by Jessie Mundell | Oct 29, 2014 | Blog
Just over four years ago, I defended my Masters degree at the University of British Columbia, where I was studying in Vancouver. The research I was discussing was on the considerations we, as coaches and trainers, should be taking when designing exercise programs for...
by Jessie Mundell | Oct 8, 2014 | Blog
How Can We Assess Diastasis Rectus? These are really common things women say to me when they are trying to assess their Diastasis Rectus Abdominis (DRA). DRA is often referred to as an abdominal muscle separation, and while it IS technically a separation of the rectus...
by Jessie Mundell | Oct 1, 2014 | Blog
“I hope I don’t see anyone I know right now.” “I hope my clients don’t see me eating this.” Have you been there before? Ooooh, have I ever. For me, it used to be at the grocery store, or at a restaurant, or out for ice cream. What...
by Jessie Mundell | Sep 24, 2014 | Blog
I’m a self-professed crazy person when it comes to technique and form in strength training. I blame thank the years of gymnastics training for this. A couple of weeks ago, I was coaching a small group class. These are some of my favourite hours of the week. I...
by Jessie Mundell | May 14, 2014 | Blog
Over the past four days alone, I’ve had four different women all make comments to me about how they were disappointed when they stepped on the scale. “I haven’t dropped a pound!” “It’s gone up 4 pounds.” “The scale...