Why Faith-Based Fitness Instructor Training?
*Originally posted December 2015 Why faith-based fitness instructor training? Let’s start with two patterns I’ve seen over and over in my decades-long career as a fitness professional. First, the desire to be smaller. Every year, men and women die from anorexia, an eating disorder where one eats food (a good thing) as little as possible […]
Why you should stop treadmill training and start circular training.
*Originally posted March 2013 Training For Life ALL of your life is about training. All of it. It’s not just a fitness thing. The word training means – the action of teaching a person a particular skill or type of behavior. A skill is something you do with your hands. A behavior is something you […]
When you say “I want to quit.” What then?
*Originally published February 2013 It’s Wednesday morning, and I am sore. Nope, not that kind of sore. My soul is sore. Addiction reared it’s ugly head in my family this weekend. You see, I come from a long line of addicts. When I say “addict” a specific vision comes into your mind. Some of your […]
The Metabolic Workout Plan For Good Health
*Originally published July 2013 Try this metabolic workout to get your hopes up and keep your eyes on Jesus. “A cheerful disposition is good for your health; gloom and doom leave you bone-tired.” – Proverbs 17:22, The Message It’s true isn’t it? It takes less facial muscle to to smile than to frown. Smiling is […]
Lord increase my faith over my muscles.
*Post updated October 2022, Originally published January 2014 “Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, “Why could we not cast it out?” He said to them, Because of your little faith. For truly, I say to you, if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain […]
A Healed Heart = A Healthy Body
*Post republished October 2022, original post 2016 Dressing Room Dilemma I had a moment yesterday. A moment where I was losing my sound mind. Yesterday was family day. It was comprised of seeing a movie followed by dinner out. (I know most do it in the other order, but for this mid-life woman who craves […]
Extreme Fitness That Works!
The word “fit” is defined in Webster’s dictionary as:1. adapted or suited; appropriate as in ‘this water isn’t fit for drinking.’2. proper or becoming: fit behavior. 3. qualified or competent, as for an office or function: a fit candidate. Interesting isn’t it? Nowhere in that definition do I see the words muscle, cardiovascular, body fat, […]
Extreme Fitness Part II: A Diet of Deficiency
In the early ’90s, a woman I respected and loved told me that I would be a great contender in bodybuilding/ fitness competitions. By this time, I was already obsessed with my body. It was easy to see that my genetics coupled with my propensity to enjoy a hard and intense workout gave way to […]
Exposing The Culture of Extreme Fitness
Okay. I admit it. It happened to me. I got sucked in. I lost focus. I got distracted. “Distracted by what?” you ask. Six pack abs. I blame it all on my Instagram feed. A scrolling wall of half-naked people taking sweat glistening “selfies” in luxurious gyms or immaculate living rooms. Social media is a […]
Resting Partnership
It’s all connected: the coming and going, the past, present, and future. The moments when your smile is so big your face could break from joy, the moments when you are so uncertain that your voice is shaking. The ways we shrink back and the ways we rise up, the highs and the lows, are […]
