Mental Muscle Wellness

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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General Fitness•Planning and Programming

Basics Don’t Mean Boring

August 2, 2022
Happy August Warriors! If you, like me, have kiddos, August is a little bittersweet. It’s the last fun of summer. It is a lot of crazy to dos. But it also signals the return of routine with back to school. Routines can be extremely useful, not just in everyday lives, but in terms of workouts.
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General Fitness•Yoga

Warrior Series for Flexibility

July 26, 2022
Hey Hey Warriors! When most of my clients hear the term flexibility they focus on what they aren’t able to or can’t do. Or maybe long stretches and the boring part of the workout. Flexibility, in reality, is much like any other area of our fitness. You need to actively work on it to see
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Dimensions of Wellness

Dimensions of Wellness Part 5: Social Health

July 19, 2022
Welcome, Warrior, to the next post in my Dimensions of Wellness Series. I’m taking the Dimensions of Wellness model and breaking it down to spend a bit of time expanding on the different areas. You can read my intro post here and the first post on Occupational Health here. Today, let’s delve into Social Health.
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Mental Health•Nutrition and Eats

Big Diet

July 12, 2022
What’s up Warriors? In fitness and exercise world, there seems to be a push and pull between having the perfect/ideal body (whatever that means at present) and celebrating the body you have. Thankfully, as of late, the celebration side seems to be gaining ground. But today I’d like to chat a bit about how I
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