What drives you?

What drives you?

​I wrote about how to stay motivated here a while back, but I want to explore motivation with you further today because it’s one of the most common objections I hear around why people don’t achieve their fitness and fat loss goals. There are 4 types of motivation: 1. Fear-based motivation – this is where…

Gaining weight is cool

Gaining weight is cool

I’ve wanted to share this for a while.  A few months ago the #GainingWeightIsCool movement was going on across social media.  It was largely in effort to help people (mostly women) find self-love on the other side of various circumstances or as a way to show that positive body change doesn’t always come in the…

Just let go…

Just let go…

I’m writing this at 6pm on Wednesday night.  I’m TIRED today.  Mentally and physically exhausted. I haven’t been sleeping well this week, and I had a really tough workout last night followed by another one early this morning, only giving my body about 12 hours of rest in between. My brain was in overdrive today, so combined with…

What happens when the pain is too great?

What happens when the pain is too great?

CHANGE.  The answer to the question of the blog post title is change… People desire change all of the time – change of jobs, life situations, weight/physical appearance, health – but it’s truly rare that someone ​actually ​creates the change they desire for their life. So, why? Because as humans, we only change for one of two reasons: 1….

When Facebook memories remind you of the bad times

When Facebook memories remind you of the bad times

Today this image popped up in my Facebook memories: Don’t I look happy, proud, and accomplished?!  Well, I was!  This was the day I joined the elite ranks of only a few hundred StrongFirst Level 2 kettlebell instructors from around the world.  This is the top kettlebell certification a coach can get, and it felt…