Mental Muscle Wellness

Body Positivity•Dimensions of Wellness

Fitness Looks Different on Every Body – Body Positivity

November 7, 2018
A few weeks ago, Kelli and Daniel over at Fitness Blender posted a quote on their Instagram account. “Fitness looks different on every body.” Six words. I live and work in this crazy fitness and wellness world and that simple statement really got me thinking. There are lots of things you can take from that
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Dimensions of Wellness

Halloween for the Wellness Win!

October 31, 2018
Happy Halloween friends! It may seem strange that a wellness blogger is talking about Halloween, but I am about to make the case for why Halloween and wellness go together like ghosts and goblins.
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Yoga

Eating Crow

October 24, 2018
I practice yoga, or I at least try to, regularly. I am a big believer in the Eight Limbs and I have seen how thoughtful practice of each has positively affected my life. As with all yoga practice, there are aspects of it that can always be improved and worked on. In the West, we
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General Fitness•Planning and Programming

Exercise Recommendations for Long Term Health

October 17, 2018
It should come as no surprise that one of the questions I field most has to do with how much exercise one should be getting. Truth be told, it’s actually a fairly complicated question to answer. It involves figuring out what the individual’s goal is, how much time they have to devote to working out,
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Uncategorized

Me and My Headphones

October 10, 2018
Sometimes it is good to be a little irreverent. Laughter is the best medicine right? So today, something a little… silly.
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Yoga

Demystifying the Eight Limbs of Yoga

October 3, 2018
Yoga as a Western practice and yoga as a traditional practice are typically quite different. The majority of people walking into a Western yoga class are looking for the asanas to help with their flexibility, strength, or in some cases rehabilitation. And while there is nothing wrong with that, limiting a yoga practice to just
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Nutrition and Eats

Veggie Scrap Stock

September 26, 2018
I am always amazed at the number of people who buy stock at the grocery store. I’m sure we have Rachael Ray to thank for the huge variety now available. And she’s right; it definitely takes something plain, like rice, and jazzes it up. But the stock available in the grocery store is often full
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Planning and Programming

2-2-2 Format for Planning and Flexibility

September 19, 2018
As anyone who has been around here will tell you, I like to take a whole life/whole person approach to exercise. While this approach allows for a lot of flexibility, it also breeds a heck of a lot of confusion. I use what I call a 2-2-2 format to “design” my weeks. It’s a great
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Planning and Programming•Strength Training

Benefits of Strength Training

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 I had with at least 70% of my clients. And
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Links and Loves #1

September 7, 2018
Every once in a while I will share a few random things with you that I am enjoying. Most of these will be things that I am using or trying in my everyday life or things that I have come across that fit with my overall theme here at Mental Muscle Wellness. As most of
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