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How to Eat on Vacation: From SaMo - Chico - Napa - SaMo

My family comes first; no ifs ands or butts. If you're a family man, you understand it. I'll move mountains for the Hitchko bloodline. Recently,...

23 Commandments for the Rest of 2015

We're coming up on the halfway marker for this amazing year of the Sheep. How are those New Year's Resolutions going? Have you accomplished everything...

Show Up Fitness Transformation: Cousin Kimmy

Cousin Kimmy is a happily married mother of one, who works 40+ hours a week at a desk job. Before the transformation, her life consisted...

S*&% Said on InstaGram: Mid-Section

They should change the name from “crunches” to “poo poo heads”. Seriously, besides the few anomalies (Herschel Walker, and a lot of boxers), crunches really...

2015 New Year's Resolution Check Point - Tough Love or The Truth?

We're almost 8 weeks into the New Year; how are you holding up with your New Year's Resolution? The vast majority of American's have QUIT...

S&*% Said on InstaGram: Stupid Ab/Smaller Waist Workouts

Want a Teeny Tiny Waist then make sure to do this dumb ass workout, PSYCH! If you want nothing else other than to make your...

S@&* Said on InstaGram: Booty Building

I've been having a lot of fun perusing through hell (InstaGram) these past few weeks. The amount of material is insane! Today comes from a...

S@*% Said on InstaGram: Dips

In my newest segment, S@*% said on InstaGram, I'll be addressing, well, S@*% that people say on InstaGram. This will be my newest attempt to...

Functional Training: Top 5 Mistakes

I've been crazy busy with the development of the gym and development of the Show Up Brand in Santa Monica. “Functional Training” has been a...

How to be a Successful Person

I woke up this morning and looked at myself in the mirror – I wanted to double check that I wasn't LA skinny (read my...

What's Up with the LA Look?

Hey Ya'all, miss me? Well, I sure as hell missed blogging! Just an FYI. I'm BACK and will be dedicating time every week to get...

Ultimate Stair Workout

Some of the best summer workouts take place outside. One of my favorites is running stairs at a local stadium, in SF at the Lyon...

Top 5 Mistakes Women Make with Exercising

Let's face it&the amount of information on proper exercise is ridiculous. When I did a Google search for “female fitness,” it yielded 176 billion results!...

Shoulder Problems? Be Careful of These Exercises

Shoulder problems? Be careful of these exercises: Bench Dips, Incline Bench Press and Lateral Raises. First off, Stack edits the hell out of my articles-...

Chin over the bar! A guide to achieving your first pull up

By: Leah Hardesty, Certified Personal Trainer at Show Up Fitness. Graduate of the National Personal Training Institute with specialties in disease prevention, weight loss and...