I trained my 6th grader today…I love that 1:1 time with him! The key with youth training is keeping it fun and challenging all at the same time. The load is all relative to each person’s strength abilities, focusing on range of motion and proper form as the main goals. Teach and model it […]
A Fitness-Coaching Client’s Journey of Transformation: Then and Now!
Meet Mindy! Yes, it is fun to coach another Mindy! She has been an online coaching client with me since August. She lives way across the country on the west coast and we do this process thru daily texts, weekly emails, and monthly phone calls. Prior to working with me, she was eating a high-fat […]
Get Your Proteins In. Eat More Plants!
People ask me for “protein” suggestions, usually meaning quick and easy bars and shakes. I no longer use those. I find there are just way too many hidden ingredients in them, many I can’t even read! “Protein” is now a manufacturer’s marketing catch phrase anymore, where much of it is very engineered and super […]
Two Rules to Optimize Our Gut Health
Cutting up and preparing some of my daily colors! Last night I got into bed and my husband said, “You smell like cauliflower.” Well, I am what I eat. <I take his comment as a compliment!> ••••• These words from Stephen Gundry’s “Plant Paradox” are quite possibly pivotal in food-choice understanding. This is why […]
Video Road Trip Fitness Tips for Meal Prep and Staying the Plan!
Here is how we prepare for a Road Trip: —– Here is how we cook in a hotel room when we are away for an extended stay: To Your Wellness, -Mindy Email | Online Coaching | In-Person Personal Training | Posing Coaching
A Calorie is Not a Calorie: Comparing Foods!
This or That? Let’s play the food game! As I prepare and track my eats for today, I have my vegetable load <in part>, including green beans, riced cauliflower, and broccoli going on the stove. This filling combo offers me 280 calories, of which there are phytonutrients to actually nourish me and establish helpful gut […]
You Don’t Fall off Wagons or Throw in Towels. It’s Hormonal!
There is no weight loss, wagon falls, thrown towels, “good” or “bad” food lists: we are simply having a hormonal experience! Every time we eat, we send information to our body. Then our system responds hormonally. Many people think of estrogen, testosterone, and progesterone as the only hormones. No, there are so many more […]
Listen to Mindy Irish as a Repeat Guest on the “Powerful Influence” Podcast; TOPIC: “New Start!”
Has this happened to you? You set goals at the New Year and then 4-6-8 weeks later, it’s just a note on a piece of paper in a desk drawer. How do we get those goals to transfer off paper, into action and then stick around for a new outcome? In today’s episode, Mindy […]
Cardio HIIT Bursts and Interval Training….for the Win!
I made it thru the holidays…all the crazy busy! My gym app tells me that I’ve visited 21 times as of the 26th day of this month and now all of the fun fare is behind me. I have eaten in variety and volume to prime my metabolism and with an intentional caloric deficit, […]
Muscle Priming Before Training: This is the New Warm-Up!
Priming: In my early days I would walk into the gym and get under heavy load way, way too soon. My muscles were not awake and ready to train, so the likelihood of injury was high OR I would just be going thru the motions recruiting other muscles to assist the load and […]
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