Lauren Brooks Fitness

Meet Denice Johnson Denice is a 60 year old  powerhouse  of a woman who's been using kettlebells for about 7  years. Despite her ongoing battle with hypothyroidism, she feels energetic, thanks to the time she spends on her training and health.  Denice considers herself a very average person who does not dwell on a specific diet , she doesn't count her macros, much less stress over how much water she  drinks  daily. She likes to live life and not over think things.  Denice is a busy lady. She works at an office 3 days per week, takes care of her husband,  pets , home, landscape and doesn't have the luxury to spend all day exercising.  One of her secrets to training is not letting fear get the best of her. Her motto is "excuses will get me nowhere fast" . She feels that there are no room for excuses in her world of fitness and improvement. But she also takes a very balanced approach by giving herself  breaks when she...

MY STRENGTH IS OUTTA CONTROL AND I’M HARDLY TRYING BY LAUREN BROOKS, SENIOR SFG Over the last few months I have performed some lifts that I previously didn’t think could be done by a gal my size. After exchanging some emails with Pavel, he has asked me to write about how I made this happen. I was very honest with him and told him that I didn’t train for it or even try very hard. In fact, the path I took was quite boring. Then I remembered I’m writing for a population that likes “boring” programs. Not boring in our eyes, but it would be as boring as it comes for the mainstream fitness buff. I discovered that strength can work in very mysterious ways. Living with toxic stress and/or poisonous people can weigh you down in all aspects of life. There’s only so much one body and mind can take. I’ve found for both my students and me, stress takes your strength away and makes all lifts feel heavy. You find yourself training harder during the times you are stressed and risk getting...