The sun was sweltering hot. I could feel a sunburn coming on despite applying sunscreen hours earlier. As I breathed in and out, my feet, hands and elbows dug deeper into the sand, spreading, moving, and making me feel I was falling out of line. It’s just a plank, Trish. You can hold it longer. The woman next to me …
What happens when we outgrow ourselves? Our dreams? Our stories? Our fitness? Our friends? Our job? In fitness, this can look like over exercising to hide our discomfort with ourselves. It appears healthy on the outside, but inside there’s turmoil, shame, and self-loathing. At work, this might look like a colleague who is always in bad mood. In relationship, it’s …
Does looking at another woman’s body or achievements in the gym make you feel insecure? It’s human nature to feel triggered by someone else’s success. Comparison is normal but it doesn’t have to be your normal. I rarely feel insecure about my body anymore or compare myself to others in the fitness scheme of things. I used to a lot. …
Years before I became a Pilates teacher, I found myself in fitness classes that claimed Pilates to be the bedrock of its workouts but was nothing more than creative takes of dance routines with a few core exercises sprinkled in. Pulsing, crunching, and bopping around to “feel the burn” is not Pilates, though I enjoyed the novelty of it all. …
You may not call yourself a runner, but the minute you tie those laces to jog before breakfast or sprint through an alley in a CrossFit class, you have become the real deal. A runner in every sense of the word. To make sure your runs are fast and pain-free, strength training is a critical component. Here are the six …
Jennifer looked at me defeated with tears in her eyes after a workout one morning. She couldn’t understand how after months of consistent training, cutting back on alcohol and treats, her arms were still not looking the way she wanted. She was weeks out from her wedding and wanted the photos to capture a happy time in her life, not …
The best movers have the strongest feet, and yet so many of us treat the foot like an afterthought when lifting. If you’re serious about improving your main lifts – the squat, deadlift – and every other exercise in between, you must get reacquainted with the tripod foot. Not only will this activate the muscles, joints, ligaments in the foot, …
I’ve been training people since 2011 and have come to learn that there are two types of trainees: Those that over value the things that account for merely 1% of the results Those that under estimate that things that account for 99% of the results Things like supplements, booty bands, and novelty are over hyped and over valued in the …
When it comes to core training, the choices and variations are endless. Deadbugs, farmer’s carry, planks, and crawls appear in my programming and my clients’ programs literally always. Not a single crunch in sight! The bear crawl in particular is one of my favorites to play with because it challenges and ignites muscles that the majority of people need, including: …
There is far too much hype given to “the struggle.” The mental and emotional struggle of starting a business and making it successful. The physical struggle of overcoming an illness or serious injury. The political, cultural, and economic struggles of our present time. Sometimes, “the struggle” is a necessary part of achieving something great, developing greater self-awareness, or overcoming a …
