Stop the stress spiral 🌀

Why does your metabolism feel stuck… even when you’re doing everything “right”? I sat down with Dr. Scott Sherr to unpack why so many people feel exhausted, burned out, and unable to make progress. What we see over and over again is something called the “Sympathetic Spiral

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Break the Stress Spiral with Dr. Scott Sherr

Why does your metabolism seem to grind to a halt even when you’re doing everything "right"? I'm joined by Dr. Scott Sherr, a specialist in health optimization and internal medicine, to dive deep into why so many of us feel completely exhausted and metabolically stuck. We explore

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TRX Training Benefits

Strength training should be the foundation of any fitness routine. Tools like TRX can make this easier because they allow you to perform full-body movements such as squats, rows, and chest presses using your own body weight. Resistance bands can also be a simple and effective way

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This one vacation to the Amazon Rain Forest changed me | JJ Virgin

What I thought was going to be an adventure trip to the Amazon turned out to be something very different. At our orientation meeting in Quito before heading into the rainforest, our guides said something that stuck with me the entire trip: this wasn’t a vacation —

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Know Your Starting Point

Body composition matters more than the number on the scale. Bioimpedance scales aren’t as precise as a DEXA scan, but they can still be useful. A DEXA gives a clear baseline of body fat and lean mass. From there, a bioimpedance scale can help track trends over

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Fat loss made easy

If your goal is fat loss, send this to a friend who still thinks more cardio is the answer. Building lean muscle changes how your body burns energy. Muscle is metabolically active tissue, which means every pound you build increases the calories your body burns all day

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Stop Chasing The Scale

The scale doesn't tell you what you've lost. A 150-pound woman with 30% body fat is in a completely different metabolic state than a 150-pound woman with 20% body fat. One's metabolically healthy. One is not. So when I say you don't focus on weight loss, you

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Who Should Take Creatine?

This is the supplement you NEED to have in your powerful aging routine…do you agree? Creatine is a critical ally for women navigating the physical and mental changes that come with menopause and it's one of the most researched supplements of all time. You see me post

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