Chair Exercise for Mobility-Challenged Clients
I recently became a Certified Chair Exercise Specialist for Mobility-Challenged Clients. This means I can also work with seniors or those who find standing difficult, persons who have low endurance and post-surgical clients as well. I train clients on a chair with a high back or for clients who have more strength and stability, we […]
Christmas Turkey Rolls
For the past few Christmases, we have been roasting our butcher’s turkey rolls, made from a whole turkey breast, with the dark meat from the legs rolled up inside the breast, along with herbs and spices. Upon request, our butcher will stuff the turkey rolls too. This means no mess for me as they come […]
Christmas Tourtierre Pie
A holiday tradition for our family is to have on hand, at least one or two classic pork pies or Tourtierre pie. Sometimes we cook it when we do our family turkey and other times we cook it and eat it on it’s own with a side of pickled beets or some other condiment that […]
Hip Hip – Hooray!
In working with knee and hip replacement clients, I use some unconventional and and inexpensive equipment you can buy to do your strengthening workouts to prepare for hip or knee replacement easily with exercises at home. The furniture sliders can strengthen your shoulders and arms, which need to be strong because you will be on […]
Fat Fruit – Avocado! Yes, it is a Fruit – not a Vegetable!
This is the amount of avocadoes that Jack and I eat each week, approximately 2 day. I mix half of one into my green smoothie, with spinach, kale, cucumber, spirulina, and pea shoots (tender pea sprouts). We have been doing a keto-Paleo type of food plan wherein we have upped our fat intake by quite […]
Measure “Down” in 2016!
Instead of measuring “up” in 2016, how about measuring “down”? Several of my clients have started their exercise and clean eating regimen before the holidays have taken a hold of us and are already seeing remarkable results. Consistency pays off! One client has been with me for only 1 month and is doing portion control […]
Travel & Workouts
Several of our clients are traveling this Christmas and New Year’s and want workouts they can do anywhere, with minimal equipment or no equipment. We design very effective body weight workouts for our clients or workouts that use simple and inexpensive equipment you can pack away in a suitcase. One of my clients just now […]
Get Pampered This Christmas!
Christmas and New Years can be stressful for anyone. We are certified A.I.S. Practitioners (Active Isolated Stretching via the Mattes Method) for over 3 years and many of our clients love to book a manual stretch session with us. A.I.S. stretches chronically tight areas that may feel “glued down” and inhibited even with regular, post-workout […]
3 Ingredient Pistachio Bark
Just in time for Christmas gift giving! Only 3 ingredients used in my pistachio bark. Melt 1.5 cups dark chocolate nibs in a double boiler (I use a premium quality baking chocolate), add 1 cup of roasted salted pistachio nuts, and crumble about half a cup of young coconut chunks into the melting chocolate. Blend […]
Alternate Meats for Savory Meals
For those who know us, we do tend to enjoy some different choices for meats. Today’s Sunday supper we are having slow cooker duck necks with cherry chipotle glaze and a bit of coffee rub. By the time this is done, the meat will be falling off the neck bones so we will have something […]