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The Expert with Naomi Priestley

  Celebrity trainer Naomi Priestley is an expert in fitness, beauty and is certified in both NASM and Mad Dogg.   Naomi has 15 years of experience as one of Hollywood’s most sought after makeup artists. She was voted “Hottest Trainer in LA 2014” by Racked magazine. Naomi is also the Premier Protein Trainer Ambassador. She was born and raised in Hertfordshire, England, she spent her school years in track & field, specializing in hurdles and decathlon.  She then started competing in triathlons. One day she found herself on the bike at the Sweat Shoppe, she fell in love with the hot cycle class and joined the Shoppe’s seminal teacher training program. Naomi has a really positive attitude and by far is my favorite spin teacher that I have been in class with.  She is very positive and pushes you in class without making you feel like you want to…

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Aura Cycle

Summer is already here, and if you haven’t started working on your summer body it’s not too late.  If you haven’t tried a cycling class you need to.  They are intense, high cardio and classes like the ones at Aura Cycle work out your arms, legs, abs and butt.  I’ve taken a TRX class at Aura Body which was also incredible. Nicole (one of my workout buddies) and I took a class with Branden who is up beat and motivating.  I can’t take classes alone, I always need a friend to go with me to keep me motivated and to show up to a class. Branden is a really great instructor and made the class go by quickly.  His playlist was so great and kept me going.   To be honest, I haven’t worked out in three weeks which is like a lifetime for me.  I was overseas and then when…

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The Expert with Franci Cohen

Franci Cohen is a personal trainer, certified nutritionist, exercise physiologist and creator of SPIDERBANDS®, a total-body cardio resistance workout that leverages gravity and your bodyweight with other intense exercise modules such as rebounding, kickboxing and indoor cycling. Franci has a triple Bachelors Degree, Masters in Nutrition, and a Masters in Exercise Physiology. She also has many certifications in nutrition, group exercise instructor, personal training, plus many more. Franci also teaches group fitness classes, train clients and broaden her perspective in all areas of fitness, nutrition and wellness at Fuel Fitness in Brooklyn, NY. Today she shares some fitness tips with us: Doing at home workouts are hard because it’s hard for me to stay motivated, do you have tips on staying on track? -make it a date (workout at home with a friend. You’re less likely to skip your workout if you know your friend is on his/her way over to…

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