Lift Like a Girl: Be More, Not Less
Sometimes it feels like a proverbial heartbreak. Reading comments and emails filled with sadness, confusion, and sometimes even despair. "Can you help me?" is a question I'm often asked. This question is preceded by comments such as: I just need to lose this extra fat. I don't like my cellulite. I can't control what I eat. how do I stop obsessing over food? I wish I could love my body. And …
[Read more...] about Stop Labeling Yourself by Their Standards (and do This Instead)
If I sit still for a moment, close my eyes, take a deep breath and relax, I can remember it like it was yesterday. The disordered eating habits I battled. The binge eating episodes. The horrible, cruel, and negative things I would say to myself on a daily basis about my diet failures and how I didn't look a certain way. The high standards with nutrition and working out I placed on myself. Basing …
A detailed, complicated, and complex regimen will produce better results than a simple, basic, bare-bones approach . . . or so some would have you believe. I've been a personal trainer for over 10 years now, and in that period of time my approach to health and fitness, and just helping people look and feel great naked has consistently simplified. And the results speak for themselves. Simple just …
[Read more...] about 6 (Sane and Simple) Rules to Lift Like a Girl, Get Results, and be More Awesome
The New Year is quickly approaching. And you know what that means — New Year Resolutions! This is the year to accomplish big things, and it's definitely going to be the year you reach all of your health and physique goals. Yep. You're going to start eating better, dropping body fat, and building a great looking body you'll absolutely love. The truth is, many people approach their health and …
Holiday Survival Guide? I don't think so. This is NOT going to be your typical "how to avoid your favorite holiday goodies" article or anything like that. Instead, the goal of this article is to help you continue on your sustainable, practical, enjoyable lifestyle habits of eating and training like a Beautiful Badass. But let's be honest — this is the time of year when we'll have a surplus of …
[Read more...] about 3 Tips to Thrive During the Holiday Season
We want, and deserve, results from our hard work. When we go to the gym consistently, get stronger, and eat well, we want to see the results immediately. And quick results isn't enough; we want to reach our main goal as soon as possible. "How quickly can I go from where I am to where I want to be?" we ask. It's a valid question and one we all ask whether we're trying to lose fat, buy a house, …
[Read more...] about When It Comes to Building the Body You Want, the Journey is the Destination
Strength training, and working out in general, should never be used as a form of punishment. For example, proclaiming to perform an extra, or just a more challenging workout, because you overate or indulged in some Halloween candy is not a good idea. If your workouts are fueled by the punishment mentality, then you really need to change things up. Now. I quote my good friend, Jen Keck, very …
[Read more...] about WHY You Work Out is Much More Important Than HOW You Work Out
Consistently applying some simple nutrition guidelines and following a practical strength training program that easily fits into your schedule will produce better results than attempting to follow even the most perfect diet and workout regimen. And I'm going to prove it in this article. Consistency trumps perfection. To prove this point I'm going to share a story about my friend, who I'll refer …
[Read more...] about Consistency Trumps Perfection. It’s About Sustainable Habits.
