Like clockwork, every other month when the tomato truck was in town, I used to wake up at 5 am with cramps on the cusp of becoming crippling. If the tomato truck seems like a too-descriptive visual, ... Continue Reading
Menopause Is Not a Weight-Gain Sentence
Menopause transition and post menopause can be a frustrating time for women when it comes to health and body composition. Menopause occurs in several stages across a wide range of ages, usually somewhere ... Continue Reading
Stop Peeing Yourself During Workouts: The Science Behind Stress Urinary Incontinence
The CrossFit Games Open presents a truly exciting time of year for the CrossFitter, with the opportunity to push your physical and mental limits like never before. But sometimes, that means our bodies do ... Continue Reading
How to Survive Morning Sickness: 10 Tips For Active Moms
Morning sickness is no fun. I had never experienced it until my current pregnancy (my third). For about four weeks I didn't go a day without vomiting at least four or five times. There were several days ... Continue Reading
Is My Birth Control Stopping My Progress in the Gym?
Did you ever wonder if perhaps the reason you haven't been able to reach your deadlift goal or see your abs might be related to that little pill you take every morning to keep you from having a kiddo? It's ... Continue Reading
10 Foods Clean-Eating Women Have in the Kitchen
You’re either making excuses or you’re finding a way to make a clean life happen. Through my experiences working with women in the Los Angeles area, I’ve learned that it’s one hell of a rat race and you ... Continue Reading
The Disease of Theories: New Studies Shed Light on Exercise and Preeclampsia
What we now know as preeclampsia was once termed “the disease of theories" by a 19th century doctor. In fact, you might know preeclampsia by its previous name, toxemia. The condition received this name ... Continue Reading
