Lift Like a Girl: Be More, Not Less
Some people never get bored with strength training or working out. Week after week, and year after year, they can keep on doing the same thing without burning out or getting bored. As much as I love getting stronger, lifting weights, and challenging myself in my home gym, I go through spurts where I just — don't want to work out. I'm bored by strength training or simply don't enjoy it. I'm …
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Get strong. Then get stronger. Those are goals you can never go wrong with. There are so many benefits to having a pure strength building focus with your workouts. For one, they're fun! When you focus entirely on doing a little better than you did the last workout and gradually strive to add more weight to the bar, you'll likely look forward to each and every session. This means you'll …
There's a good chance you read the title Intuitive Strength Training and wondered, "What the heck is that?". You're about to find out what it is and why, perhaps, you should give it a try. We'll bring this to life with some examples: "My back just doesn't feel awesome today, so instead of deadlifts I'll do some single leg work and back extensions." "Oh my damn! I feel amazing today and the …
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 …
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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 …
It's no secret that I like bodyweight workouts and exercises. Not only can bodyweight workouts be the ultimate time-saver (because you can do the workouts absolutely anywhere) but there are dozens of excellent exercises you can use that will help you get stronger, sculpt some muscle, improve your overall health, and lose body fat. Below you're going to see three bodyweight exercises you can use …
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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 …
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