Mental Muscle Wellness

Cardio•Planning and Programming•Uncategorized

How to Calculate Your Heart Rate Zones

April 2, 2019
Heart rate is easy to forget about in this world of wearables and fitness trackers. Sure, those devices make it easier to make sure you are checking your heart rate regularly, but as I’ve previously written, it ain’t too hard to do on your own. Something you may not be getting from your fitness tracker,
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Dimensions of Wellness

Links and Loves #3

March 26, 2019
It’s that time again when I share with you the things that I am loving lately or have caught my eye over the last couple of months. As always, nothing sponsored here, just my own enthusiasm.
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General Fitness•Planning and Programming

Outfitting a Home Gym – The Tricked Out Version

March 19, 2019
Hello friends! I get questions all the time about what type of exercise equipment one should invest in. Even when I worked in fitness centers every day, clients would ask what to have in their homes. There is no one correct answer for those questions as many factors go in to determining what might work
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Dimensions of Wellness•Nutrition and Eats

Counting Calories versus Counting Macros

March 12, 2019
We have been hearing a lot about macros and the benefit to counting and tracking these versus standard calorie tracking. And it looks like this trend might have some staying power. Many of the most popular eating paradigms right now rely on macronutrient tracking. Macro tracking also results in a ton of confusion. So let’s
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Dimensions of Wellness•Planning and Programming

Creating a Health Bank Account

March 5, 2019
If you spend any amount of time on the interwebs, and you’re here, so I’m going to assume you do… you will know that for every single fitness/exercise/wellness blogger out there, there is a corresponding “program” that they like to encourage their readers to try. There is nothing wrong with this. Something I tell clients
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Yoga

Sensing Stability

February 26, 2019
It’s been a minute since I’ve talked about yoga around here, so today, let’s talk stability. One of the biggest fears newbie yogis tend to have relates to balance and stability. Nobody wants to stumble or fall during asana practice. In reality, that’s part of the practice and each of us have our own poses
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Cardio•Exercise•Strength Training•Wellness Toolbox

Playing Card Workout

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 ago than I’d care to admit. Once you learn it,
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Nutrition and Eats•Recipes

Berry Overnight Oats

February 12, 2019
For the longest time in my teens and early twenties, I didn’t eat breakfast. And I also didn’t feel my best during the day. At some point during my undergrad education, all those nutrition classes took hold and I got wise to the breakfast game. And ever since, oatmeal has been a go to for
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Dimensions of Wellness

Relative Minimalism

February 5, 2019
Minimalism is a wellness trend that results in some pretty strong feelings. Both for and against. After our friends and family and jobs, many of us define ourselves by our stuff. What we have, how much, what brands. No judgement, it’s an easy road to go down and I am no less guilty than the
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Body Positivity•General Fitness

The Comparison Monster

January 29, 2019
We are nearing the end of the first month of the year and this is the time that every health club manager and gym goer notices attrition. The past two weeks I’ve spent some time talking about practical methods to keep motivation high and stay on track. This week, I want to address the very
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