Our Warrior of the Week is the amazing Francine! Francine and her husband of 30 years live in New Jersey and own an upholstery business. She used to work out and work with trainers, and when she turned 50 she really started to get serious about it. During the pandemic, when the gyms were shut down and she didn’t have a lot of equipment in her home, she struggled to stay active and consistent. Something was missing.

It turns out the missing piece was accountability, and she got that with one of my 14 day challenges. After the challenge, she signed up for my SFG membership. She’s connected with the men and women of Strong Feels Good; people of all ages from all over the world, coming together for a common goal. 

Francine has been able to advance in her exercise progressions and see progress in her strength tests. She’s also been doing my Core Revolution program and learned so much about how to properly use her core, and how something that seems so simple can be...

This week’s spotlight is a little different because instead of doing the interview over Zoom, I had the amazing opportunity to MEET my client in person! I started my business online right around the time Covid hit, and so the overwhelming majority of my interactions have been through a computer, but there’s something really special about that face-to-fact contact. It helped me realize even more the impact that anyone can make on someone’s life!

Our Warrior of the Week is Tiffany! Tiffany is a mom of two high school kids and currently lives in Ohio. She has always lived an active lifestyle and always loved fitness, but when Covid hit, she lost the gym and those who kept her accountable and she felt like she hit a plateau. She joined one of my two-week challenges, and instantly felt connected. She signed up for Strong Feels Good and at the time of this recording, was on her 100th day! 

The Strong Feels Good community is second to NONE, and Tiffany absolutely...

There’s A LOT I want to share with you all and I will BUT the first thing I want to talk about is Ninja Warrior.

Monday 8pm EST is when my Eposide is supposed to air. 

Unfortunately, I got word from the producers that my run will not be shown this year. There are hundreds of competitors fighting for only about 20-30 spots to be aired. You might see a glimpses of me but not the whole thing. 

I honestly am totally okay with this.  I don’t do Ninja to “just” be on TV.

I do it to test my limits.

I do it for the community, and because it’s just so much fun that it doesn’t even feel like working out.

ALSO… I was being extremely cautious this year since I was shooting my COVER of Oxygen Magazine the following week… which has been a dream of mine for YEARS (more to come on that) 

While I won’t be aired, I want you to keep an eye out for some of my amazing training buddies: Rachel Degutz, Abby Clark, Casey...

"Once I was able to find a program that I could do on my own and do at my own pace, that really spoke to me."

Katherine is a mom of two teenage girls from Miami, FL and works as a genetic counselor at a children’s hospital. Pre-pandemic, she lived a pretty active lifestyle, but tended to push herself a little too far and aggravate her sciatica and herniated disc, and it was a lot of starting and stopping. During the pandemic, she had a lot more time on her hands, started following my workouts on Women’s Health, and then joined my Core Revolution program, and it was through my core program that she realized that the recurring issue with her back was because her core was not as strong as it should have been. She then joined my Strong Feels Good program, which was a perfect fit for her: it allowed her to go at her own pace while still maintaining the social aspect of exercising that she loved without the pressure of having to “keep up” with others or the...

“It really feels like a family.”

Our Warrior of the Week, all the way from the Netherlands is Leontien! Leontien works in biomedical research for cancer and neurological illnesses like Alzheimer’s. 

Leontien has been with me for almost an entire year, and she prefers to workout early in the morning before she heads into the city for work, because it actually wakes her up and energizes her, but without the right mindset, early morning workouts can be hard to maintain. She also is an avid runner who was training for a half marathon and never really stopped training even though the event was cancelled. She loves spending the hour and a half of her run by herself surrounded by nature (except for the deer!). 

Leontien really loves the Strong Feels Good community, and how even though its members are located all over the world, it feels like a family where everyone supports one another. She also loves the variety of the program, how it targets different muscle...

“In terms of mental health, it’s fantastic. It really has helped me.”

Our Warrior of the Week, all the way from the UK is Zoe! Zoe works from home as a legal secretary, and she’s been working out off and on since 2016. She did find some workout programs to do, but found that she tended to stick with the exercises she liked and felt comfortable with, and as a result, would do the same thing over and over again. She found me through Women’s Health and really resonated with some of the things I was saying about wrist injuries and strengthening exercises (something which is NOT talked about enough among trainers!)

On days where Zoe feels tired (we all have those days!), the struggle might feel pretty real, but after being consistent for so long, something comes from somewhere that pushes you to keep going, and once you do it, you feel great! Sometimes the hardest thing to do is just get started, but once you do, you’re so glad you did. 

Zoe loves...

“I feel lighter. My clothes fit a little bit better. In general, my body feels cleaner.”

Patti is from Oklahoma City and has been with me since February of 2020 (pre-pandemic)! She started in my Pull-Up Revolution program. Prior to starting my programs, she never really did a ton of strength and tended to piece together random workouts she found online. She tended to stick to “leg day,” and ignored training her arms. One day she decided that she wanted to learn how to do a pull-up.

Patti is pretty good at working out on her own, but really benefits from having accountability through TrueCoach and having a safe space to post her progress in the facebook group. She’s found a great balance in Strong Feels Good of the “leg day” she loves while also strengthening and toning her upper body. As a runner, the strength workouts have improved her running form and made her a better runner! She feels lighter, her clothes are fitting better, and her body...

“Incorporating mindset and nutrition, and implementing those two components into it really made such a huge difference.”

Jennifer is a registered nurse who works with geriatric patients. She is a mother of two and lives in Wilmington, Delaware. Jennifer has been working out her whole life and has always had a passion for fitness. For Jennifer, fitness helps relieve stress and is an integral part of her daily routine. Jennifer went to the gym regularly until covid hit and her gym closed. She found me through Women’s Health and started following my online workouts. She started out in my Pull-Up program because despite feeling fit and feeling like she was in shape, she couldn’t do a pull-up. She reached her goal and can still do two pull-ups despite being in her 50s (you’re a rockstar, Jennifer!)

Jennifer recently found out that she has osteoporosis despite living such a healthy lifestyle, and so continuing her fitness journey is extra important to her to...

“What I really needed was accountability… I knew I really needed something and someone to make sure I stayed accountable, and this was perfect for that.”

Jersey girl Andrea is from Randolph, NJ and a mother of two and a pharmaceutical executive. Andrea’s family is an active one: they work out together, and they stay active during vacations with hiking, biking, and white water rafting. Her job is pretty sedentary, and she has a long commute to work. Pre-pandemic, she tried pilates, crossfit, and Orange Theory, but when the pandemic started and the gyms closed, she realized she needed something else. She saw my workouts on Women’s Health and as a big ANW fan, she really connected with me. She started my Full Body Revolution program and then joined my Strong Feels Good program.

Andrea loves the accountability that SFG gives her. She and her accountability buddy message each other every day to keep each other accountable. Her favorite part of the SFG...

“Now I’m strong. I’ve never been strong before. I feel it, I know it, and it’s a completely different state of mind.” 

Maria is originally from Slovakia but currently lives in Luxembourg. She has been pretty active since her 20s, participating in sports, going to the gym, and doing classes. She started working with a personal trainer before covid hit and then she was unable to continue. She found Angela’s pull-up program and felt inspired to join and get her pull-up. She also got the Core Revolution program and was blown away by how effective it was, and just how wrong her technique was before.

With the strict lockdown rules in Luxembourg, the mindset portion of Strong Feels Good was life-changing, and now truly tries to get the best out of each day. Even people around her are noticing her optimism and joy. She has made friends from across the world though the Strong Feels Good program and found a deeper meaning and joy to fitness beyond more...