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,…

20 Minute At Home Workout

Post by Olivia Martino, Personal Trainer and Co-Owner, Nourish Northwest When planning fitness classes at Nourish Northwest, I like to develop routines for all fitness levels in such a way that clients don’t feel like they are in competition with each other.  One of…

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,…

How to Videos: The Many Faces of the Burpee.

Post by Olivia Martino, Certified Personal Trainer  and Co-Owner, Nourish Northwest We all let out a groan when told we have to perform this exercise, yet deep down we know it’s going to be better for us in the long run.  It’s true, it’s…

Workplace Wellness: Health Beyond (Our) Borders

Post by Paula Jahn, Co-owner and Registered Dietitian at Nourish Northwest   We love our space at Nourish Northwest. It is bright, inviting and comfortable. A few clients even asked who our interior decorator (us!) is, which we find amusing. Most of what goes…

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…

Rx for Health

Guest Post by Abby Bliss White, Yoga Sculpt and Boot Camp Instructor at Nourish Northwest As a Holistic Health Coach and Personal Trainer, I love the month of January because HOPE is in the air.  Everyone is finished celebrating the holidays and ready for…

TR-what?!

Guest post by Natalie Clements- TRX, Tabata and Pilates Instructor at Nourish Northwest                 In the world of group fitness, there are so many types of formats and names for different classes that as an instructor, I’m…