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5 Reasons Why You Don't Have The Body You (THINK) You Want

If you are anything like the rest of the world, you have tried countless diets, diet pills, stomach wraps, detoxes, etc. Am I right? I figured. At the beginning of all this, there was a catalyst, something that caused you to want to change. Either you wanted to lose weight, get fit, get healthy, get hot- you get the point but I bet all of them started with the phrase, "I want to lose weight." More than half of my clients list weight loss as their main goal when signing up. It doesn't matter if they are overweight or not, weight loss will be written under the goals section 8 out of 10 times and that goes for girls and guys alike. So before you have even begun an assessment phase, you decide weight loss will be your focus. Most clients also send me photos of girls or guys they want to look like. Ok, so you have an ideal weight AND body that you want to strive for without knowing if the two correlate? This is not realistic. Fast forward a few weeks. You hav...

Bumpdate Weeks 19-21 and Belly Pumping

I have decided to start lumping these weeks together more so my pregnancy posts don't get so annoying :) The past few weeks have been incredible because I have felt so much movement and my husband was finally able to feel him kick too. It is definitely reassuring when you feel that movement after a few hours of them not moving.   As I have started to get more energy, my workouts have been amazing. I am still able to keep up with the intensity with few modifications. Here are some of the things that I have been modifying: Lying Hamstring Curls -> Seated Curls or Standing Cable Curls My stomach is getting larger and I can still lie gently on my stomach but the way the lying hamstring curl sits is at an angle and puts pressure on my belly so bye bye lying hammie curls.  Box Jumps-> Jump Squats I was able to keep up with box jumps until I started to get indigestion lol so I just switched to jump squats. Probably not a bad idea because I am already notic...