by Sara | Sep 23, 2018 | News
A question that I’m often asked is, “should I stretch before exercising?” The short answer is no. But stay with me if you’d like to know why………. First up, there has been research to show that stretching before a workout does...
by Sara | Sep 13, 2018 | News
When it comes to nutrition, I encourage my clients to start increasing protein in diet. Protein is the building blocks of muscle. So if you want defined arms, you need to eat protein. You also need to lift weights. Cardio alone will burn some calories, but...
by Sara | Jul 27, 2018 | News
If you feel that all too familiar shooting pain down the back of your leg, you probably have researched sciatica pain treatment. I’ve worked with a number of clients who report sciatica pain and have found that the most common solution they hear is to stretch...
by Sara | Jun 25, 2018 | News
Neck pain seems to be plaguing my clients lately. And the blog series I wrote about neck and shoulder tension are by far my most popular! (Read those here after reading this one.) So for this blog, we’ll talk about one of the neck flexor muscles: the...
by Sara | May 24, 2018 | News
“I really should be better at this,” I thought to myself while at a conference a few months ago. It was a conference for personal trainers and the presenter had asked us to do the reverse plank exercise. I was partnered with a guy who did his first. His...
by Sara | Apr 30, 2018 | News
I’ll be honest. I love a sneaky exercise. You know….the ones that look so simple, but are surprisingly difficult. When my clients say, “Wow! That was hard!,” I know it was an unexpected challenge:) Here are some of my favorite exercises that...
