Well I'm actually writing this post in the middle of the superbowl, because Broncos are not playing so hot and we all have to take a break from the tv! I haven't posted for a while! I have set up a business page on facebook and will be making lots of posts on that with exercise, nutrition, and upcoming events! You should be able to pull me up even if you are not on facebook! Make sure to "like" my page please!! I will keep my blog for awhile, until all my clients know how and are comfortable with following me on facebook. Well February is here..and I have a few things up my sleeve! Get ready to pick a "heart" after your workouts here! BE PREPARED TO DO WHATEVER THE HEART SAYS YOU MUST! Oh how I love Valentines! I am currently working on another butt kicking "dirty thirty", and after many requests I will be doing another nutrition class in March! Date will be announced in the next few weeks! Big shout out to Sybil.. she re-arranges her parent teacher conferences so she never misses a training session. That's commitment! She does conferences, then comes to train, then goes home to shower, then goes back to school! WOW!! You are all doing really well! February here is going to be a fun month!!Happy Birthday to our Lindsay on Feb 5th. Its the big 30!Keep on sweatin!!

I recently had a client come back to training with me. She told me that there is no place like my gym and my training and that I have direct integrity associated with it and my clients. Now I have heard the word integrity many times, but to be honest I really didn't know what the exact meaning was. I googled its definition. It gave 2 definitions~ 1. a quality of being honest and having strong moral principles 2. state of being whole. After really learning the meaning of that word, I decided it was very nice to be told I have integrity in my business and the way I train. The thing that stuck out the most to me was the second definition of that word...the state of being whole! Wow! I love that. Don't we all want to be whole, and I say that in a way in which I believe means being balanced. Lets face it, its easy to get off balance.If you really listen to your body, you know when you are. When you are in BALANCE-You do feel whole and really good. I have talked to you all about this before- but it is a circle. It's physically, emotionally, and spiritually. Yes, and spiritually! Now I'm not going to go into a sermon. I know many of us have different religions and walks of faith. It's when you learn to see your body as a temple( or as I like to think of it) a gift. Your only one body that you have been given to try to do the very best with that you can, and giving thanks to God for your health and the fact that you are able to have this body that does so much for you everyday. I often think how grateful I am that I can run, or that I can do pull ups, or that I can watch as my body gets stronger. Its when you find a place of gratitude for yourself and your body that I think your goals will happen. Don't spend time reflecting on the negative. I hear ALL the time..oh if I could just be this weight, or if I could just get rid of this fat, or I'm so slow... but these people are missing the big picture! Don't narrow your reality into a number on the scale! Look how far you have come, look how hard you are working..look you have a body that is healthy and you are able to work out. Give gratitude to that body and keep believing in it and always be in thanks and I believe things will change for you. Keep yourself in check..if your out of balance in one area- well your whole circle is going to be off. If you are a emotional eater then you eat when you need comfort or you are stressed or tired..you over eat because of the emotional, and then the physical feels sick and heavy and now your off balance in the physical, and now you are mad and hateful with your weight and the whole situation and now you hate your body and your spiritual is off.. AND JUST LIKE THAT..your seriously off track! Start this year off in a place of gratitude for your body..love your body at every stage your at and celebrate its accomplishments!

MAY 2014 BRING US ALL MUCH HEALTH AND HAPPINESS! IT'S TIME TO RAISE THE BAR- HERE IS A FUN KETTLEBELL WORK OUT*** (1) one handed kettlebell press with half squat-15 reps each side*** (2) 2 handed kettlebell swings- 20 reps*** (3) 2 handed kettlebell upright rows with wide squats- 20 reps*** (4) kettlebell one arm bench rows- 15 reps each side*** (5)kettlebell bicep curls-15 reps each side*** (6)2 handed kettlebell tricep extensions- 15 reps***(7) push ups 2&2(male,female)=30 ***repeat 3 times and follow with a timed mile run

