When you have kids there are a few curveballs you know life is going to throw at you.
The biggest? No doubt it's the sleep schedule shake up.
The silver lining when you have multiple kids is that you know that curveball is coming.
When my family welcomed our second child at the start of this year, I knew the 7-9 hours I was accustomed to would be cut in half.
Yes, I was preparing for 3-5 hours of sleep on any given night. Oh the joys of parenthood.
Read MoreWhat goals do you have?
It's not uncommon during an initial client conversation for someone to answer this question with a variation of the following...
"I want to workout 3 times a week"
or
"I want to lose this" **Points to random part of the body**
or
"To get healthy"
All good goals in their own right.
Rather than talk about how to set goals...you can read about that by clicking here. I wanted to provide some tangible, specific, health and fitness goals that you can take away.
That is, if you find your goals to be something like the examples above...
Read MoreWhen baby number 2 came in to the scene at the start of this year, I knew this 'adjustment' would impact my own fitness and training routine.
Normally, my standard advice when anyone is going through a life adjustment- new job, moving, baby, puppy, family help, you name it...- is to simplify everything.
Simplify the process, simplify the routine, simplify the resources.
Read MoreThe people have spoken.
Well, at least the people over on the Purposeful Strength Instagram…
Read MoreIn 2017 I made a major shift in programming for my clients to help with that very notion of progress.
Specifically, the shift made progress transparent.
Now, I don't mean transparent in a way that you can clearly see it. I wish it was that easy.
"Okay, put 5 more pounds on the bar and go"
Boom. Progress. Right?
Well yes. That is indeed progress. But, what if the weight doesn't go up? What happens if you can't increase the difficulty of the movement?
What happens next?
This is the challenge my clients were facing and this is the problem I knew I needed a solution for.
So, here's what I did.
Read MoreJust like the title of the article says, this week I wanted to dive in to this concept of ‘danger’ and exercises.
When I first started as a Personal Trainer in 2010, strength training machines, specifically the seated leg extension were deemed ‘dangerous’.
I remember telling clients “avoid this machine because it’s going to put a lot of stress on your _____” or “You could do this movement, but you need to watch out for ____ so you don’t hurt yourself”.
After 12+ years, I have an official statement on ‘danger’ and exercise.
There are no bad movements, exercises, or machines…there are only bodies that aren’t designed or that aren’t ready for what that movement, exercise, or machine provides.
Let me break this down.
Read More