Preventing Postural Distortions

Post by Natalie McClure, Personal Trainer and Group Fitness Instructor at Nourish Northwest In my last blog post, I talked about how postural distortions affect your movement and ultimately, your fitness goals. To prevent the forward head, rounding of the shoulders postural distortion that many of…

Exercise and Postural Distortions

Post by Natalie McClure, Personal Trainer and Group Fitness Instructor at Nourish Northwest Yesterday was a beautiful day for a run, so I laced up my sneakers and hit the pavement. Portland has been a mix of extreme heat and intense sun this summer,…

Make a SMART Resolution

Post by Paula Jahn, Registered dietitian and Co-owner at Nourish Northwest I used to be a New Year’s resolutions naysayer. I have witnessed too many friends and family members make grand proclamations about how this is the year they are going to lose that extra…

The Arm Challenge Completed

Post by Paula Jahn, Co-owner and Dietitian at Nourish Northwest A little over a month ago, I embarked on a 30 Day Arm Challenge at the suggestion of one of my nutrition clients. I was looking for some structure with my exercise as well…

Functional Fitness

Post by Olivia Martino, Certified Personal Trainer, Nourish Northwest Have you heard the phrase functional fitness before and wondered what it meant?  Let me explain it this way: You spend hours in the gym working on the weight machines, doing exercises like isolated bicep…

The Arm Challenge

Post by Paula Jahn, Co-owner and Dietitian at Nourish Northwest   I love all of our group fitness classes at Nourish Northwest. With my 1 year old with me at work most days, I’m lucky to make it to one class a week. Sure,…

15 minute at home workout

Post by Olivia Martino, Certified Personal Trainer and Co-Owner, Nourish Northwest What are your biggest barriers to working out?  There’s a ton of them and believe me I have heard them all.  Other than lack of motivation, I would say the most common barrier is…

Shamrock Run Wrap-Up

Post by Paula Jahn and Olivia Martino, Registered Dietitians and Owners of Nourish Northwest We had so much fun at the Shamrock Run Fitness Fair last weekend! Thanks to LifeWise for sharing a booth with us. We made and handed out samples of our…

5 Nutrition Tips for Endurance Athletes

Post by Paula Jahn, Dietitian and Co-owner of Nourish Northwest The Shamrock Run is approaching! This year, we are teaming up with LifeWise of Oregon for the pre-race Fitness Fair at the Convention Center. Stop by the LifeWise booth on March 15 or 16…

Yoga: Just Stupid Human Tricks

Guest post by Jamie Dresselhaus, Yoga Instructor at Nourish Northwest           People are always asking me: “How many calories do you think I burn during yoga classes?”  And I often censor my response and dumb it down by saying, “Well,…