Many times when you hear about bulking (adding muscle and fat) and cutting (stripping fat) cycles, you think of male body builders.  You may even think about women body builders.  But are bulking and cutting cycles for the average woman? My opinion is that it depends on where you are at with your current level [...]

Last week I turned 52.  I’m pretty proud of that.  Well, more specifically I’m proud of how fit I am as a woman over 50, a woman post menopausal, a woman who at 50 was fat. Turning 50 does not mean you are now on the gradual old age slide to a life of infirmity [...]

I love the holiday season – don’t you too? But with those of us looking to improve or maintain our figures, the goodies that typically come along with the holidays can derail our diets. So what are we to do? My approach is to remember that I am committed to a lifestyle change, not a [...]

So often when I coach women, they are totally focused on what they weigh.  And I don’t really blame them.  You see a focus on what you weigh in just about every ‘health’ magazine published today.  But focusing on the scale can be very misleading. From a very simple perspective, our bodies are composed of [...]

I mentioned on Facebook today that I was going to do an Ab Blast workout.  One of my FB friends was curious about what that was comprised of so without further ado, here’s an ab workout sure to make you sore the next day: Equipment Used: Mat (for floor work) 20lb KettleBell 10lb KettleBell 5lb [...]

This week Chris and I have been trying out my new routine.  At the beginning of the week we were focused on high intensity, heavy lifting.  Then yesterday, Wednesday, we transitioned with a high intensity & high volume leg workout followed by a HIT (we did the HIT part of the Insanity Pure Cardio).  Today [...]

This weekend was really busy!  On Saturday I did yard work for about 2.5 hours (some mowing and some beds upkeep).  Then on Sunday we were at a bridal show as vendors.  Bridal shows are a lot of fun but they are a lot of work.  We had special circumstances which required us to show [...]

You’ve seen the informercials and perhaps you are wondering if P90X really works. In particular, does Ab Ripper X work the way they say it does? I took the plunge to purchase P90X a year ago. At the time I was not sure it was as good as the informercial says nor was I sure [...]

Great news, if you buy through PressPlayFitness.com, you will get along with your 12 standard P90X DVDs an extra 2 workouts!

My family and I took an extended weekend off from most of our normal activities. I have a niece that got married this last weekend and because my husband was part of the wedding, we got invited to the rehearsal dinner. Not much of that was on my diet but the apricot pie was ‘to [...]