About

I began my journey the same as many of you have. From the beginning.

I spent much of my 20’s and 30’s in retail  so I was very active with  moving merchandise around and traveling to different locations so I didn’t feel the need so much to schedule exercise.

But after having my daughter at 37, going through a divorce, I got out of retail and into office management. What I found out very quickly was that sitting at a desk all day started changing my body in ways I did not like!

Because I was an “older” mom, I had made the promise to myself (and my daughter) that I was not going act like an older mom. I was going to make sure that I could keep up with her activities. They opened up a gym very close to us and I knew that with everything going on in my life, a new husband, an active 5 year old, that if the gym wasn’t close, I wasn’t going.

I got introduced to a weights class and got hooked. That led me to become an instructor. Since then I have gone on to several different class certifications.

But as I grew as an instructor I felt that something was missing. Members would ask me questions after class and I wanted to make sure that I could answer them correctly. That led me to my personal training certification.

After moving across the country and taking a break from the training aspect, I felt it was time to get back in. In most of the big gyms I was teaching at there was something missing from most of them. The majority of the trainers in these bigger gyms were 20-somethings. Yet most of the clients wanting training guidance were much older!

Why weren’t there trainers that were in their 40’s and 50’s? I wanted to change that.

And that’s what I want to share with you.

My goal is to change people’s perception of what “Old” looks like. Too many people think of shuffling, walkers with tennis balls, hunched, slow..the list goes on.

You and I can begin to change that. Because I don’t know about you but I am not planning to be like that!

 

What do I do?

My specialty is working with adults that are 50+. Why? Because we’ve put our bodies through things that a younger trainer cannot truly understand. And sometimes that can lead to injuries.

Just because we are not in our 20’s anymore does not mean that we can’t work out anymore. It does, however, change how we approach an exercise program.

We may have past injuries that will impact what we do. We address those together and modify as needed.

We build your foundation first, get the basics. And build up from there.

Each person is different so each approach is different.

For everyone, we focus on multi-purpose and functional.

Strength training because our muscles and bones need it as we get older. Core stability to keep us upright.

Mobility and flexibility to allow us to move easily. I like the word Pliability. Pliability combines both mobility and flexibility and gives us the ability to play tennis, golf, dance, play with the kids and grandkids. To go on adventures knowing you can keep up!

Because isn’t that what life is about?