Sherri McMillan
Choose Your Friends Wisely To Be Healthy
You’ve probably heard that you are the sum of your five closest friends. It is indeed true that you are influenced by the people that you spend your time with and the research backs it up. A study of 12,067 people followed over 32 years concluded that obesity spreads through social ties (Christakis & Fowler). […]
CBD 101
You’ve probably seen CBD products everywhere! CBD topical ointments, drinks, skin care and even chapstick, smoothies and pizza! You can buy CBD products at grocery stores, spas, pet stores, coffee shops, local gyms and even USA Triathlon has recently partnered with a CBD company. So what’s all the recent buzz about? CBD, which stands for […]
50 Days for 50 Years
Soon I’ll be turning 50 years old. I’ve spent over 30 of those years working as a fitness trainer so I feel like there’s no better way to celebrate my 50th Birthday than a 50-day ‘Shape up with Sherri’ challenge. All I’m asking is for you to give me 50 days of clean eating and […]
Try a NEW Approach to RESOLUTIONS
As we launch into 2020, many of us are resolving to make some major changes in our lives such as starting an exercise program, eating healthier, losing weight, quitting smoking, or cutting down on alcohol. If we consider that 20/20 is perfect vision and hindsight is always 20/20, perhaps we can learn from our past […]
Fitness Trivia to Motivate
As we approach the New Year, we often to take time to reflect on the highlights of the last year, the people and things we are thankful for and look forward to an amazing New Year. Before you set your goals for 2020, this list may remind you why committing to a healthy and fit […]
Fitness Gifts For Fitness Fanatics
If you want to impress your fit friends, you’ll have to act as fast as they run to get them a gift they will use and appreciate! Here’s some gift ideas that any hard-core fitness fanatic would love: Workout Gear No matter how much workout gear you have, you always need more because eventually the […]
Fit For The Slopes
Week Eight The Skiing and Boarding Sports Specific program is now complete. With that said, it doesn’t mean you’re done with it. If you want to maintain peak conditioning throughout our winter season, you’ll need to continue doing all the exercises once or twice every week. So stick to it and you’ll be surprised at […]
Fit For The Slopes
Week 7 By now you should be feeling that your overall fitness level has improved. The exercises should be starting to get easier and you may feel it necessary to make the exercises more challenging by perhaps, completing a few more reps of each exercise. Remember that this workout should be done 2x/week on non-consecutive […]
Fit For The Slopes
Week Six You must be filling quite fit after 5 weeks of killer, hard-core sports specific training drills. Believe me, your body will thank you for your consistency and discipline after your first full-day on the mountains. Today we add to your circuit workout. Perform each of the 3 exercises from week one to today […]
Fit For The Slopes
Week 5 We’re at week five and you should notice improvements in your lower body strength and power, overall fitness and stamina. A couple reminders – warm-up before each of these sport specific workouts and be sure to modify or omit any of the movements if they cause you any pain. This circuit workout involves […]