6 Fitness Elements to Add NOW to Age Well
If you are in your 40s, 50s, or early 60s, think of your perfect retirement life. How many of these experiences or characteristics make...
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Jenn Swaim
- Oct 29, 2021
- 5 min
9 Tips for the Active & Aging
Last weekend, I attended Optima, the National Academy of Sports Medicine's annual conference. I came away energized and motivated both...
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Jenn Swaim
- Oct 7, 2021
- 3 min
Are You Eating Enough Protein?
The information and science around woman-specific protein requirements is emerging and evolving and frankly, might surprise you. Let's...
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Jenn Swaim
- Aug 30, 2021
- 4 min
Why YOU need to be lifting weight.
Resistance training has always been my jam. It started in the weight room in high school and has continued throughout my life. Today,...
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Jenn Swaim
- Aug 16, 2021
- 3 min
What is Integrated Training?
Let’s start with a pop quiz. Integrated training is: a) My favorite way to train b) A training methodology that incorporates all forms...
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Jenn Swaim
- Aug 2, 2021
- 3 min
7 Summer Recipes to Support your Fitness
"Good food is very often, even most often, simple food." — Anthony Bourdain Summer is my favorite time to eat. Others may enjoy when the...
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Jenn Swaim
- Jul 5, 2021
- 2 min
Let's Check In! Q2 - Goal Review & Calibration
I am back, just like I said I would be, it is the end of the 2nd quarter and time to take a breath and reflect on our health or fitness...
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Jenn Swaim
- Jun 21, 2021
- 3 min
Atomic Habits - 5 Takeaways for Fitness Habits
The #1 New York Times Best Seller “Atomic Habits” by James Clear has been on many reading lists this year. This book offers great...
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Jenn Swaim
- Jun 7, 2021
- 3 min
4 Tips for Maintaining Your Workouts this Summer
To my surprise, keeping to my workout schedule in summer became harder, not easier when I left my corporate safety position. When I...
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Jenn Swaim
- May 24, 2021
- 2 min
My Favorite Self-Care Tools
May is Mental Health Month and as I was diving in and reading about different resources, these two facts were shared by Mental Health...
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Jenn Swaim
- May 10, 2021
- 3 min
5 Reasons to Move your Body when your Mind Says No
Feeling stressed, overwhelmed, sad, anxious or or just plain blah? Sometimes those feelings make us just want to say no to our workout...
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Jenn Swaim
- Apr 26, 2021
- 4 min
3 Questions to Clarify your Fitness Goal
Last week I described a 4-step process for calibrating your health and fitness goals. If you aren't feeling confident about your progress...
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Jenn Swaim
- Apr 2, 2021
- 4 min
Make Your Break
When I had my first kid, I was responsible for employee safety for a division of a manufacturing company. On the eve of the arrival of...
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Jenn Swaim
- Mar 29, 2021
- 3 min
Mental Model Your Nutrition
A mental model is any concept, framework, or worldview you carry around in your head to explain how something works. These models guide...
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Jenn Swaim
- Mar 22, 2021
- 3 min
#PermissiontoExperiment
This phrase has been running through my mind all month. It's popped in there every time I have read an article, been tagged with ads in...
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Jenn Swaim
- Mar 8, 2021
- 3 min
OWL & CHEESE
Last year, I did an online fitness program that included timed nutrition. Normally, I ignore that part of the program because my goal is...
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Jenn Swaim
- Feb 22, 2021
- 1 min
Practical Progressions
You purchased some dumbbells and have been working out consistently, you're feeling strong and want to push yourself a little harder, but...
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Jenn Swaim
- Feb 15, 2021
- 1 min
Keep It Simple Strength Training
If you are new to strength training or getting back into a routine on your own, keeping your resistance workout simple means you'll get...
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