Aminda has studied with the American Counsel of Exercise, National Academy of Sports Medicine and APEX nutrition, certified by ACE and APEX.  But her passion lies in Kettlebells and real world circuit/interval training.  You will never again run on a treadmill once you work out with Aminda…as her teacher, mentor and friend puts it “Train like an athlete not a hamster”. For Aminda it’s more a matter of useful fitness.  Although she can help you look stellar in a bikini her passion is about helping people enjoy life, using exercise to infuse their body with energy and to heal stressors and to be able to do the things you really want to do…Like pick up your grandkids,  stand up after a day of work and not hurt from head to toe, feel confident on date night, chase your kids, go skiing…Living.  So your workouts want be about building a bi-cep (although ladies she will focus on ridding the world of bingo arms!)

At ARCreated, Inc, the scale and the tape measure are not the main way we record progress, but strength, energy and joy…these are our measuring tools.  And we don’t believe in the phrase “no pain, no gain” …. No pain means no pain….we look to push ourselves just enough to see progress but no more…workout is a tool to create the best life possible and reap the rewards of healthy living so we take it one step at a time.  No gym, no fancy equipment, just you and some heavy metal objects…it’s fun, you’ll see.

Don’t be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs.  Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger.  If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves.  ~Dale Carnegie

Make strength work for you. A pound of muscle burns more calories than a pound of fat, so strength training pays off by boosting your metabolism even when you’re at rest. Many women think that if you’re not running around and sweating, you’re not exercising, but lifting weights makes your body work harder even at rest. (And if you don’t use it, you lose it — adults who don’t do any form of strength training lose 5 to 7 pounds of muscle every decade.)
Get on the circuit. Walking is great, but short spurts of cardiovascular interval training between yoga or strength moves — fun things like jumping jacks, jumping rope, or marching up and down — keep your heart rate up and make your workout do double duty.
Balance it out. Mixing up exercises, such as yoga and working out on the stability ball or a wobble board, is important for improving balance, but even more so once you reach menopause because falls are particularly dangerous for older women.