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Hello ladies! First and foremost, I would like to send out a HUGE thank you to you all for being so welcoming to me when I joined the UpLift team. Being able to work with women who are as strong (if not more) mentally as they are physically is such a blessing and every day […]

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Dancing in a 50-year-old Wedding Dress

Time rolls along for all those lucky enough to live a long life. Like the feather floating on air in the movie Forrest Gump, an awful lot of things simply happen, many of them out of our control. But aging gracefully, with a strong body and cheerful outlook, allows you to steer the ship through […]

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Healthy Date Bites Recipe

1 cup nuts (your preferred nut) 3 tbsp. cocoa powder 1 1/3 cup medjool dates, pitted 1 tsp. vanilla 1/8 tsp. salt Dark chocolate bar, about 1/4 cup chopped       Serving size is 1 bite Have one after dinner as a dessert, or bring one with you to work for a sweet treat […]

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SAMANTHA

  Hey guys! I am so excited to finally be home. Home: not only to Minnesota, but also to UpLift Guided Fitness. UpLift is a place where I can create the best version of myself. Not only the strongest, healthiest version of my body, but also the strongest, healthiest version of my mind and soul. […]

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COURTNEY

Hello UpLift Ladies! I am so excited to be officially joining the UpLift family. Chris Radke is my mom and I have been very inspired watching her and Jill turn their dream into a reality. I can’t wait to help and learn alongside them! Growing up, sports have been my life. At this time, I […]

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Have you ever asked yourself, “how could I possibly find time to prioritize exercise?” We are always running, and too often lost in the dust are healthy nutrition and time for working out. It’s particularly true of women that we tend to pour more into others than we do ourselves, and we force-feed the time […]

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Healthy Habits 004: Praise Exercise & Andrea!

Listening to the sentiments of many people, who are mainly interested in losing weight, you might get the impression that exercise plays second fiddle to nutrition on the scales of health. Not so, say UpLift owners Chris Radke and Jill Strand, and they’re here to sing the praises of exercise in our cover story. Our […]

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Healthy Habits 003: Time to Set Fitness Goals!

You need fitness goals in order to succeed! Whether you want to lose weight, feel great, get stronger, live longer, UpLift trainers Chris Radke and Jill Strand want you to define your desired results, make them known, and keep ‘em where you can see ‘em along your life of healthy eating and regular exercise. They […]

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How to Listen, Subscribe, and Rate our Healthy Habits Podcast

When you’re in the gym at UpLift, every day is like a casual seminar on what it takes to lose weight the healthy way, build strength, and care for your overall well-being. If you had the time, you could hang out on the floor and listen to the trainers dish advice and inspiration until it […]

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Healthy Habits 002: Believe you can get healthy!

You want to get healthy, lose some weight, but do you truly believe you can do it? Your body follows your mind when it comes to health and fitness. Learn from Chris Radke, Jill Strand, Natalie McCann, and LiftOff Challenge participant Denise Boyer. Contact us! info@upliftfitness.flywheelsites.com Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes! (click “View in […]

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Healthy Habits 001: Welcome to our podcast!

The Healthy Habits podcast is all about helping you handle the stresses and endless demands of modern life. Even if you’re super busy, you can find peace and calm when you’re fortified with a foundation of healthy eating, regular exercise, and a positive mental outlook.

UpLift owners Jill Strand and Chris Radke are pumped up and ready to fill you in on what to expect in coming episodes… great information, and inspirational messages that help you find joy and meaning along your own journey through life.

Then, we talk with trainer Kami Meier about juggling kids, work, fitness and healthy eating. If you’re a busy mom, trying to fit fitness in there somewhere, this one’s for you…

And to close out our first-ever show, we check in with UpLift’s head nutritionist, Christina Swigart, on the all-important subject of water. We all know we should drink water, but how much, and how much more on a hot day?

We also talk about a special class developed by UpLift, the 21 Day Healthy Habits, which can guide you to a lifetime of clean eating. It’s got everything you need to get lean and start loving your life again!

Contact us!
info@upliftfitness.flywheelsites.com

Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes!
(click “View in iTunes,” then click “Subscribe”)

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Your weight loss: when nothing works, try this

Learn about healthy eating. Find exercise you enjoy. Then get out of your own way and live an amazing life. Almost everybody needs to lose some weight. Almost everybody wants to lose weight. Almost nobody has an easy time of it. It’s easy to understand why. So much advice and information swirls around us, much […]

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[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_video link=”http://youtu.be/VYmVs_SdXS0″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_text_separator title=”UpLift’s Healthy Habits TV – a report from the LiftOff Challenge” title_align=”separator_align_center”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text] Showing us that it’s never too late to make healthy changes, LiftOff Challenge participant Denise Boyer shares her motivation for losing weight and getting stronger. Her story inspired us to choose her as one of the two current […]

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Emergence of the Truly Feminine Physique

By Chris Radke One of the most enduring exercise myths of all time is that women will get big, bulky muscles from lifting weights, when in fact just the opposite occurs. Resistance training makes women smaller, because muscle cells are much smaller than fat cells. In fact, overwhelming scientific evidence indicates that resistance training is […]

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Why You Need Resistance Training in Your Life!

By Jill Strand Immediately, from the first workout, resistance training burns fat from among the fibers of muscle tissue. This begins the shaping process that will mature over time, allowing you to see what your muscles (and your body) can look like. The effect on a woman’s bones is astounding. Resistance training can take the […]