Finally, a chance to sit down and write! In continuation with my mini-updates prior to blog posts, we have been doing well the last few weeks of this year getting new folks connected to ProKine! We want as many people as possible to benefit from our fitness training expertise & it’s been great to do… [Read more…]
October 24, 2011
I’ve got a theory. And it may ruffle your feathers. If it does, all I can say is, “if the shoe fits…” I get the blessing of working with folks who want something better for their life – whether in sport, in daily life, or in both. And while sometimes they get a little off-track,… [Read more…]
October 4, 2011
September 10, 2011
This blog will return to regular programming next week, please enjoy an appropriately timed break in the wellness-talk for something a bit bigger than training & nutrition. And if none of you read this, that’s ok, it’s something I’ll save for my kids someday. If you do read…thanks! Ten years is a long time- that… [Read more…]
August 11, 2011
The day will not always go as planned. The weather will not be always be perfect on race day. You will not get a great nights’ sleep. You’ll fall off the healthy-nutrition wagon. The triathlon will change to a duathlon (30 mins before race start…as happened to one of my athletes in a previous year).… [Read more…]
July 10, 2011
Remember lunches like that one up there? Deli meat, “ants on a log”, and an iced coffee (not pictured). Well, maybe you didn’t have iced coffee as an 8 yr old…but iced coffee is to an adult as a Capri-Sun juice pouch is to a child…gives you a pep in your step & totally refreshing… [Read more…]
March 18, 2011
Rarely do I value the things I see on weight loss show, Biggest Loser. God bless the shows’ intentions! However, the actions Biggest Loser trainers take to push their morbidly obese clients to 2olb weekly weight losses are sometimes questionable by those educated & certified in the training field. The crazy intensities the contestants bodies may… [Read more…]
February 6, 2011
Part of what my clients know me for is my focus on the details of the exercise I am asking them to do. Just because a body can move, does not mean it is moving well. And that is the thing about programs like P90X or at-home bootcamps – super great workouts IF your body is… [Read more…]
October 20, 2010
This is the cycle your muscles go through in order to get stronger, leaner, denser, bigger. Without going through it, you cannot expect your muscles to change in any way. If you lift a 5lb weight every time you workout, your body won’t recognize that as a challenging enough stress to foster the micro-tear needed… [Read more…]
September 8, 2010
7 parts ‘positive nutritional mindset’ + 3 -5 parts ‘lifting heavy stuff’ (based on how intense you want your end product to be) + 4 – 6 parts ‘move fast’ (based on how quickly you want your end product result) – 2 parts ‘sabotage’ (the weekend, most likely, but it can jump out at any… [Read more…]
December 31, 2011
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