Living Proof Fitness

10/16/2025

The cool part about hybrid training is that you can always shift gears.

I’ll be the first to admit: after I started adding running back into my training regimen, I got a little overzealous.
Bumped up the miles, and the paces a bit too fast (all while experimenting with new shoes).
I felt good, the endorphins were flowing,… until they weren’t. I felt pain. But my old, endurance-athlete brain took over and allowed me to push through the pain.
Reality is, I’m not endurance athlete I once was (10-15ish years ago!). And I’m happy about that. My body now is much stronger in different ways and my body composition is much healthier.
However. I’m not bulletproof-proof. And I’m not perfect. I make mistakes. This mistake is costing me 2 weeks of running.
But hybrid training allows me to simply shift my focus- and use these 2 weeks to work on pure strength- lifting hard and heavy.
And adding in a little mobility and accessory work to sure-up any other injury-prone areas.
Learning to love lifting, and getting STORNG over the past 5 years will always be a part of my fitness journey- just as running was and always will be.
You don’t have to be a one-trick pony. And I’m learning to appreciate that the more “tools in the toolbox” (different modalities of fitness) I have, the more indestructible (both physically and mentally) I will become. Diversity in your fitness regimen provides motivation to KEEP GOING and GROWING! - even when a challenge presents itself.
Can’t stop, won’t stop
💪🏻👊🏻🫶🏻

07/19/2025

07/19/2025

famILY ❤️

12/14/2024

It never gets old … even when you do.

They say “the eyes are the window to the soul”
… which is why I can’t stop staring.
You’re beautiful, my boy. Inside and out.
Hbd Thales James
ily

11/15/2024

It’s your smile. It’s contagious. It’s my world.
I love you, c-bear. You make me smile every single day and my world would never be complete without you.
Keep smiling. Keep lighting up this world.
ILY
#7

11/10/2024

Four beautiful years.

Your life has already been an amazing experience- at least from my perspective.
May your undeniable joy and enthusiasm for everything you do follow you throughout all your years to come.

I can’t wait to see what the future holds for YOU and for us.

ILY xoxoxo

09/07/2024

Does cardio kill your gains?

The answer is NO.

But let me explain.
Honestly, when I started lifting seriously I was actually very afraid it would.
As a former competitive endurance athlete, I started lifting to try to transform my physique from the “skinny runners body” into a “toned” look (I use this term that I don’t like bc it’s what most people describe to me that they want) but really I wanted a much more strong/muscular look.

Two realizations that I quickly came to:
1. It’s HARD to gain muscle - meaning as much heavy lifting and minimal to zero cardio I did. I never became/felt/looked “bulky” (another term I hate)
2. Building muscle takes a lot of calories, consistency, and patience.
But I stayed the course. Put on muscle *AND weight*. And over time achieved the physique I was aiming for.

Over MORE time I came to a second realization: I still enjoy running and that is a part of fitness/health that I want (cardiovascular health)
So recently I began adding running back into my routine.
And at this point,I feel great and still am able to maintain the physique I want.

Again, this process requires a balance of heavy weight training, cardio and MOST importantly a solid nutrition and recovery to support it all.
And what most people fail to recognize is that nutrition has to be a priority.

Nonetheless, health fitness and physique goals CAN all align.
But it’s not a simple or standard process for every individual.

I use myself as the Guinea pig always - hence my company name Living Proof Fitness.
And I train my client with the scientific evidence-based tools I use that prove effective.
I’ve done it. You can too.
Reach out if you are looking for guidance on how to create the plan that will work for you.
✌🏻😘

01/30/2024

YOU have the power to transform your physique.

When it comes to improving your health, fitness and physique:

☑️Something is better than nothing.
☑️The more you move your body and fuel it with good food the better you will feel.
☑️Your health, overall wellbeing, fitness level and longevity will improve significantly
☑️Aesthetic changes can occur with improved health.

✳️ If aesthetic changes are your priority. Your workouts and nutrition have to be prioritized.

✳️ Workouts cannot only be completed. They need to be optimized
➡️Which means sleep, hydration, nutrition all must be and prioritized to facilitate maximal efforts, and maximal recovery mechanisms.

✳️ Both workouts and nutrition will feel very challenging.
➡️ Straying from the plan or not going to the point of discomfort are tempting. But they both will hinder/prohibit physical changes from occurring.

✳️ Aestheic changes are rewarding, but the BIGGEST reward is the way you can FEEL on a daily basis: strong, capable, confident

🫶🏻 I’m writing this as my own legs are currently shaking between sets 🏋️‍♀️
🫶🏻 I’m writing this because I want you to understand that my body looks the way it does because of YEARS of DAILY hard work and dedication to my fitness and nutrition. 🏋️‍♀️
🫶🏻 change takes time, lots of sweat and 💩 faces.
But change is WORTH it.

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01/25/2024

So far 2024 has been pretty solid.
I’ve stayed healthy (knock on wood) and recently feeling very strong.
Maybe the extra holiday cals are still going to good use🤷🏻‍♀️💪🏻 (whatever I’ll take it!)
Not drastically changing any of my normal routines.
Sticking with what I know works and staying the course, patiently.
Using “NY resolutions” - like actually drinking more water and journaling- as exercises in discipline, but also realizing true benefits.

I desperately want to create more content share my thoughts/journey/daily life etc but time is super limited.
And the days that my boys are all under the age of 10 feels even more fleeting.
So I will continue to do my best. I hope to be a source of inspiration, motivation and reality all in one.
Just know I’m always here and willing to help in any capacity if I can.
Never hesitate to reach out !
🫶🏻💕💪🏻✌🏻👊🏻🫶🏻💕

12/07/2023

“You have a good metabolism “ ~ they say

—> I have a very busy and active life.
This is 2/3 days this week so far (I didn’t look yesterday- in fact, I rarely look, because I’m too busy to!)

But this speaks to NEAT (non-exercise activity thermogenesis: calories you burn throughout the day when you are not working out).
It’s real!

Working from home and jobs that require us to sit for hours take their toll!

Get up. Take a call on a walk if you can. But if you can’t. Do a little bit of cardio - meaning JUST WALK - go for a walk and get some natural vit D at the same time- double win!!!
2x a day if you can.
Just move more than you are now.
That’s the first step- pardon the pun 😉

“You have good genetics” ~ they say.

—> Both of my parents (ages 69/70) workout daily. Yes, they are healthy and very fit, but they are not “average”
Still at 69/70 they put in effort toward their health and fitness daily.
So nature or nurture ???

* I train people on both sides of my family (I share genetics with)
* Those relatives (and other clients), have siblings (they share even closer genetics with) with different bodies and different health issues.

Takeaway: YOU have control over YOUR body, your metabolism and your health.

* YOU make choices that will affect YOUR health and fitness.
* Make your choices.
* They will reflect you - whether you’re proud of them or not.

*Be proud of your choices*