HAPPY NEW YEARS EVE TO ALL!! WE ALL JUST FINISHED OUR DECEMBER CHALLENGE YESTERDAY..AND I CAN HONESTLY SAY EVERY PERSON TRIED AND DID ALOT BETTER THAN THEY NORMALLY WOULD HAVE IN THE MONTH OF DECEMBER! YOU ALL DID FANTASTIC! LOOKS LIKE OUR WINNER IS CORINNE!CONGRATS CORINNE- YOUR HARD WORK COMES THROUGH!! AGAIN, TO ME YOU ARE ALL REALLY WINNERS THIS TIME! HERE IS TOTALS**CORINNE CE: 50/60 WK:16/16 WT: 30/30 PG:4/4 FC:12/12***MELODY CE: 50/60 WK:10/16 WT: 20/30 PG:3/4 FC:12/12***AMI CE: 48/60 WK:16/16 WT:30/30 FC:12/12 PG:4/4 ***STEPH CE:46/60 WK12/16 WT:21/30 PG:3/4 FC:9/12**SYBIL CE:31/60 WK:14/16 WT:28/30 PG:3/4 FC:5/12**COLETTE CE: 33/60 WK:16/16 WT: 22/30 PG:4/4 FC:3**MIKE CE: 30/60 WK: 16/16 WT:19 PG:4/4 FC:3 BAMBI CE:35/60 WK: 16/16 WT: 29/30 PG: 3/4 FC:11/12***ANNIE CE:46/60 WK: 16/16 WT:18/30 PG:4/4 FC:11/12 LINDSAY CE:34/60 WK:11/16 WT:1/30 FC: 3/12**NICKI-CE:29 WK:6/16 WT:7/30 PG:3/4*** I KNOW MANY OF YOU ENJOYED THIS CHALLENGE! NOW IT IS TIME TO FOCUS ON THE NEW YEAR AND NEW GOALS.I WILL BE DOING EVERY PERSONS MEASURMENTS NEXT WEEK AS 2014 STARTS..THIS MAY SHORTEN YOUR WORKOUT TIME SOME, BUT WILL BE WELL WORTH IT!******I HAD A EXPERIENCE THIS WEEKEND THAT REALLY BROUGHT THE WORD "STRENGTH" RIGHT TO THE FOREFRONT OF MY LIFE! MY SON WENT SNOWBOARDING SAT AND HAD TO BE BROUGHT DOWN THE MOUNTAIN BY MEDICS. HE SNAPPED HIS COLLAR BONE IN HALF, CRACKED A RIB, BLOODIED BOTH SIDES OF HIS NOSE, AND HIT HIS JAW PRETTY BAD. IT WAS A SCAREY CALL TO GET FROM THE MEDICS..BUT I LEARNED SOMETHING.I WAS SO OVERCOME BY A FEELING OF PURE GRATEFULNESS ONCE I FOUND OUT IT WAS NOT HIS NECK OR HIS BACK. I SAID..WE GOT THIS! WE CAN HANDLE THIS!WE HAVE JUST BEEN GIVEN A GIFT. WHEN I FIRST MET WITH MY SON IN THE ER..HE MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN FEELING THE SAME WAY JUST THEN..HIS GIFT WAS THAT EVEN THOUGH HE WAS HURT, HE WAS BEING LOOKED AFTER THAT DAY, AND IT COULD OF BEEN SO MUCH WORSE..WE GOT THIS!..WE CAN HANDLE THIS!..STRENGTH ISNT JUST ABOUT TIGHT T'S AND BULGING MUSCLES. STRENGTH COMES FROM DEEP INSIDE. ITS A MIND SET. IN THAT SMALL LITTLE ROOM WHERE HE AWAITS HIS X RAYS..IT WAS FULL OF PEOPLE WHO LOVE HIM, AND THE DOCTOR COULD BARELY SQUEEZE AROUND US..STRENGTH!!..WE ALL FORMED A STRONG UNIT. I ALWAYS TALK TO YOU ABOUT STRENGTH AND BEING STRONG..THIS WEEKEND PROVED IT..I AM STRONG, YOU ARE STRONG, AND WHEN WE COME TOGETHER TO FORM A UNIT WE ARE EVEN THAT MUCH STRONGER!THE FIRST QUESTION MY SON ASKED THE DOCTOR WAS.."HOW LONG UNTIL I CAN WORKOUT AGAIN?'...YEP, THATS MY BOY!!YOU ALL SHOWED YOUR OWN STRENGTH BY STICKING TO A CHALLENGE THIS MONTH! HOPE YOUR READY FOR ME IN 2014!!