Metabolic Makeover Fitness Training

Bi’s, tri’s and peonies 💪🌸

Proud to sign on as a Senior Fitness specialist with .app. Let me know if I can help your parents … or you (!) improve strength, balance and longevity goals.

Birthday push-up time! Dang, that’s a LOT of years/candles/reps! Happy to still be circling the sun 🌞 Cheers! 🥂

Great info about body mechanics ⚙️

This is truly crazy. I really took one for the team here to show you how anthropometrics (body proportions) can impact weightlifting technique. Sitting next to @kellyoubrejr, we’re about the same height; but when we stand up, it’s wild how much longer his arms and legs are than mine. I look like a character in Honey I Shrunk the kids in comparison 😂 Jokes aside though, it’s a valuable visual to show why we don’t all look the same in the gym. For example, having super long femurs relative to your torso makes it much harder to stay upright in a squat and may require elevating the heels, front-loading, or using alternative exercises. On the same token, having super-long arms makes things like presses, pull-ups, and lateral raises infinitely harder—but it actually serves as an advantage with deadlifts. That’s all to say, this is stuff they don’t teach you in trainer certifications, but it’s really important to know because trying to force the same exercises and technique on people with the wrong proportions will be futile. It’s abundantly clear with super-tall NBA guys, but I’ve also seen it all with some of the models I train who have longer legs relative to their torso. That same build that makes them a model makes it harder to squat, and that needs to be taken into consideration. P.S. I promise I’m normal size, contrary to how it appears next to Kelly. He’s just a beast.

Unremarkable race this year - (didn’t place in my age group and I change age divisions TOMORROW 🙄) but it was one of my best runs EVER ‘cause we ran together for the first time since I pushed these two in a jogger! ❤️ .mcgee

2️⃣ weeks post-op and ran 3 miles this morning! I feel just as good as before my surgery. I am fortunate to have dodged so many bullets, and my heart aches for those battling hateful cancer. Don’t take anything for granted - this blind-sided me! I’m going to continue to follow my healthy life-style habits but with new awareness that getting older really and truly ain’t for sissies!

Not my typical Wednesday morning but it was one helluva core workout 😅 💊 👩🏼‍⚕️ 🩼 😵‍💫

How do you add an exclamation point in @americansignlanguage1 ‼️‼️⁉️ Any way you spell it, I hate cancer! F you, CA! #cancerfighter #uterinecancer #fitforlife #scaredsh*tless #hysterectomy #whome #healthishappiness #fitover60 #thinkpositive #lifeisstrange #cancersucks #begratefuleveryday @acefitness @uterinecanceraware @hyperwear @faieducation

Dry January turns into damp February 🥂✨🥂. But seriously. I’m finding the ability to metabolize - and even enjoy the effects of alcohol as I’m aging is becoming greatly diminished. I find I’m more productive at the end of the day, sleep better and wake up clearer when not consuming ETOH. Keep in mind, I’m referring to wine only. I haven’t had liquor in years! There was a time I’d brag that I could “keep up with the guys” and knock back my favs: long Island teas, kamikazes and tequila shots but as I’ve shrunk, my ability to hit back alcohol has too. And that’s ok! Like too much of any good thing, ie running, eating - or drinking - it shows. And the older you are, the less you can hide it! So CHEERS!
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We Turkey Trotted and I won a hat 🥈 And almost as fun - a banana in a bag! Tine for birthday cake 🥂🎂🥂