Should You Stretch Before Exercising

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...

Exercises for Mobility

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]You know that feeling when you wake up stiff. The thoughts race through your head, “Did I sleep wrong? I must be getting old.” Your ease of movement is not what it used to be. Your body adapts to habitual patterns of movement. The...

Updated Core Training

When core training became all the rage a few years ago, it was all about the four abdominal muscles.  And man, things went crazy!  The goal of ab workouts was to see how much you could make them burn and if your abs weren’t sore the next day, then you obviously...

3 Exercises I No Longer Do

When you start out in the fitness industry with a degree right out college, you think you know all there is about exercise.  I was once the doe-eyed trainer that couldn’t wait to give my clients the most awesome exercises I could possibly find.  I thought my...