Mental Muscle Wellness

Mental Health•Nutrition and Eats

Encouraging Kids Towards Food Freedom

October 11, 2022
Howdy-do Warriors! Did your grocery list include Halloween candy last week? Or maybe that’s on the proverbial fridge dry erase board this coming week. Either way, Halloween seems to be another one of those landmines for many of us when it comes to diet and willpower. And I’d like to take a minute and chat
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Yoga

Pigeon Pose and Options

October 4, 2022
Hi Warriors! Hope you are well and you are enjoying all the fall feels where you are. It has been a minute since we tackled some yoga variations around here. So, let’s remedy that today and chat a bit about Pigeon Pose.
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Strength Training

Using Sliders in Your Workout

September 27, 2022
Hello my Warriors! If you have been around my little corner of the web at all, it probably isn’t a surprise that I have a soft spot for home workouts. I have spent much of the last three and a half years out of the gym (blame a trans Atlantic move and global pandemic) working
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Dimensions of Wellness•Mental Health

Dimensions of Wellness Part 7: Mental Health

September 20, 2022
Well, hello there, Warrior. I tried to think of a clever intro for this post but came up empty. There is really no other way to say it: Mental Health is a big deal. A good percentage of my content mentions it is some way, shape, or from. And it seems to finally be getting
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General Fitness•Nutrition and Eats

Why I Don’t Consume Caffeine

September 13, 2022
Hey hey! How are you Warrior? Caffeine has been around for ages and it is actually one of the most studied ergogenic aids (scholar speak for performance enhancers). It shows up in many a supplement and I get questions about it pretty regularly. Today, I’m going to tell you why I don’t consume it.
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General Fitness•Planning and Programming

Setting Exercise Intentions

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 are something that are usually mentioned with respect to Mental
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Dimensions of Wellness

Links and Loves 17

August 30, 2022
What’s up Warriors? Summer is definitely winding down. We are in full scale back to school mode around here. So today I have another round up of things that have caught my eye these past few weeks. As usual, there is nothing sponsored here. Mostly it’s just me pointing out things that I’ve noticed. And
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General Fitness

How To Properly Engage Your Core

August 23, 2022
Hello, hello! After the marathon posts of the last few weeks, let’s chat about something relatively simple and straightforward today, yes? Starting an exercise with an engaged core is probably one of the most repeated phrases in personal training or group exercise. And yet so few of us really know what it means or how
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Dimensions of Wellness

Dimension of Wellness Part 6: Emotional Health

August 16, 2022
Howdy do, Warriors. I hope you are well. As I mentioned in one of my recent posts, August can be a bit bittersweet. As the end of the month approaches, it usually signals a return to routine for most of us. And sometimes that comes with emotional consequences, so what better time to dive in
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Nutrition and Eats•Planning and Programming

Why Oh Why Didn’t I Take the Blue Pill?

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 are different for each of us. Today I want to
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