Body Shaming – Are You Guilty?

Accepting people who have bigger bodies is more than long overdo, we are at DEFCON 5! It’s a huge problem in our culture. Why can’t people accept that those of us who come in bigger bodies are not lazy, full of disease or unhealthy. If you really believe that then you...

Rachel’s Interview on “The Grapevine Live” Podcast

Join Melissa Merkle as she talks with Fit Pro, Rachel Lavin, about her new book 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘯𝘶𝘵 𝘋𝘪𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 – 𝘈 𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘳’𝘴 𝘛𝘢𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘉𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘚𝘪𝘻𝘦 𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘮 12 𝘛𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 0. Rachel will share the message of her story and the steps she took to write her first...

Menopause, Such a Dirty Word!

It has started!!! I don’t know what this is exactly, but I do know that I feel different. This isn’t going to be another fact ridden blog about peri menopause, hot flashes, hormones, and everything in between. Today I’m writing a blog about how I’m feeling; in a word...

I’ve Fallen, but I Got Up!

This is my PSA about women and strength training. After you read my experience from this past weekend hopefully you will have a difficult time disagreeing with me on the importance of resistance training. I am a fifty-year-old woman, I have been moving my body in some...