Mental Muscle Wellness

General Fitness•Nutrition and Eats

Creating Order From Chaos

October 12, 2021
Hi Wellness Warriors! Last month, I wrote a bit about where body fat goes when you lose weight. The First Law of Thermodynamics is straightforward in concept and something that most trainers or coaches learn fairly early on. The other shoe, though, is the Second Law and I want to focus on that a bit
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Strength Training

Choosing Strength Exercises to Beat Boredom

October 5, 2021
I want to let you in on a secret… You ready? I don’t do the same strength exercises every time I hit the weights. I know, scandalous. We have been conditioned (hah, exercise humor) to think that repeating the exact same workouts every single session is necessary for gains. It’s not and it’s b-o-r-i-n-g. But
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Strength Training

Using a Door Anchor for Resistance Bands – With Workout

September 28, 2021
Hi Warriors! I love me some resistance bands. These little fitness wonders are inexpensive, easy to find, easy to store, and can replicate an entire weight rack’s worth of exercises. And in the privacy of your own home, too! So today, I thought I’d bring you a full body resistance band workout. And a quick
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Dimensions of Wellness•General Fitness

Intuitive Exercise Part 8: Respect Your Body

September 21, 2021
Hi Wellness Warriors! I’ve got the eighth installment of my Intuitive Exercise Series for you. If you are just tuning in, I’ve been using the ten Intuitive Eating Principles as a framework to show how Exercise Culture can be just as sneaky. (You can read the intro here and part one here.) The eighth principle
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General Fitness•Planning and Programming

Consistency and Rest are not Mutually Exclusive

September 14, 2021
How are my Wellness Warriors? In the fitness world there is a lot of talk about consistency. You certainly won’t be able to reach training goals if you aren’t training regularly. And it is hard to argue with the literal mountains of research suggesting that participating in consistent movement has positive outcomes for long term
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General Fitness•Nutrition and Eats

The Science of Weight Loss

September 7, 2021
Hello Wellness Warriors! Since it is back to school season, I thought it might be time for us to brush up on our science. Before you click off, hear me out. I promise that I won’t ask you to write the equations for Newton’s Laws of Motion or to recite the Periodic Table. However, one
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Dimensions of Wellness

Links and Loves #13

August 31, 2021
What’s up Wellness Warriors? I’ve got another round of things that have caught my eye lately. Plus a few behind the scenes updates. As usual, nothing sponsored here, just me oversharing.
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Planning and Programming•Strength Training

How to Determine Strength Training Overload

August 24, 2021
Hi Warriors! Hope you are well. Today I’ve got a little ditty about how to determine strength training overload. I’ve written a bit about it here on MMW and one quick Google search on the topic will have you quickly overwhelmed. So I wanted to throw a quick video together on the topic!
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Dimensions of Wellness•General Fitness

Intuitive Exercise Part 7: Exercise is NOT Punishment

August 17, 2021
How are you today Warrior? I hope you are ready to talk rewards and punishments because I’ve got the seventh installment of my Intuitive Exercise Series for you. If you are just tuning in, I’ve been using the ten Intuitive Eating Principles as a framework to show how Exercise Culture can be just as demonizing.
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Dimensions of Wellness

The Value of an Evening Routine

August 10, 2021
Warriors, I’ve got a bit of something different lined up today. As we head into back to school season (which hopefully this year actually means back to the classrooms), I think it is valuable to talk about routines. Especially since most of us have had 18 months of disruption at this point. There is an
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