The #MPOWERment Blog
02Dec
#MPOWERment Workout Playlist 84
I hope you are all still hanging in strong and healthy. If you are struggling, remember you can reach out to me here info@melissatraynor.com and we can get you moving with whatever you’ve [...]
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22Nov
Tensile Strength in MMA
Increasing Tensile Strength in MMA Introduction Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) is a brutal sport that tests every system of the human body and is one of the most demanding feats of mind-over-matter. [...]
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13Nov
Utilizing Creatine for Concussion Management in Boxing
Introduction Depending on your source, one could surmise that boxing is either on an upward trend (Ringside, 2020) or that it is facing a downturn (Silverman, 2017). What is less arguable is that [...]
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01Nov
#MPOWERment Workout Playlist 83
With gyms shut down again, or in some places having never even reopened, I thought I’d offer up a double whammy and give you twice as much motivational music for this month’s [...]
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25Oct
Eat Your Stress Goodbye
Eat Your Stress Goodbye – Stress-Reducing Diet When you’re stressed out, the foods that you’re turning to are most likely going to be traditional ‘comfort’ foods – think oversized hedonic [...]
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01Oct
#MPOWERment Workout Playlist 82
…and in the blink of an eye, here is October 😮 It will be interesting to see what those who enjoy Hallowe’en as much as I do, do this year to celebrate. I would love to see your ideas [...]
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23Sep
10 Jabs to Your Chin
It has been shown that habit change comes from awareness followed by repeated actions, but it is also important to start that process with repeated exposures of, as I like to call them, [...]
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01Sep
#MPOWERment Workout Playlist 81
Here is your #MPOWERment workout playlist 81 Ciara – Rooted A Tribe Called Red feat. Black Bear- Stadium Pow Wow 3. Guns N Roses – Civil War 4. Madonna – Human Nature 5. Marilyn [...]
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24Aug
Training Tool Hierarchy
VS We have but 30 minutes x days per week to fit in what we can in terms of teaching, learning, coaching, and most importantly making strides towards the goal. To complicate matters further there [...]
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16Aug
A Resilient Road
I put a LOT into what getting far in this competition meant for my next steps in life…. UPDATE: So I made the first few cuts which I suppose says a lot since it was an international [...]
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