Hi there, I’m Alison, coming to you from sunny Colorado Springs!    When I think about my health and wellness journey, I’m grateful to have always loved being active. From playing every sport I possibly could as a kid to finding love for strength training as an adult. Exercise has always been something I look […]

“For the first time ever I feel like my body is getting better not worse and that’s a great way to feel!” GL  Progress takes listening.  It takes making adjustments.  It takes understanding what’s happening behind it all.  It takes slowing down to speed up.  If you are struggling to see progress, reach out. We can help! […]

Working out with the intent of burning as many calories as possible is like reading a book to see how many pages you can plow through! The purpose of reading is to either educate or entertain not just cover ground. Working out should be to improve yourself.  The mental and physical benefits are what we […]

How does birth control affect my weight loss journey?  Could it be the reason I’m not losing consistently? Short answer: yes. Complicated answer: it depends. A lot of women, specifically 18-30 take birth control and for a lot of different reasons. Yes, we are trying to prevent unwanted pregnancies, but it can also be used […]

  Make the time for things that make you happy & feel alive! At the beginning of this year I took a goal setting course with two people I respect very much.  Adee & Michel C. I took so many things away from this course but the thing that was probably the largest aha moment […]

At the beginning of this year I took a goal setting course with two people I respect very much.  Adee & Michel C. I took so many things away from this course but the thing that was probably the largest aha moment was the work that I did prior to starting. They wanted us to […]

Are you hitting workouts or runs and feeling slow or fatigued and you just don’t know why?  Do you feel like you’re losing strength but don’t understand why?    “Thank you for teaching me how to listen to my body. I finally understand that what might feel like failure really is success because although I […]

Want fat loss? Want your clothes to fit better? FACT! Why should you strength train regularly !  1- Boosts fat loss!  Muscle burns metabolically more calories than any other tissue on the body. Increasing muscle means you will burn more fat even when you’re sedentary   2- builds stronger bones!  Weight-bearing exercise actually can strengthen bones so […]

Listen up!!! YOUR WRONG! Typically women have about 10% of the testosterone men do. This means that the likelihood of a woman getting bulky with a focus on strength training is very low! Can it happen?  absolutely, we see it all the time.  Those ladies that look like that have trained long and hard for […]

The best part about sushi is that you have endless options for how you can order. And while you can absolutely make healthy decisions at the sushi bar, there’s also plenty of battered, mayo-filled and sugar-coated items on the menu. If you’re tracking your macros and the restaurant doesn’t have nutrition information, we suggest using […]