I had a great workout at the gym this morning. Perhaps it was a little artificially inspired by (cough cough) caffeine but it FELT GREAT! This marks the second week in my strength cycle, so I worked upper body, and (per my program) was able to increase my mileage to 35 minutes of jogging. Yeah! It feels great. My stamina has not returned to pre-injury stamina but I know that comes with time and persistence, so I am feeling so ...
Continue Reading →Cassie wrote about me on Yelp 😉
“Kristina is an awesome trainer with a wonderful motivating vibe about her. She not only ‘kicks butt and takes names’, but she does it with a smile on her face. She cares about her clients and it totally shows in the way she interacts with them. I really love her workouts and her positive attitude. She is funny and makes time spent with her time well spent. I’m always reading her blog too, she ...
Continue Reading →Today I made my mock focaccia. This recipe is awesome!
Here’s what I did:
Preheat oven to about 400 degrees. Spray a pan with non-stick spray.
In a bowl, mix 1 tbsp baking powder into ½ cup 0% FAGE yogurt.
Add: 1 tbsp unprocessed bran
¼ cup Rolled oats
½ cup Egg whites
1 tbsp Italian-ish seasonings like oregano, basil, Rosemary, garlic, pepper
1 and 1/2 scoop Unflavored protein powder ...
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What is it?
Dynamic mobility is a great warm up before training. Although there is a bit of semantic confusion in the phraseology, I am referring to “mobility” as contracting your muscles and taking your joints through their ranges of motion actively, as opposed to passively.
What does it do?
How does it work?
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Continue Reading →Weight loss is complicated, and it’s not complicated. Yes, it is energy in versus energy out- but if it was as easy as that, why do so many of us still struggle to lose weight?
I think one of the main reasons that people have difficulty in achieving their health and fitness goals is not ignorance. Everyone KNOWS stuffing their face with cookies is counterproductive to losing weight, everyone KNOWS that going out and exercising is excellent in improving his/her ...
The injury rehab process has been…less than pleasant.
Let me think of some things I would rather do than go without my sweaty, fantastically killer workouts
My adherence to the program ...
Continue Reading →Rehab/Stabilization continues to be a challenge. I just love lifting super heavy weights, sweating bullets, sprinting, dancing, and all that…and to not be able to do that…sometimes makes me not so excited to “work out.”
I just started week 5 of my program- last week of stabilization. My knee and feet feel good, my shoulder feels not so hot. I have not given up, just acknowledging that I am on week 5 of my program, and I still have time to ...
Continue Reading →Today marks the end of week 3 of my 13 week program to healthy, lean and mean goodness. This past week I have been dealing with a cold, so have not been working out much…This week I jogged twice for 15 min as opposed to three times this week, and did shoulder rehab twice and knee rehab once instead of twice…I have not been icing…but have been stretching and all that good stuff. Knees and foot feel good, shoulder feels ...
Continue Reading →Something I feel very passionate about is multi-planar training. Ever since I tore my ACL a year and a half ago, learned more about principles of rehabilitation and injury prevention, and got certified as a Corrective Exercise Specialist, I have a message about training: Thou must train in multiple planes of motion. Most people (especially endurance athletes) overtrain in the sagittal plane (front and back). This leads to overuse injuries as well as weakness and instability when a demand from ...
Continue Reading →B-boys, B-girls, and dance-lovers- get excited! The movie BGirl is going to drop soon! This is the world’s FIRST legit movie about a B-GIRL! “Legit” as in high-quality movie, not a small documentary. This is great to provide additional exposure to b-girls across the world! B-girls have been in existence since the 80’s, but they have been a tiny, undetected population by most. It has only been through the impact of recent large-scale media such as Step Up, Step Up ...
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