Confession: some of my favorite humans in the world are people I met through social media. The community I’ve built online has introduced me to people I never would have found otherwise. Back in the day, I might have been embarrassed to admit that, for fear that I’d been seen as a loser or something….
I’m just gonna come right out and say it: #noexcuses is lazy coaching in my opinion. I get so annoyed when I see people using this hashtag or posting memes about it. I get it. We’re all supposed to be more disciplined or something. As a trainer, I’m supposed to put my best face forward…
Whether you realize it or not, your relationship with exercise is just that–a relationship. We’re all in different places with it, and it’s not always where we want to be. Some people are single and loving it. Others are single and desperately searching to find that perfect match. Some are playing the field, just having…
What is the worst thing you’re doing when it comes to your health and fitness? I’ll give you a hint, it’s not the pizza you ordered last night, non-organic strawberries, or the fact that you didn’t get to go to the gym during quarantine. It’s your all-or-nothing mindset surrounding all of the above. You heard…
Surprise! I’m pregnant! I would have made this announcement public a lot sooner, but I didn’t for a few reasons: We were quarantined. Who was I gonna see? I couldn’t figure out a way to do it that didn’t feel forced or fake. I really don’t love the way pregnant womxn are often treated in…
Before we get into any of this, I need to make one thing perfectly clear. I am not an anti-racism educator. I have always used writing and my blog as a way to make sense of things that I’m working through in my own life. My hope is that this will be peek into my…
Have you given any thought to what working out is going to look like once we all get back to “normal”? For most of us, quarantine has put a wrench into our workout routine. Maybe you feel like you lost the motivation to exercise, or are just dealing with a different schedule and priorities? You’ve…
It’s ok if you feel like you lack motivation to work out right now. You are not alone. And in spite of the fact that it is 100% normal to feel this way in the middle of a global pandemic, I also recognize the fact that some of you might genuinely want to. You have…
I am equally annoyed at two types of people right now: Fitness & wellness influencers using a vulnerable time to guilt people into working out from home #noexcuses. People who aren’t particularly active telling fitness & wellness professionals to “shut up about our home workouts” and that we all just need to rest right now….
There are lots of different terms we can use to describe the way we move our bodies. Exercise. Movement. Working out. Training. If you’re familiar with Health At Every Size or Intuitive Eating you’ve probably heard of the concept of “joyful movement”. In many cases, the term “movement” is favored over “exercise” because many people…