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I'm an adventurous introvert from Vancouver, Washington who lives on sleep + "me time." I'm a lover of lifting weights, dinosaurs, real talk and traveling with my husband. I am here to help you move better, lift more, bust the myths of the fitness industry, and inspire you to love the process.
To be sore or not to be sore? Should you be sore after every workout? How often should you be sore? To start off, no, you should not be sore after every workout. What is muscle soreness? If you’re not sore it doesn’t count, you didn’t work hard enough. This is an old myth and […]
Learn to Integrate Heart Rate Training into Your Workouts Training based on your heart rate or using your heart rate as feedback during workouts is UH-MAZING and has potential to take your training to the next level. There seems to be a misconception that heart rate training is for conditioning and cardio only. I am […]
How to perform the Barbell Hip Thrust The barbell hip thrust is hands down the best booty builder of any exercise in the history of exercises. It also happens to be one of the most enjoyable lifts to get strong at. Most women have more potential than they know with the hip thrust. The exercise […]
The only 3 things you need to switch up to get results from your strength training I’m just going to come right out an say it. People are too damn fancy. Calm down. Simplify. Your training will serve you well if you are consistent and train to improve and refine movement patterns, while getting stronger […]
The deadlift. It might just be one of the most underperformed lift of all big compound movements. Which is why I have a post on how to deadlift like a pro here. The conventional deadlift Most people just know this variation as “the deadlift.” Feet shoulder width, bend down, grab the bar, pick it up. […]
The fitness and health industry is notorious for changing on direction on a dime with what is and isn’t effective. Today I share with you three myths that you need to stop believing YESTERDAY. #1 If you aren’t sore, you didn’t get a good workout. NOOOOOOO. Do you even know what muscle soreness is? Yes […]
You want to know when people care about their abs or getting a six pack? When they are insecure. There, I said it. We were not put on this earth to have a six pack and die…what a sad, sad life that would be. I had a very visible six pack. At my most ripped […]
I get asked weekly, “How do you stay motivated to workout?” Motivation is a word that gets thrown around A LOT in the fitness industry. Quite frankly I hate it. I am NOT motivated everyday to workout. In fact I would say 20% of the time I am motivated. 80% of the time I have […]
FORGET the debate about whether cardio or weight training is best for fat loss. Science is best for fat loss. Okay? Both weight training and cardio can be used to attain fat loss. There are ways to use both. That’s what I bring to you today. I will mention that with both options, weight training […]
Let’s get a few things straight before we jump into the ever-popular subject of cardio. There is not BEST time. It just depends on what the goal is, both for your training program and for that given day. Also, cardio DOES NOT have to be on a treadmill, elliptical, stair-master, bike or any other “cardio […]
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