
The other day my scrolling was rudely interrupted by a video purporting to offer four moves to lift your breasts. I nearly lost my frickin’ mind when I saw it. First, let’s acknowledge the TINY bit of truth in a...

Over the last few months, a few clients have informed me, always in hushed, confessional tones, that they’re taking a GLP-1. As a gym owner running a gym focused on body positivity, I think they’re worried about judgment for any...

A lot of people think that everyone else in the gym feels confident. I was visiting a different gym last week when a guy saw me using the SSB (safety squat bar, it’s the weird kind of “yoke” looking squat...

Over the last few months, I’ve been thinking a lot about the way we talk about nutrition in fitness spaces, and honestly, a lot of it just kind of sucks. It feels like the conversation always swings between extremes. Either...

Today at our noon LIFT session, our regular folks came in. Our member Julia is in her 60s and lives by herself, and a big goal when she started lifting was that she wanted to feel stronger in her day-to-day...

Why we don’t notice when we’re full (or still hungry) Often, I’m eating my meals while I’m doing something else, whether it’s working at my desk, moving around the gym tidying, driving, or scrolling. Most of us don’t actually experience...

I was visiting another gym recently and caught a quick interaction between a coach and what looked like a brand-new client. They had just wrapped up their session, and the client asked, “So are we just going to do the...

So many people who struggle with nutrition want to start at the end of their day. I get it. Sometimes at the end of my day, if I’m tired or stressed, feeling a bit peckish, or still a little hungry,...

Last weekend at Rainbow Rumble, we put athletes from 16 to 77 on the platform, and this past weekend, at USPA Valentine’s Massacre, we put athletes from their 20s to 60s onto the platform. In light of this, I wanted...

Hot take: I don’t have my nutrition dialed in all the time. Before anyone panics, no, nothing is “wrong,” and no, this isn’t a confession. It’s just the reality of being a human who runs a business, coaches people, has...

Note from Jess: Thank you to Sarah Bixby from Conshy Nutrition for this guest blog post! Sarah works with athletes of all ages as a registered dietitian and provides nutrition coaching. Sarah meets with clients by telehealth, and works with...

The other day at the gym, I was coaching one of our small group training sessions, doing what I do best: telling our members which barbell to grab, which plates to use, where to stand, and what we were doing...
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