When I came to Holiday Studios I was always chasing fitness and a healthy lifestyle. From the age of fifteen, I had worked out in gyms, ran half-marathons, walked a million miles, lifted weights, done daily basement online programs and attended HIIT 30 minute in-person classes. I had also spent over 5 years marketing nutritional…
New Years is right around the corner. It’s been a rough year and you may have put on a few pounds, stress and being unable to go out as much can do that in a very short time. I thought I’d give YOU my best tips for my most often asked questions! Just the other…
These times make for creative training. Currently I have in-person and virtual and hybrid programs. All nutrition-only programs are virtual. A hybrid program is a combination of online and in-person sessions geared to make your program more effective by utilizing my studio. A client can work out at home on line- or at my sanitized…
In my 28 years of watching successes and failures, there are clear behaviors during a client’s start that can immediately tell me what will make them achieve success in their fitness goals. Some of these are consistency, a positive mindset, and a willingness to work hard and show up without excuses. This is what I…
One of the most dangerous illnesses known to man is cancer. According to the American Cancer Society there is an estimated 1,735,350 of newly diagnosed cancer cases. On the other hand, the estimated number of deaths is 609, 640. These estimates are for this year in 2018. According to the Centers for Disease Control and…
If there is really any truth behind the famous saying, “you are what you eat”, then it’s time to stay clear of sugary drinks, salty food and fatty snacks. As we age, our bodies not only change in how they look, but in how they work as well. Sun exposure, genetics, smoking, choosing food that…
There were days when we all ended up feeling more like a Twinkie than the lean cut of protein we aspire to be. I found that in order to build the body I wanted, aside from fitness training, I also needed to make every bite of food count – which meant packing up and stocking…
Though estrogen is best known as the hormone responsible for the development of female sexual characteristics, it also has other roles in the body like preventing bone loss. Estrogen levels typically begin declining during the perimenopause period which usually starts around the age of 45. Symptoms of low estrogen levels include hot flushes, night sweats,…