Under the Weights: More Than Muscle
Most days, I feel pretty good. I'm happy and feel confident. But there are days where I feel...broken. On those days, I have to...
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No Kale.
Some Muscle.
All Sarcasm.
The ramblings of a friendly and sarcastic fitness coach with simple, real life advice!
Lisa Kelly
- May 22, 2019
- 4 min
How My Workouts Saved My Mental Health
In early 2017, I felt like I got thrown onto a ride I never asked to be on. It took me at top speed through mental and emotional hills...
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Lisa Kelly
- May 1, 2019
- 2 min
Prepare for Adding Fitness to Your Life
If you’ve been sedentary for a long period of time and are looking at starting to add fitness into your life, here’s how to begin...
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Lisa Kelly
- Apr 17, 2019
- 2 min
The Art of No for Mental Health
A really good time management tool is to learn to be cool with saying no to others. It really does give you a lot more power over your...
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Lisa Kelly
- Mar 13, 2019
- 2 min
Take Care of Your Self Image
When I first got really into fitness and strength training, I began to follow a lot of popular fitness women on social media. I wanted to...
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Lisa Kelly
- Jan 16, 2019
- 3 min
Drop the Diets - Shift Your Mindset!
Most people can agree that they have “been there, done that” when it comes to jumping on and off bandwagons of the latest diet trend....
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Lisa Kelly
- Dec 26, 2018
- 2 min
Good Mental Health Resolutions to Make
There is always a lot of focus and marketing on New Year's resolutions that are about our physical image - and our mental and emotional...
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Lisa Kelly
- Dec 19, 2018
- 4 min
When Real Life Happens: Here's How My Good Habits Help
Sh*t Happens. Life Happens. To all of us - no matter your walk of life or profession. And that includes me. As a trainer, I face the same...
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Lisa Kelly
- Nov 21, 2018
- 2 min
Client Spotlight: Christine
I have shared a lot about how fitness has been an excellent tool in helping me strengthen my mental health and take time for myself - but...
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Lisa Kelly
- Oct 17, 2018
- 2 min
Change How You Think About Exercise
The great thing about our thinking patterns is that we have the ability to change them! You don't have to think of exercise as a struggle...
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Lisa Kelly
- Oct 2, 2018
- 2 min
Finding Motivation on Bad Days
Sometimes they come from something happening and sometimes they come out of nowhere. Bad days can seemingly just appear - where you feel...
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Lisa Kelly
- Sep 11, 2018
- 2 min
Client Spotlight: Sarah's Fitness Journey Led Her to Mental Health Healing
I have shared a lot about how fitness has been an excellent tool in helping me strengthen my mental health - but I thought it would be...
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Lisa Kelly
- Aug 21, 2018
- 2 min
Under the Weights: How Lifting Weights Strengthens My Mental Health
Most days, I feel pretty good. I'm happy and feel confident. But there are days where I feel...broken. On those days, I have to...
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Lisa Kelly
- Aug 7, 2018
- 2 min
Your Body is Trying to Tell You Something!
It's a pressure like something is sitting on my chest. It weighs me down so heavily that it's exhausting to simply get up out of of...
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Lisa Kelly
- Jul 26, 2018
- 2 min
Be Aware of The Eating Cycle You're In and Regain Your Power
You ate three doughnuts and you didn’t even really want one. But you felt worried and anxious. About what? Who knows - probably about...
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Lisa Kelly
- Jul 24, 2018
- 3 min
Lift Weights For Super Powers You Didn't Know You Had!
I'm not here to tell you all the science-based evidence proving how beneficial it is for women to lift weights. For one - there are tons...
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Lisa Kelly
- Jul 17, 2018
- 3 min
We're All Mad - Take Care of Your Mental Health
The brain deserves as much as the body does but yet, it's never given it's due. When I hear people talk about mental health, it's rarely...
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Lisa Kelly
- Jun 12, 2018
- 2 min
Body Confidence Issues Affect Trainers Too!
As the warm weather rolled in this month, I jumped at the chance to pull out my summer clothes that have been stored away for what felt...
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Lisa Kelly
- May 10, 2018
- 2 min
Why do you Struggle to Lose Weight?
Why do you find it hard to lose weight? There are a lot of common answers to this question. Some are "I travel a lot for work", "My...
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Lisa Kelly
- Apr 24, 2018
- 2 min
Breaking Free From Binge Eating
Think Addition – Not Restriction The more you force yourself to restrict foods, the more you set yourself up for failure. Try to begin to...
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