No More Exercise as Punishment
Ugh. I ate so bad this weekend. I'm gonna go and kill it at the gym to make up for it. Oooh I want to earn my dinner tonight...so I'm going extra hard at the gym. My pants don't fit so that means an extra 10 minutes on the deadmill I gotta work this off! ... read more >
Women We Love: Misty Copeland
I saw Misty Copeland's story on 60 minutes last year and I was very impressed. She has overcome a LOT to become the first Black Principal Dancer of the American Ballet Theater. This was always a goal of hers and she accomplished it. Not only did she have to overcome an uncertain living situation but ... read more >
My own journey One Year Later…..
The beginning of May marked the day where I said goodbye to the ambition of trying to be a Figure Competitor. It was at the Nor-Cal Fitness Summit where I spoke with the awesome Chrissy Z who asked me that poignant question: At What Cost? Since that year there have been some ups, downs, and ... read more >
Recommended Read: Why We Get Fat by Gary Taubes
Why We Get Fat is the follow up book to Gary Taubes' best selling Good Calories/Bad Calories Both books examine why calorie counting is futile, why high carb diets have produced nothing but failure, and why almost everything we've been taught about weight loss/management is wrong. Good Calories/Bad Calories is like the War and Peace ... read more >
So what about challenges? Are they a waste of time?
I'm sure you see all of these 3 day, 10 day, and 21 day challenges all over social media and you're thinking: "What's up with that? Is that worth my time? Did someone really lose 5 pounds of fat and gain 1 pound of muscle in 3 days???" (I actually saw that and shook my ... read more >
Women are NOT small Men
I Just got back from the IDEA PT West Institute and I really enjoyed myself. I loved all of the classes that I had a chance to attend and it was refreshing to hear a lot of what I believe taught in the sessions. On the Fitness side of things I attended sessions that dealt ... read more >
