Mindy, Author at Mindy Irish Fitness

How to Train Glutes and Hamstrings; 9 Ways to Use a Band in the Gym, Home, or Away!

September 22, 2018 By Mindy

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Ideas for a Chest and Back Workout!

September 12, 2018 By Mindy

Need ideas for Back and Chest work? This little diddy is one I programmed and challenges my clients and me. I always train the angles for all body parts so we get complete physique development and learn to train in different planes of motion on a variety of apparatus. Repetition with variety works! […]

Ways to Slow Down, Unplug, Get Outside, and Simplify

August 19, 2018 By Mindy

As life gets more scheduled, it’s become imperative to me to make sure that self-care and down days ARE part of the plan. In our American culture though, we are taught to feel guilty for anything that involves taking care of ourselves. It’s selfish, correct? Not so! It’s imperative to take care of […]

How We Can Impact the State of American Wellness!

August 16, 2018 By Mindy

Getting in my colors for the day: red leaf lettuce, green beans, onions, mushrooms, and pico de gallo. I use grass fed-and-finished beef from US Wellness Meats and then we leave the meat fat in the pan to cook our vegetables. – I also use pink Himalayan sea salt and stone ground mustard for flavor […]

“Working off” weekend calories!

June 21, 2018 By Mindy

<Topic: “Working off” weekend calories!> A snapshot of my AM training, a Gym Dog cheering on a Gym Mom! Is the weekend pattern setting back your progress? Our fitness industry teaches us to count calories, which I do daily and find tremendous benefit knowing the quality and quantity of what I’m eating. I call this […]

Tips on Getting Lean. Muscles do NOT Tone!

June 14, 2018 By Mindy

<On the topic of “getting toned”!> I hear people say all the time, “I don’t want to get big. I just want to tone up!” Did you know that muscles do not actually tone? What people really mean is they want to build muscle and take down body fat. That is how a muscle or […]

Fat Loss Tips | Change Your Values!

May 31, 2018 By Mindy

Being this far into my lifestyle transition, I’m often asked, “What book can I read? What tips do you have? How do I make life changes?” There is no source for that. It all is inside of YOU! Here is how I sum it up: 75% of what I did and ate in 2009 and […]

The Benefit and Why of Eating Real Food!

May 10, 2018 By Mindy

My rainbow meal ?! The color of a food also describes the nutrients of a food. Bright=full of benefits! More Colors: ⬆️ your energy; they bring in their own digestive enzymes and help your body break them down. This allows your body to shuttle its energy to other places, like for physical activity or brain […]

My Trial with the Concept of the Five-Day “Fasting Mimicking Diet”….I’m hooked!

April 28, 2018 By Mindy

I had heard of great feedback and cellular benefits about the Five-Day “Fasting Mimicking Diet” and wanted to give it a go. I’m NOT promoting anyone try it or telling anyone how to do it, but rather sharing how my system responded from the protocol I set up. For the benefits and background of this […]

My Posing and Training Gym Classroom!

April 23, 2018 By Mindy

Take a tour of my gym classroom! I’ve felt the call to best package my coaching and training services and feel this is the most optimal way to walk alongside someone, guiding them to their physique and wellness goals. I didn’t get here just from going to the gym or just from […]