by Linda Melone | Nov 7, 2018 | Get In Shape, Lose Weight
Summer is officially over. Here in California (unlike sane states like Arizona), we turned back the clocks an hour last weekend. So once again we all suffer from the bi-annual “It’s only 8:00 but feels like 9:00 because we set the clocks back and that’s why I’m going... 
by Linda Melone | Oct 17, 2018 | Get In Shape
The biggest, the highest, the loudest, the weirdest… World records amaze, repulse, stagger the imagination and more often than not make a person say, “Why would you even want to do such a thing??” Fun ones are fine, such as an English bulldog named Otto who coasted... 
by Linda Melone | Oct 10, 2018 | Get In Shape, Motivation
From the truth about the Loch Ness monster, whether or not Pluto is a real planet or just a giant rock circling the sun, or why certain celebrities make millions yet you don’t know a single person who likes them… we all crave the inside scoop. Someone somewhere... 
by Linda Melone | Oct 3, 2018 | Get In Shape, Motivation
When I started working as a trainer in the mid-90s (a.k.a. the mood ring and leg warmer era), I was a mere child of 36. Armed with my first personal training certification, portable bench and fitness tubing, I was on a quest to get the world in shape. Like all naive... 
by Linda Melone | Sep 26, 2018 | Get In Shape, Lose Weight
I went to the doctor’s for a check-up this week. Apparently at my age (59), the annual checkup happens every six months. This may be for one of several reasons: My doctor uses a Mayan calendar I’m on borrowed time and my doctor hasn’t yet told me I’m actually going... 
by Linda Melone | Sep 19, 2018 | Get In Shape, Lose Weight
I began working as a personal trainer in my mid 30s, in 1995 to be exact. If you’re as bad at math as me, you may be thinking that was like, what — 15 years ago? In reality, it’s 23 years ago. The 19-year old who works the front desk at my gym wasn’t even BORN...
