AshleyMahaffey.com Fitness Strategy Specialist with Powerful Coaching DNA

I took the TRX Suspension Course Sunday in San Diego. Admittedly, I thought it would be a relaxing day of sipping my morning coffee, getting good demos and maybe a little practical work. I was wrong.

The day was packed with hands on, muscles engaged work. The course was stacked with fitness professionals with tons of experience. Additionally, there was woman in her 50s who signed because she wanted to workout at home or while on travel with her job.

Your ‘Anywhere’ Workout Equipment
Because the TRX (Total Body Resistance Exercise) is self-regulated for all levels of difficulty – anyone can use it. I use it with my clients and I just found out that my 66-year-old mom uses it with her personal trainer in her hometown. Because it attaches anywhere – vertical or horizontal, even a door – my clients can take it with them when they travel. It’s folds up compactly into a little mesh bag no bigger than a folded hand towel. A no excuses, no frills piece of equipment, for sure!

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The Prized Pumpkin

Last week our family went to the pumpkin patch for our annual romp through the massive green fields dotted with orange.  We all enjoy the memory making event.  My husband has a strategy.  He likes to get the wheelbarrow and bump it along with the kids inside to the far stretches of the field.  I’m convinced it’s more about the hunt for him than simply picking out the first reasonably good looking pumpkin.  Additionally, he scans for the biggest, heaviest pumpkin on the lot.  The mission is a lofty one for our little ones, but they are eager and persistent.

I trail behind with the camera as they all stop at first one pumpkin and then another.  They thump it, pat it and walk around it only to eventually move on and repeat the process two dozen or more times.  The exchange between them usually goes like this: Read More…

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