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Strength Training Umbrellas: Size

In Exercise, Strength Training  •  by Melissa, September 10, 2019  •  
Who wants to get pumped today? I feel the need to employ the old teacher standby… “I can’t hear you!” Who wants to get PUMPED? Welcome to part three in my series on Strength Training Umbrellas. I use the term umbrellas to define broad categories,...
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Strength Training Umbrellas – Power

In Strength Training  •  by Melissa, August 13, 2019  •  
Welcome, friends and lifters, to part two in my series on Strength Training Umbrellas. I use the term umbrellas to define broad categories, or general goals, that strength trainers tend to fall under. These umbrellas can help you make decisions about both overload and modality.
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Strength Training Umbrellas – Health

In Strength Training  •  by Melissa, July 9, 2019  •  
Strength training is the easiest way to help achieve most goals. Now, depending on your larger aim, there will probably be other modes of training that you need to incorporate, but that’s a post for another day. Strength trainers, to my mind, generally fall under...
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Outfitting a Home Gym – Budget Edition

In Cardio, Strength Training, Yoga  •  by Melissa, June 18, 2019  •  
Welcome to the third of my three part series on outfitting a home gym with different budget parameters in mind. We’ve covered how to really trick out a space and how to hit that mid-range sweet spot with a home gym. Today, let’s tackle a...
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Welcome to the Jungle Gym

In Exercise, Strength Training  •  by Melissa, June 4, 2019  •  
The weather is getting warmer and the kids are out of school. While that typically means a lot more time spent outside (yay!), it also brings the challenges of new schedules, more chaos, and less time for individual pursuits and self care. Including heading to...
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Playing Card Workout

In Cardio, Exercise, Strength Training, Wellness Toolbox  •  by Melissa, February 19, 2019  •  
Hello friends! If you follow me on Instagram, you might recognize the workout method I want to share with you today. I have wanted to share this method for awhile because I love it so much! A fellow trainer taught me this method more moons...
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Workout Frameworks

In Cardio, Planning and Programming, Strength Training  •  by Melissa, January 2, 2019  •  
Happy New Year! If you are new to this little corner of the interwebs, welcome! If you are old hat, welcome back. I hope everybody had a safe and festive holiday season. And since it’s the New Year and I know you have resolutions, I’m...
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Benefits of Strength Training

In Planning and Programming, Strength Training  •  by Melissa, September 12, 2018  •  
I gotta be real, I am actually a little surprised to need to be talking about why strength training is awesome, for everyone, in 2018. Seriously. When I started working as a personal trainer (possibly before some of you were born), this was a conversation...
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Seeing the Six Pack

In General Fitness, Strength Training  •  by Melissa, July 25, 2018  •  
You want six pack abs? Of course you do. I know you do, don’t try and brush it off like you are above it. I do, I can admit it. We all like to see the results of our hard work in the gym. But...
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Let’s Get Pumped!

In Planning and Programming, Strength Training  •  by Melissa, June 6, 2018  •  
Most exercise and wellness goals require some type of strength training. People don’t like hearing this because, frankly, lacing up your sneakers and going for a walk or bike ride is just easier. It requires far less equipment (although body weight only workouts rock) and...
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