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Weightlifting for Women: Essentials from a Trainer
This guide to weightlifting for women outlines all the essentials you need to get started.
How Much Weight to Lift: Tips and Guidelines from a Trainer
Whether you want to lift weights to improve your running performance, gain muscle, lose weight, or elevate your fitness level, this guide will offer insights and tips to help you.
How to Balance Running and Weightlifting
Learn when and how to balance your running and weightlifting workouts and maximize your fitness potential.
How to Do a Straight Arm Plank
As a trainer and running coach, I often find myself recommending planks to people because they have so many benefits.
10 Best Leg Exercises with Dumbbells
Whether you’re a runner who wants to get faster or a walker interested in improving your health, these strength training exercises will help.
10 Best Ab Exercises with Dumbbells
The best ab exercises with dumbbells will strengthen your core and give you a more intense workout than bodyweight exercises.
10 Reasons to Lift Weights: Benefits of Strength Training
There are many reasons to lift weights - from boosting your bone health to cutting down on abdominal fat and improving confidence.
Tips for Sticking to A Home Workout Program
A home workout program can be just as effective as training at the gym, with great fitness benefits and the added convenience of no commute time or gym fees.
How to Find the Best Fitness Challenge for You
If you want to get fit, a fitness challenge is a great way to stay motivated and find workouts.
Strength Training for Runners Guide
Strength training for runners is one of the best ways to prevent or recover from running injuries, boost metabolism, lose fat, get stronger and improve overall fitness level.
10 Best Dumbbell Tricep Exercises from a Trainer
These dumbbell tricep exercises will help define and strengthen your upper arms.
How to Do Home Workouts Without Equipment Plus Sample Program
If you’d like to do home workouts without equipment, this guide will help you figure out what to do.
Guide to Building Muscle After 40
As a trainer over 40, I have done a lot of research - and experimenting - on aging, strength training, and building muscles.
What Is Functional Fitness? Complete Guide with Exercises
In this overview, you’ll learn more about what functional fitness is and get a free workout you can try.
How to Do Lunges for Beginners
If you’re looking for home workouts, learning how to do lunges correctly can give you a whole new toolbox of options for lower body strength exercises.
Arm Workouts at Home: Tips + 12 Exercises to Try
These are my top picks as a trainer for arm workouts at home.
Curtsy Lunge: Muscles Worked, Benefits + How To Do It
Curtsy lunges are one of my top glute exercises I recommend to people I train.
Kettlebell Swing 101: Benefits and How to Do It
The kettlebell swing will help you get stronger, burn a high amount of calories in a short time and improve your fitness level fast.
Strength Workout for Runners: 5 Easy and Effective Exercises
Try this strength workout for runners to build your fitness level, prevent injuries, and run faster.
How to Get Stronger Using Just Your Body Weight
Learn how to get stronger using bodyweight exercises that you can do anywhere.