I Improved my Cholesterol in 6 Months...Lessons Learned Along The Way

Last September I went in for my routine wellness check with my Primary Care Physician. Though I had just lost a substantial amount of weight (you can click here to read more about those lessons learned), I was shocked to see my bloodwork results showed high cholesterol - specifically LDL- and moderately increased triglycerides.

Needless to say, I wasn’t thrilled with those results and the conversation with my PCP ended with “you have 6 months to work on it your way before we work on it my way”.

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Fit Tip Friday- 3 "Shoulder Friendly" Pressing Exercises

If I were to ask you to name me three exercises you'd see in any gym, there are a few clear cut stand outs.

Your classic bicep curls, squatting, bench pressing, and eventually somewhere on the list, I'd say you'd describe some kind of overhead pressing.

For whatever reason, somewhere in the strands of time, shoulder pressing - pressing the weight overhead- got a bad wrap.

However, most clients I work with want the goal of looking like they work out when they walk around in their t-shirt, and ladies often tell me they want to tone up around their arms and shoulders.

Insert shoulder pressing dilemma here.

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Fit Tip Friday- 3 Ab Exercises My Clients are LOVING!

This might be the most click-baity article title ever.

But, despite the buzzfeed-ish title, the fact of the matter is true.

My personal training clients LOVE ab and core exercises and often ask me for extra core at the end of their workouts.

Here are the 3 that they're currently loving...(make sure to click on each exercise to see the full coaching video in YouTube!)

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