Take a glimpse at the cover of most magazines and you'll see several headlines promoting tips and tricks that will help you eat less and weigh less. "Lose up to 10 pounds in one week!" "Simple tips to eat fewer calories!" "Shrink your stomach with three easy exercises!" Eat less. Weigh less. Shrink. What is this obsession with encouraging women to be less? I don't know about you, …
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Is Your Fitness Regimen Making You Awesome?
"Become the strongest, most awesome version of yourself." "Train to be awesome." "Live an awesome life." These are all phrases I say frequently, and it clearly demonstrates that I need to expand my vocabulary. But, nonetheless, today's post is all about discovering your level of awesomeness. So . . . Are you awesome? Let's see how you measure up. Which of these statements best describes …
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Lift Like a Girl TV with Jill Coleman: Give Your Mind a Makeover (This is the Ultimate Game Changer)
Let me be blunt - if you want to take things to the next level, you need to watch this latest edition of Lift Like a Girl TV with my friend, Jill Coleman. At the very least, read the Show Notes provided below the video. Jill is an amazing woman and an incredible source of knowledge, experience, and insight. And in my opinion, she consistently shares some of the most unique and helpful …
Health and Fitness Gone Bad – When It Degrades Women, And What We Can Do About It
I was once told that my Lift Like a Girl t-shirt was degrading. That the whole lift like a girl manifesto was degrading to women. I took the statement for the ignorant comment it was, laughed it off, and simply went about my day. But later on I couldn't help but think about the messages that are still, unfortunately, being spread in the world of women's fitness. The ideas, statements, and …
What’s Your Excuse? (Why This is a Stupid Question and What to Ask Instead)
There was a picture floating around the social media world with the question, "What's your excuse?" posed to the reader. The photo was of a mom and her kiddos and, in essence, the picture stated she was a busy, working mom but was still able to build and maintain a great looking body. "What's your excuse?" was being asked to those who can't, or haven't, been able to do what she has done. She …
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Confessions of a Personal Trainer: Experiences with Binge Eating and Over Exercising
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 …
6 (Sane and Simple) Rules to Lift Like a Girl, Get Results, and be More Awesome
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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WHY You Work Out is Much More Important Than HOW You Work Out
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 …
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