Jackie
Recently (Re)Started Exercise?
To keep going strong, keep these 8 tidbits in mind. If you’ve recently begun or returned to exercise, then be warned: This early period...
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Insights into fitness, spirit, & striving for wellness in all ways
Jackie
- Oct 23, 2022
- 3 min
5 Ways to Make Your Workout Your Own
When it comes to workouts, we can feel like we need to “keep up with the Joneses.” Social media tries to sell us one-size-fits-all...
Jackie
- May 3, 2022
- 3 min
Overlooking This Crucial Ability?
Challenge your sense of proprioception to literally maintain balance. Proprioception may sound like the super-power of some comic book...
Jackie
- Apr 6, 2022
- 3 min
25 Boredom Busters
Here in western PA, it's no longer winter, but it's not quite full-on spring yet either. This in-between season can brew some boredom....
Jackie
- Sep 24, 2021
- 3 min
Hiking Season Has Arrived!
Tips for switching your workout to the trail Hallelujah, what you might call “peak hiking season” has finally returned! Every September,...
Jackie
- Aug 12, 2021
- 4 min
Jump for Joy—And Fitness!
The ups & downs of the rebounder craze Well, it’s official—My home gym now includes a trampoline. It's a mini one, only about 38 inches...
Jackie
- Jun 30, 2021
- 2 min
Fitness, Fatness, Weight Loss & Common Assumptions
Here's something that often slides under our radar, a prevalent assumption that kind of rumbles under the surface as we work to be...
Jackie
- Jun 16, 2021
- 3 min
Don't Skip the Stairs
—Taking Them Boosts Fitness— We hear a lot about the importance (and craze!) of tracking our daily steps, but rarely do we hear that we...
Jackie
- Jun 2, 2021
- 3 min
Still Not Exercising?
5 More Reasons We Quit & How to Get Going Again (Part 2) Just about every single exerciser quits their routine at some point in life,...
Jackie
- May 20, 2021
- 4 min
Did You Quit Exercising?
Why We Give Up & How to Regroup (Part 1 of 2) Were you exercising like a champ pre-pandemic but stopped amidst the sludgy angst of the...
Jackie
- Jan 20, 2021
- 4 min
Cabin Fever? Exercise Outside
#1 in the Winter Wellness Series Well, they've been here for a while now—winter weather & shorter days. In fact, as of this post, there...
Jackie
- Jan 6, 2021
- 4 min
What to Say to Yourself When You Want to Skip a Workout
The phrases in your head can make or break motivation. No matter how much you tout your love of exercise (and believe me, I’m the queen...
Jackie
- Nov 4, 2020
- 5 min
Super Human Syndrome
Physically Pushing Yourself A Little Too Hard? Caught myself doing it again just last month—believing myself to be just slightly super...
Jackie
- Oct 21, 2020
- 4 min
Sedentary? That’s Dangerous
Why You Should Get Up and Move, especially during a pandemic Until fairly recently in modern history, people never had to rely on...
Jackie
- Sep 16, 2020
- 4 min
Reconnect to YOU via Exercise
Linking Body & Spirit By Moving More Recently, a client reminded me of an often unspoken but life-changing benefit of exercise:...
Jackie
- Aug 12, 2020
- 3 min
Cultivate Mental Endurance, Too
Trouble Sticking With Workouts? Strengthen the Mind. When you start working out, you spend a lot of time focused on learning technique,...
Jackie
- Jul 22, 2020
- 5 min
Midlife Fitness Takes Finesse
When Life & Body Change, Change with Them Midlife turns topsy-turvy for most people, women and men alike. Physically and emotionally, it...
Jackie
- Jun 10, 2020
- 3 min
Why You Should Work Out Outdoors
The Benefits of "Green" Exercise Did the monotony of recent stay-at-home orders send you outside a whole lot more? Maybe you escaped...
Jackie
- Jun 3, 2020
- 2 min
Putting Off a Fitness Plan?
Postponing Workouts til We're No Longer "Distancing?" Keep it Simple & Jump Back In. If you’ve been suspending your workouts or dragging...
Jackie
- May 27, 2020
- 2 min
Trying to Lose Weight? Strength Train.
Most people don’t think of strength training when they attempt to lose weight. In fact, a myth persists that it works against weight...
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