Sunday morning. Posted up at the gym with my computer, silence in the studio, cars in the street streaming by, sounds of traffic ebbing and flowing. I have about 10 minutes before my client comes. Can I knock out a synopsis of Life of Kristina? I’ll spare you the emotional piece, and focus for the most part on fitness.
One huge thing is that I joined a local fight gym and I am so in love with fighting. A few years ...
Continue Reading →Woo hoo!
I am so honored to be a new contributor at BodySport.com! It is an awesome site that is a resource for figure, fitness, and bikini competitors. They have tons of articles, forums, and even a podcast!!
I wrote an article called “Reach Your Goals With Your Own Vision Board.” It starts:
“This shift in mental posture aligns you more precisely with your goals. Once you decide that something is a priority, you give it tremendous emotional intensity, and by ...
Continue Reading →Interesting! I came across this article on bodysport.com and wanted to share it. I am highly interested in the intersection of functional training and figure/fitness training and will one day write a piece on this. For now, this is one of the only articles that I have seen that addresses something that concerns them both. As someone who has experienced an ACL tear and as a fitness professional passionate about functional training to stay healthy (see my post on ACL ...
Continue Reading →These are a few of my favorite vids that I thought I would pass along. These videos truly demonstrate the amazing capabilities of our bodies and nothing else BUT our own bodies! No wonder I love bodyweight training!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2kJZOfq7zk
Video above: Urban ninja. This is some parkour ish that astounds and impresses me with the degree of precision and agility required for these moves!!
Video above: Amazing b-girl power- my love!! With my background in gymnastics, whenever I break I naturally ...
Continue Reading →I haven’t been posting as much as I want to. Things have been c-r-a-z-y lately. A lot going on! Here are some tidbits:
Endless waves upon waves of good-intentioned fat-loss seekers tie up their running shoes and walk around their neighborhoods, flock to the gym and trod on their cardio equipment of choice, only eat twice a day, and never get their heart rate above their “fat burning zone.” Yet their jeans remain too snug, the zipper gets harder to close, and women and men grow steadily frustrated with how infrequently they eat, how much cardio they do in their low-heart-rate, “fat burning ...
Continue Reading →I was thinking…this injury stuff has been getting really old. I KNOW I can do acrobatics, amazing things, and be capable of so much more. Other trainers (inadvertently) tempt me, when they recount their fun tumbling practice, or do kettlebell snatches, or when I see my peers on stage…and I KNOW I can do these things. Yet I have a million and one excuses. Legitimate excuses e.g. injuries. But. Excuses none the less. I have been telling Caleb I will ...
Continue Reading →