Professor Frank Booth,  Ph.D.,  of the biomedical sciences at the University of Missouri-Columbia, coined the term "Sedentary Death Syndrome" (SeDS) to dramatize the reality that "exercising is a matter of life and death."  He uses it to describe 33 chronic diseases that are directly affected by how much—or how little—we move. Thirty-three! Heart disease. Type 2 diabetes. Certain cancers. Osteoporosis. Depression. Dementia. And the baseline intervention? Move your body. Movem

Today in class, I had the ladies try the Farmer’s Carry exercise. After class, while feeding chickens outside, I realized—this is why we train! If I’d had my phone and it wasn’t so cold, I would have snapped a picture. I walked uphill over ice and snow, carrying heavy buckets. I wasn’t working out. I was living. My body responded because I train for real-life demands. A Farmer’s Carry (sometimes called a Farmer’s Walk) is when you carry heavy weights—usually dumbbells or kett

Let’s talk about bones—the ones we never think about. The ones that quietly hold us upright every day. After our 30s, our bodies still make new bone, but it breaks down slightly faster than it's formed. Bone production doesn’t stop—it just doesn’t keep up unless we give it a reason to. For women, this process often speeds up after menopause. Here’s the kicker: even though women can go through menopause at all different ages, most women aren't eligible to get a bone density te