Pauline Nordin

Warm-up is like foreplay. It’s not necessary to get the work done, but it makes it feel better. Training glute bridges with resistance bands. Great for warming up before lifting but also brutal work to do as main training to gain muscle. WHY warm up before lifting weights? The principle of a warm-up is simple: get your body ready — and get your mind ready too. To lift to gain muscle means getting yourself prepared to use a weight heavy enough to challenge your body. And that is why warming up...

Fitness Over 40: What I Share Is My Training Life I’m getting tired of feeling like I have to explain 10,000 things every time I show you my training. “Go to a doctor. Get evaluated. This might not be suitable for you. That might not be applicable to someone else.” I understand why those distinctions matter. But I also feel limited when I can’t simply document my training life without feeling like I have to write a thousand-page disclaimer. Fitness Over 40: My Training Life Is Not a Fairy...

A Fitness Over 40 Guide to Managing Stress, Self-Doubt & a Changing Body You, my clients and my fellow fitness women over 40, have stress. Pressure. Responsibilities. Bodies that change. Energy that changes. And sometimes the mind starts questioning what happened to the person who could handle everything before. I know all about it. WHAT HAPPENED TO MY ENERGY? This is a new Fighterdiet self-inquiry practice about managing stress, self-doubt and a changing fitness life. This isn’t a meal plan....