BODYWEIGHT movements are a great way to build a strong core foundation, improve your strength training movement mechanics, increase your range of motion, and master moving like an athlete. Ways to progress simple bodyweight movements: ✅ Change the tempo – slow down or speed up. Slowing down helps to engage the muscles and speeding up...
As someone with 20 plus years deep in the game of “physique transformation” and health, I can speak to the crazy that ensues in the minds of fitness enthusients during the Holidays, namely Thanksgiving. Over-exercising to compensate for increased intake, negative narratives about gaining fat due to enjoying oneself, punishing behaviors such as limiting intake...
I have participated in Jennifer Tedford Zuba’s Lifestyle Kickstart program 3 times over the last two years. Each time I have come away with tons of delicious, clean recipes and volumes of customized, challenging workouts that I can do at the gym, at home or on the road! But it is the knowledge and mental...
What a gratifying and rewarding experience to have been a part of The Winnicunet Warriors State Championship year. The Beach Boys worked hard for me throughout the summer and the season, crushing their functional workouts. Training like you move is a #gamechanger!
Ironically a simply formatted and short duration workout can have the biggest impact on your metabolism. Metabolism, simply stated, is your bodies engine that is fired up when you are at rest. The more muscle you have the higher your metabolism, the more you work outside your comfort zone, in a precise, form based, and...
Most days I am highly intune with my body, in control, eat what I want within the parameters of the foods that my body thrives on, free of negative thoughts about food, and flying high with my health and wellness. You can find me spooning a hearty amount of peanut butter into my calorically dense...
It is the utmost pleasure and reward when I have the opportunity to work with a driven client who wholeheartedly believes in my philosophy and follows my programming to a “T”. Marissa’s work ethic, drive, and focus is commendable! In her words…. Oh how I wish I had figured this out sooner-2 years ago with...
I have had the utmost pleasure of working with some great clients. From athletes to fitness newcomers and from school aged to senior citizens. I wouldn’t change my career for anything. I cannot express the joy it brings me to watch people feel the positive inside – out transition that occurs in such a short...
Election got you down?? All those negative ads and attacks? Sometimes we just need to do the best for ourselves in our worlds and get the positive energy and focus flowing. I needed a “reset” yesterday morning. A good Monday Morning Ass-Kicking workout to remind me how lucky I am to be able to move...
Resistance Bands are not just for the elderly and those traveling anymore. One of the most athletic and successful quarterbacks in history, Tom Brady, routinely uses resistance bands in his training. It’s no surprise! Bands come in all different widths and resistances. They allow for resistance on the positive and negative movements of the exercise...
