Health & Fitness

Sharing the books I read in March and if I’d recommend adding them to your collection! Hi friends! How are ya? I hope your morning is going well! I’m catching a barre class today and looking forward to client calls this atfernoon. (I was apprehensive to post this pic because it’s not very flattering. But, […]

Home workouts have been on the rise as many choose the peace, quiet, and privacy of working out at home over the chaos of their local gym. But even if you’ve been dedicated to kitting out your home gym to fit your fitness needs, there’s a good chance you’re still missing some key weight machines.

Nobody likes a tight, achy lower back. It can make it uncomfortable to walk or even sit, and it can mess with our sleep, leaving us not only in pain, but grumpy to boot. Yet according to a June 2023 analysis in The Lancet Rheumatology, a staggering 619 million people across the world experienced  low

When you’re in the midst of your 30s, experiencing gnawing lower back pain is often taken as a fact of life. Whether you bent over to pick a sock or your dog off the ground, you’re bound to wake up with aches the next day— or so the folklore goes. This tale isn’t entirely untrue.

Sharing some liestyle tweaks for my friends in their 30s.  Hi friends! How are you? I hope that you had a wonderful weekend and that my friends who were celebrating enjoyed a happy Easter. This week, the kids head back in school, and I’m back to the routine after a fun trip to California and

With foam rollers, sliders, resistance bands, suspension trainers, and wearable weights (just to name a few), these days it seems like there’s an infinite number of workout tools to choose from. Nut none are arguably as versatile—and badass—as the slam ball. If you’ve seen these unassuming rubber balls at the gym, you might be thinking,

The goblet squat doesn’t just have a cool name, it is also one of the most effective ways to strengthen your legs, lift your butt, and even increase lower-body flexibility. Named because you squat while holding a kettlebell or dumbbell in front of you like a goblet, this move truly benefits everyone. In addition to

There’s a reason lunges are at the top of many trainers’ lists of favorite exercises. “Lunges are a functional exercise with a shifting base of support that improves core stability, balance, and leg strength,” says Kendall Wood, CPT, a certified personal trainer and Tonal coach. “Lunges also directly improve daily life, helping us to walk,

Motivation Tips For Group Fitness Instructors For today’s post, I wanted to talk about motivation tips for group fitness instructors: what I’ve found to work in my years of teaching, what only works for some people, and what falls flat, no matter what. I would love to hear your thoughts and experience as group fitness

Push-ups are one of the most basic exercises out there. But they’re by no means easy. So many people who are otherwise fit find excuses to skip them—which means they’re missing out on all the major benefits of push-ups. “Push-ups are probably the only exercise that everyone I work with works on,” says personal trainer