SHOUT OUT TO NORENE!

Had the best class with my BFF [Nest Fitness Friend] Norene! Norene teaches step classes at another Gym and she has been doing it for over twenty years.. Norene is 62 and looks maybe 59 and her class is always the same.She knows what people want.And her arm conditioning intervals were the icing on my fitness cupcake! Fifteen minutes of arm circles I am telling you the Mandster is having trouble typing!

Best thing about Norene is her and the other ladies in her class started a campaign to get rid of the the floor things-I think they are called lifting platforms in the gym.Too many people were coming in and dropping their big old barbells on them.Not good for the floor, and it took up a lot of space.Well Norene and her girl posse won! No more floor lifty things. I am hoping they put in a Butterfly thingy for those troublesome thighs us girls have trouble toning.My dream machine would be this:

Someone also sent me an article that just laid it all out for us girls on why we shouldn't lift weights.. I hope y'all like it- now I have to run Mr. Tibbles and Skimbleshanks want me to curl up on the couch with them and pop in my new Tracey Anderson DVD! Enjoy!

https://brightside.me/inspiration-girls-stuff/9-exercises-that-youd-better-avoid-if-you-dream-about-a-feminine-body-494310/

OH MY GOSH Its me on the Internets! All my Girlfriends said "Mandy you are the best Trainer- you should do a website.You know so much-I mean your 'Booty Blast Bosu buns and guns workout made me sweat so hard- even though I didn't lose any weight and hurt my knee.." well I guess the proof is in the results. So here I am in the cyberspace hoping we can learn to grown and share together.But not really because I'm the expert. Big LOLS Y'all

The big thing about fitness for me as a stay at home Mom of two adorable munchkins [ my furbabies Mr. Tibbles and Skimnleshanks!] is empowerment.When I took my group fitness course it was like a voice inside me told me that there were lots of other gals out there who needed a hand up not a hand out to help them feel great and sweat while they do it! And who better than me to understand the struggles us gals go through than me a divorced Mom to two furbabies [ but I already said that-I just love my furbabies so much]....

What I don't do is make you lift anything over 5 pounds.I'm with my boss gal Tracy Anderson on this- anything over 5 lbs. makes you bulky, and we don;t want you to look like that strange woman down the street from me who rides a Harley and always smells of hemp shampoo- but hey Mandy fitness expert is a 'no Judgement' zone.Reach for the stars you crazy chick![ just not in my class]

My weekend Group Fitness course was the BOMB of love and acceptance.. so was the chardonnay us gals had after! It didn't take long for me to start group classes at our local community centre, I get so happy when I see some of the other chicklets coming in to sweat and shake that money maker on top of a bosu.. One of Mandy's top tips is fix the balance first, the weights can wait! And you gals always know Mandy is laying down the truth bombs!

I follow my gal Tracy Anderson all the time-I just love what she says..that woman is a lightning rod of super girl power- everytime I rent one of her DVDs from the library I am blown away by her wisdom like :"Always drive with the sun roof open and chew gum to innervate your proprioception" Girlfriend knows it!Although I have to go look up the word 'Proprioception', but no matter my clients love it when I use new difficult to pronounce words and they always say:"Mandy you are a Fitness genius!"

I don't spend a lot of time going to seminars or taking more courses..I'm so busy with my furbabies and my fulltime job selling cosmetics on the internet and organizing my off the charts collection of New Kids on the Block memorabilia and lets face it- there is nothing new under the sun.My weekend course in group fitness filled my noggin FULL!

So thats about it- I hope all of you can make it to my 80s super dance party I've done for the last 3 years- and yes its always the same with an amazing 80s soundtrack.Aside from NKOTB today's music just ain't got the same soul.. And oh yeah I do take the occasional personal Training client-I love using the techniques I've brought to group classes with those lucky individuals, using bands,bosu and balls we'll get you fit in no time.. and no squats or deadlifts after reading in the news about Planet Fitness eliminating them from their Gyms I say 'Fist Bump from Mandy and good on ya" No one needs to do that! I have a pretty open schedule so contact me![especially if you are a single guy over 30 who loves Chardonnay and furbabies!]

Someone tried to tell me the other day some absolute garbage that bosu balls don't work and offered to show me the evidence..I got up in his grill and stood my unstable ground and told him : "I KNOW it works I have seen it and seen lives change because of it-I don't need to see any valid scientific evidence"

Strike one for Female empowerment standing up to the bullies who want to use actual evidence to make sound programming decisions!

So that's about it from me in cyberspace, stay tuned for new fit tips from me like:" Arm circles all the time to improve your scapular innervation' and ' engage that core and hollow it out like a Halloween Pumpkin' Mandy is off the charts!