When you think about strength training for independence, you're not training for a gym photo. You're training so you can carry your own groceries without asking for help. You're training so you can get up off the toilet without calling someone. You're training so you can haul
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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What if the "when" of your eating matters more than the "what"? I’ve talked about sleep for years, but this conversation with Dr. Deanna Minich made me realize sleep is just the tip of the circadian iceberg. She showed me how light, timing, hormones, and mitochondrial health
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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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