Let's celebrate Women's Swimming Champion, Katie Ledecky! Watching the swimming championships, this past summer was very exciting. Katie Ledecky is ON FIRE and she is only 18 years old. She became the FIRST woman in the history of swimming to win the 200, 400, 800, and 1500 meters! She broke records like it was nobody's ... read more >
I have worked in commercial gyms for 10 years and I was tired of it. I even thought at the beginning of 2015 that I was done with training and fitness. My secret PUSH Goal was to go out and find a "real job" with a specific salary, benefits, and a regular schedule. I knew ... read more >
What is Sarcopenia? Sarcopenia is the age related loss of muscle mass, strength, power, and function. (Sayer et al 2013; Morely 2012) The word sarcopenia literally means “poverty of flesh”. For years people have accepted that as we age we would lose most of our strength, power, function, and mobility. Thankfully now we know that ... read more >
This was a very fun weekend and we didn't even go to the actual Olympia show. It was just a great time to be able to see people that I follow on social media live and in living color. Very motivating More than anything though it was fun to get away, get out ... read more >
Every action produces a reaction. When I decided not to do the Figure Competition, I was pretty surprised at the reaction I got. People were so supportive and I received a lot of comments offline thanking me for my honesty. You can read about why I decided not to do it here Even though I had ... read more >
I am very grateful for the vision of Khaled ELMasri who created the Nor-Cal Fitness Summit. I have been to three of these summits and they just keep getting better every single time. There is limited continuing education in our neck of the woods so to be able to attend a summit for 2 days ... read more >
This past summer I had a chance to visit Facebook HQ in Menlo Park thanks to two very awesome people, Jill and Joanne. I am It's not every day that you get to visit a cultural phenomenon that has changed the world and when you do it's important to be aware and be observant of ... read more >
This summer I went to the San Jose Fit Expo because I had never gone before and I thought that as a fitness/health coach I should go to this even,t BUT what convinced me to drive 50 miles and pay the $25 entrance fee was because they announced that my fave SF 49er Vernon ... read more >
Latorya Watts is the 2015 Ms. Figure Olympia champion. She beat 4x Ms Figure Olympia and current champion Nicole Wilkins. Latorya Watts was the only person to unseat a reigning Olympia champion in 2015. I recently had a chance to listen to an interview that Latorya gave and I really liked something that she said. ... read more >
This year I had a chance to attend a Professional conference where Leymah Gbowee was going to be speaking. To be perfectly honest, I had never heard of her until I received an e-mail that explained that she was a Nobel Peace Prize Winner who had organized the women of Liberia to demand peace ... read more >
