The Inside and Outside Don’t Always Match You know there’s more to life than working. You also know you are more than a “fitness professional” ~ you know you are more than the role that defines you in the gym. So much more. And yet, many people lose parts…
Badass with a Twist of Mindfulness Let’s face it. As a fitness professional, walking into a gym and working out is second nature for you. You’re as at home and comfortable on the gym floor as you are in your living room. You may even spend more time at…
Mindfulness = Awareness, Passion & Focus We’ve all heard of mindfulness. It’s become a buzzword in our culture often dismissed immediately into images of new age gurus and their followers chanting blissfully, defining themselves as spiritually enlightened ~ which means we aren’t. We roll our eyes and shake our…
Have you ever been so stressed that you find yourself holding your breath? Well deep breathing practices are actually a stress reliever and an incredible cleanser at a cellular level. There are many benefits of breathing techniques and practices for our health, happiness, and overall flow of life. Here are…
Raise your hand if you could use a more sleep at night. I am pretty sure most of us would say yes; even if it was just an hour more. So many of us find ourselves not living as healthy as we would like to. We wished we ate a…
I’ve been an instructor for Personal Trainers, Strength Coaches, Neurokinetic Therapists and Life Coaches. Throughout my career many alumni have come to me after hitting the wall. It usually starts out, “Coach, do you have a moment? Can I buy you lunch?” Then, from what feels like a place of…
When you ask yourself this question, you may automatically have a list of things that come to mind. Taylor loves it when her teammates cheer her on to finish, even if she is last, or Mary has requested that we all go bowling together. Dan has given a bunch of…
A key in strengthening most relationships is sound communication. We can probably all relate to when relationships in our lives are going well versus not. Communication should be right up there towards the top of that list of make or break characteristics we turn into habits. Well, we have physiological…
Mapping out our strategy is not as easy as just saying, “Hey! This is my goal, so let’s just upload that stimulus!” And voila! Goals will vary from person-to-person, from sport-to-sport, and race-to-race changing throughout life. Take time to digest what that goal truly is. Regardless of your goal, my…
You need to be precise with the number to train the racecar optimally for the race! If you have a goal of moving the fastest in the race, then why are you moving slowly in the gym? Move to a lighter mass and start ramping up the recruitment, activation and…