Most of us know one of the purposes of cardio exercise is to raise the heart rate. Cardio exercises the heart and lungs and is the fat...

Are you a women over 50? Did you know half of all women over age 50 will break a bone due to osteoporosis? If you’re a man, the odds are...

Have you noticed as you’ve gotten older how much harder it is to climb stairs? Walk longer distances? Keep up with the grandkids? Or even...

Does reaching for a pint of Haagen Dazs or a bag of chips when you’re stressed sound familiar? If so, you may be an emotional eater....

I was on a local afternoon show here in the Twin Cities last week. They asked me to come on to talk about strength exercises that can...

Weight training as we get older is not optional. It’s necessary to prevent and/or reverse the loss of both muscle and bone loss that...

Yep, it’s that time of year. We’re done eating and drinking with abandon over the holidays and we want to get on the straight and narrow...

Just the thought of a ‘diet’ makes many of us feel dread and overwhelm. To most of us it means highly restrictive calories, tasteless,...

Losing weight can be so hard. We feel like we’re doing everything right, yet still not getting results. There’s so much information out...

By now you’ve heard me talk (a lot) about the importance of strength training for a variety of reasons. One of those many reasons is to...

Most of us have noticed the change is our body composition, strength and appearance as we’ve gotten older. We gain weight, we lose our...

Many of the benefits of exercise are well known – it helps prevent heart disease, stroke, and diabetes. Exercise helps with weight...

Skipping the warm up Warming up prepares our muscle and nervous system for exercise. It increases the blood flow to our extremities and...

It’s safe to say we’ve all lost our balance at one time or another. Most of the time, if we’re lucky, we’re able to catch ourselves...

Protein is an important component of muscle and bone strength and weight loss and it’s important to make sure you’re getting enough. But...

Are you trying to lose weight? Most of us know the trick is to consume less calories than we burn. This can be accomplished by either...

Motivation Frustration This is a huge problem for so many people. I see it and hear about it aaaallll the time from my clients! Even as a...

My clients often tell me that they are eating all the right foods and exercising regularly, yet they’re still not losing weight. It’s so...

With cooler weather on its way (for most of the country) now is a great time to get outside and walk. Walking can be done anywhere,...

Have you ever thought about adding strength training to your exercise routine or simply starting an exercise routine with weights? Many...