriors? As an exercise physiologist and personal trainer I am constantly fielding questions about how much. Clients and students want to know the benchmarks that will make their program successful. But in focusing on how much, the critically important idea of quality is...
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Setting Exercise Intentions

In General Fitness, Planning and Programming  •  by Melissa, September 6, 2022  •  
Hi Warriors! I’m not entirely sure what happened to August, but here we are firmly ensconsed in September. As we settle into our fall schedules and routines, I wanted to take some time and talk about doing something a bit different when planning workouts. Intentions...
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Why Oh Why Didn’t I Take the Blue Pill?

In Nutrition and Eats, Planning and Programming  •  by Melissa, August 9, 2022  •  
Hi Warriors! I’ve got a post and a half for you today. One of the most frequently asked questions I field as a trainer and teacher has to do with what supplement one should or shouldn’t take. These are super loaded questions and the answers...
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Basics Don’t Mean Boring

In General Fitness, Planning and Programming  •  by Melissa, August 2, 2022  •  
Happy August Warriors! If you, like me, have kiddos, August is a little bittersweet. It’s the last fun of summer. It is a lot of crazy to dos. But it also signals the return of routine with back to school. Routines can be extremely useful,...
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How to Use Intuitive Exercise Reminders

In General Fitness, Mental Health, Planning and Programming  •  by Melissa, March 1, 2022  •  
Well, Warriors, it is check in time. And I mean that in a few different ways. It’s time to check in with your previously made New Year’s plans. This is usually about when attrition starts to set in. Maybe you were overly ambitious, or your...
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Tips to Make a Short Workout Happen

In General Fitness, Planning and Programming  •  by Melissa, January 11, 2022  •  
Hi Warriors! Now that the new year is underway in earnest schedule-wise (back at work and school), I want to address managing workout time. Not having enough time is probably the most cited reason for dropping an exercise routine. And while the axiom of, “you...
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