Why Your Neck Tension Won’t Go Away

Isn’t it interesting how we know so many of our health indicators like blood pressure, cholesterol, triglycerides, resting heart rate, etc, but when it comes to knowing how our joints should move, we don’t have a number to measure that.  We just simply say...

Metabolism Based Eating

If you’ve been following my blog this past year, you may have read this post discussing my experience at the GWU Weight Management Lab.  I talked about the two tests I had done to determine my metabolism and body composition.  I was put on a metabolism based...

Exercises for a Flat Butt

We’re talking about what to do about a flat butt.  And I so want to throw some “Baby Got Back” by Sir Mix-a-lot lyrics in here, but will refrain. One of the moms in my Fit Mama Training class said she has flat butt after having two children.  So...

How to Prevent a Slow Metabolism

Have you ever lived this?  You wake up one day, step on the scale, and realize you’ve gained 10 pounds in the past year.  And you think to yourself, “how did this happen?  I haven’t changed my eating habits.  Maybe I need to exercise more.”  So...

When Your Lower Back Hurts for No Reason

When my client showed up for her training session she said, “We gotta do something about my lower back.” It’s so common to have random lower back pain when you have no idea what you did to it.  Whether you slept wrong or did too much gardening or...

Exercises for Horseback Riders

I never would have guessed that the area I live in in northern Virginia was horse country.  But, man, do I know A LOT of people who own horses or have kids that are competing in the sport!  With so many kids taking riding lessons and adults enjoying the ring, it...