There are a lot of great reasons to exercise and move your body. Moving your body helps improve mental health, blood pressure, bone density, muscle mass, and helps to reduce the risk of falls. But statistics show that less than half of the US population participate in the recommended amount of exercise!! Don't let that be YOU!!

Moving your body is a huge part of controlling weight and reducing insulin resistance, as well. Studies show that building muscle helps your body burn off excess glucose and increases your metabolic flexibility. When you work on building muscle, you are increasing bone density and muscle so that as you age, you don't start to lose it. https://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2014/14_0007.htm

I wanted to share with you my current favorite workouts to both build muscle and to increase aerobic capacity. My workouts are about 75% muscle building with spin classes included. (Just FYI - if you are a current client and are working on Blood Sugar Regulation and your adrenals are shot, just keep focusing on non-cortisol inducing workouts!!)

All of these workouts can be found for FREE on Youtube. My current favorite strength workout program is by Caroline Girvan. She has about 2 years worth of strength training programs and anyone can do them. Just grab some hand weights and you are good to go!

My current favorite aerobic workout is a spin (cycle) workout by Kaleigh Cohen Spin, which can be found on Youtube, as well. She does a spinning class, and I just use my computer, headphones, and spin bike at home.

In the summertime, I prefer to be outside walking and doing other things, but until then, it is an indoor workout for me!

Don't let yourself fall into the statistics of being out of shape and unable to participate in life! You can do this!! Doing workouts can keep you fit so that you are able to do simple tasks like getting up and down, running after kids and grandkids and keeping illness at bay.