JA Strength

JA Strength is looking for clients!

We specialize in helping busy parents/people get more athletic, stronger and healthier!

Our training program is delivered to you online, through Trainerize, an app that features exercise videos, chat and more.

Together, we’ll chart a course that makes sense for you and your schedule. Whether you’re at a fully equipped gym or just starting out at home, we’ve got you covered.

As parents, our time and energy is limited and precious. We start where you are and add as you go. We’re striving for an always something attitude, not all or nothing.

We believe that fitness is a lifelong journey, so we work to stack habits day by day, week by week. You’ll be surprised what you can achieve over time when you progressively build this way.

So if your time is precious and you’re looking to become more athletic, strong and healthy we want to hear from you!

Shoot us a dm we’d love to chat!

Is doing Cardio necessary for weight loss?

Short answer: No

Long answer: Also, no

Should you do it, then? Maybe.

The main question here as it relates to weight loss is: do you want to do cardio?

I've posted some of my thoughts about this on my blog. Check it out here:

One of the first things I ask my clients to do when starting a weight loss program is to slow down.

At first, we may not even talk about what they’re eating (although this is still a huge piece of the puzzle).

We talk about HOW they eat.

Do you feel full or hungry afterwards? Do you eat quickly? In front of a screen?

Checking in with a few of these questions helps you develop more awareness around how much you’re eating and why.

This is called ‘Mindful Eating’ and I find it’s a great way for people who are beginning a weight loss program to start building healthy habits around food.

Give it a try next time you’re at a meal. After you finish, ask yourself: am I full? Satisfied? Still hungry? You might surprise yourself.

Strength Training for weight loss.

What exercises are best for weight loss?
Unfortunately there isn’t one ultimate exercise for weight loss (sorry) . But, a great place to start is with compound exercises.

Compound exercises are bigger movements that use more of your body to complete the lift.

Deadlifts, squats, Chin-ups, lunges etc. are all excellent examples.

The benefit for these is that by using more of your body to lift, you’ll build up more strength and more muscle. Getting stronger is consistently being shown to make positive changes to your body.

You’ll use more energy to lift heavier and heavier weights. This (along with changes in eating/lifestyle) leads to looking leaner and ACTUALLY being stronger.

My favorite lift currently is the deadlift.

Which is your favorite lift?

# deadlift

Here's a quick read I wrote on how to improve your conditioning level for competitive dodgeball

Cardiovascular Training For Dodgeball

A quick guide on how to not be so tired all the time. Simple, and worth it. Proper recovery and rest are incredibly important to reaching your goals quickly,and healthily.

Tired Guide (Part 1): Eating and sleeping. A super-obvious, but not-so-obvious guide to not feeling so tired all of the time: the eat and sleep edition. Something I hear all of the time (and you probably do, too) is that everyone, everywhere, seems to be tired. People usually talk about it like it’s a competition - “I’m so tired, I only had…

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