Mental Muscle Wellness

General Fitness•Planning and Programming

Working Out While Sick

November 3, 2020
Hey Wellness Warriors! We are headed into the thick of cold and flu season and there are even more variables to account for this year. But most years I get asked, at least a handful of times, for guidance on when to work out, when to pull back, when to rest, and how to come
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Dimensions of Wellness•Travel

Impressions from Germany 9: Minimalism

October 27, 2020
Hello friends! Today I have yet more of my ramblings from my family’s experience in Germany last year. If you’d like to check out the full series, you can search Impressions from Germany in the side bar or you can just start here. I want to chat about minimalism and our trip.
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Nutrition and Eats

Color Me Healthful: Green

October 20, 2020
What’s up everybody! I am back with the fourth installment in the Color Me Healthful series. And today we are going to talk about green fruits and veggies. Yes, for all of you broccoli haters or I-haven’t-eaten-a-salad-in-a-month crew we are going to talk about all the amazing things that this color family has to offer
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Dimensions of Wellness•General Fitness

Health, Wellness, and Fitness: What’s What In a Changing World

October 13, 2020
Hello Wellness Warriors! I hope you are doing well. Today I want to talk a bit about some commonly used – and misused – words. These three words get thrown around a lot in the wellness community and since their meanings overlap a bit, many people mistake them for synonyms. But in fact, they are
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Planning and Programming•Strength Training

How To Design a Core Workout Routine

October 6, 2020
Everybody wants six pack abs. They might be the holy grail in terms of exercise bragging rights. In fact, I have addressed this issue, in general, before here on MMW. But here is the thing that a lot of trainers won’t tell you about six pack abs: they mostly just look good.
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Dimensions of Wellness

Links and Loves 9

September 29, 2020
Hello, hello, wellness family! It’s time again for me to share some of the things I have stumbled across on the interwebs or things I am enjoying in my everyday life. I usually try to keep things 50/50 on this list, but let’s be real. Most of us have been stuck at home for months,
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Dimensions of Wellness•Travel

Impressions from Germany Part 8: Ich Spreche Kein Deutsch

September 22, 2020
I’ve got another post today for you guys in my Germany series. One of the most asked questions when we were planning our move was if my husband and I spoke German. Today, I’d like to chat about what it was like to live in a country and not speak the language.
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Nutrition and Eats

Types of Protein Supplements

September 15, 2020
What’s up Wellness Warriors! It is time for another installment in my Protein series. You can read from the beginning here. As with my theme for this series, the goal is to turn the volume on some of the noise down a bit so that you can make well informed choices without being completely overwhelmed.
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Safety•Strength Training

5 Tips for a Great Bench Press

September 8, 2020
Hello Wellness Warriors! I have been wanting to get back to talking about the nuts and bolts of exercise for some time, but I wasn’t quite sure how to tackle it. And then the world threw a few curveballs at us this year and starting something new on the blog was pushed to the back
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Dimensions of Wellness•Mental Health

5 Hacks for Practicing Mindfulness

September 1, 2020
At this point, I think we can all agree that 2020 has been a pretty stressful year. And my guess is that it isn’t going to let up any time soon. It is during times of stress, anxiety, and unknown that mindfulness practices are critically important. These practices allow us to keep our emotional balance
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