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Strength training during menopause

As we approach our 50’s it becomes critical that we continue/start resistance training. As estrogen levels drop, we risk losing bone density. Incorporate more weights into your weekly program. Studies have shown that 10% bone loss happens every decade as we age. Lifting weights will keep the risk of bone loss at bay.

Building a Garden

Building this garden was overwhelming at first, so I started to look at this process like a fitness journey. I set a goal (dig the ivy out and plant a garden) and the then I had results (plants flourishing in the warm months). I set tiny goals at first by digging one square foot at […]

Welcoming the New Year

On this first day of 2021, reflection feels necessary… The collective experience of the past year has forced us to look deep inside at what is working and what is not – both on the collective and the personal level. We have been given plenty of time to contemplate it and with the New Year […]

Poetry of the Rings

I decided to take the gym to the beach. Traveling Rings – Captured me and lured me in, fear was secondary over my curiosity. The angels whispering in my ear to stop watching and try it out. The confidence once I started to fly released my creativity. Feeling of Empowerment over myself allowed me to […]

Body Build Her® at Gold’s Gym Venice

Body Build Her® with Weight Lifting

More often than not women do not want to lift weights because they are afraid of getting big and bulky.  This is a myth that needs to be changed NOW!  Weights DO NOT make you big and bulky, rather they give you that toned look that most women want.  Lifting weights will build lean muscle […]

NGA Natural West Hollywood Classic 2018

  BodyBuildHer® and Body Energy Club together with NGA Cali West Hollywood brought some of the finest natural athletes from across California and out of state to the stage. All here for one purpose and that’s to showcase their hard work at the NGA Natural West Hollywood Classic. It was a small but mighty group […]

The Artist

Whether we feel it or not, we are all creative beings. Some express that creativity through art, poetry, music, dance, photography, film, the list goes on and on… and some express that creativity with their physical bodies. As the creator of BodyBuildHer® fitness, I consider myself and my clients, artists. To me, bodybuilding is an […]

Willpower

How bad do you want to be in the best shape of your life? What it boils down to is “Willpower.” What is willpower first of all? Will is the ability to make a conscious choice. It is directly related to desire, so if you do not desire to be in the best shape of […]

The Importance of Rest

I finished the USA placing second place. I wanted first!  I knew exactly what I needed to do – bring the legs in.  I trained my legs non stop up until the show on top of daily yoga and stretching, as well as the stationary bicycle.  I was pleased with my legs but not as […]