Elementary school gym class is the place of nightmares for many of us – myself included. One memory that stuck with me was the “Presidential Fitness Exam” that we had to take every year. I
A common claim in fitness is that squeezing your butt and tightening your abs during exercise will fix back pain and prevent injury, but is there any truth to this? To quote that They Might
I had a history of ankle sprains as a kid, but never cared about my ankles until I tore all the lateral ligaments in my left ankle landing a standing backflip wrong when I was
A couple of questions I have been seeing a lot lately in my inbox are, “Nikki! What is your mic setup?!” and, “How can I make my videos look professional?” In this post, I’m going
One of the biggest joint complaints I hear from people is knees. They hurt during running…and squatting…and lunging. They crack and creak. They’re one of the most commonly replaced joints in the US of A! If
December 2015, I decided it was time to put videos on YouTube. Given my goal (create digital products and help get better fitness information out into the world), this made sense. However, I had a
I have 3 (now not so) secret shames in life: 1) I liked the Spice Girls enough that in 6th grade I begged my mother buy me orange platform shoes that were so hard to
“Screwing up is not your special skill. Get over it.” ~ Jen Sincero, You Are A Badass Ever feel that way? Because I sure as heck do. I don’t care what the topic is…parenting…work…fitness…this general
“Help! My SI joint is outta whack!” I hear this from clients all the time and as a former card carrying member of the whacked out SI joint club, I get how miserable SI joint stuff can be. (Side
Let me know if this sounds familiar… You have a long day of work (aka sitting at your desk). Work (finally) ends, so you decide to hit up your fave fitness class or take a
