PJ
PJ has been a certified personal trainer, Third Age instructor and fitness instructor since 1995. Besides teaching fitness, she has written for several publications, has produced and starred in her own fitness show, been awarded as Best in Fitness, and has worked in cardiac rehab in one of Canada’s leading cardiac hospitals. She has also owned and operated various training studios in the Vancouver area, and now you can find her online helping people from all walks of life and from all around the globe get fit.
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Full Body Tabata
Train hard, choosing either low or high-impact moves in this special full-body Tabata cardio workout. I've also sectioned our workout into 4 different Tabatas to hit four different parts of your fitness: cardio, power, strength and core. This programming is a first for me, and I would love to kno...
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Upper Body Push & Pull Strength Workout
Strengthen your push and pull muscles with the chest and back super-setting strength workout. The “push” exercises will train your chest, shoulders, and triceps, while the “pull” exercises will train your back, biceps, and forearms.
It's the perfect well-rounded upper body strength workout.
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Gentle Stretches for the Shoulders and Low Back
If you have tight shoulders or back muscles, you will love this gentle stretch session for the shoulders and low back. Using a combination of stretches and mobility exercises, you'll add more shoulder movement while stretching to relax your back, shoulders & neck.
Day 20 of the Unstoppable Chal...
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Hips & Butt Strengthening Workout
Strengthen your glutes (the good ol' booty) and the important side glute muscles in this strength workout. There is no cardio, but your heart rate may get up there!
Because this is a strength workout, it's important that you have dumbbells that are heavy enough to be challenging for you. I will...
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Low Impact Dumbbell Cardio Workout
Get your heart rate up in this short, fun and low-impact cardio workout. Using a light pair of dumbbells, you'll feel the burn without any jumping.
Beginners, you might want to try this first with no dumbbells and then add as you get fitter.
Day 21 of the Unstoppable Challenge.
Tools: light...
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MetCon with Booty Band & Dumbbells
Wow! Be prepared to work in this fiery short strength & conditioning workout. For this Metcon workout, we'll flow through 4 of my favourite compound exercises to target as many muscles as possible while also getting the heart rate up. You'll love the end as well!
You'll strengthen your lower ab...
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Low Impact High Intensity Easy on the Joints Cardio
Looking for a quick, no-impact cardio workout? This one delivers! Although low in impact, making it easy on the joints (especially the knees), it is high in intensity, so you get your heart rate up and burn a ton of calories.
The cardio portion of the workout is also all standing, and no equipm...
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Everyday Stretches & Recovery Workout
Short, simple, and straight to the point! This full-body stretch is the perfect routine to add to your day or perform as a recovery workout on your off day from training.
Get ready to open the chest, extend the thoracic spine, and loosen the hips.
Day 25 of the Unstoppable Challenge.
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Full Body Functional Strength Workout
Using compound exercises, you'll hit the 5 big movement patterns your body does daily: squat, lunge, hinge, push and pull. This is the perfect strength workout for the over 40 body!
Get stronger by working out smarter. You'll also hit the core functionality with our dumbbell moves and then fini...
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Total Body No Repeat Strength Workout
Using one pair of dumbbells, you will hit every muscle in the body with one round of each exercise. This total body, no repeat strength workout is perfect for those days you don't feel like working out. Press start and before you know it, you're done!
Day 24 of the Unstoppable Challenge.
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Lower Body Strength & Mobility
Using your bodyweight, you'll flow through some of my favourite mobility moves for the hips, knees and ankles while strengthening the lower body muscles.
The exercises and drills complement each other, so you move better and feel better. You'll also enjoy the core work I snuck in throughout the...
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Fiery Cardio EMOM
Torch some calories while training your heart and lungs AND your legs and core with this bodyweight-only EMOM (every-minute-on-the-minute) cardio workout.
This EMOM cardio will test your metal, but you will be s proud of yourself when you're done! Trainer's promise.
Day 27 of the Unstoppable ...
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1 Dumbbell Total Body Strength Workout
Grab 1 dumbbell and get ready to work the whole body with this total body strength circuit. We start out with a standing abs Tabata, to get the heart rate up and your core ready, and then move onto a total body strength workout, using only one dumbbell.
Tools: 1 moderate dumbbell
Standing Abs ...
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Glute & Hamstrings Workout
Build the glutes and hamstrings to keep your knees, hips and low back happy. Using some of my favourite exercises we'll start with a glute activation series, followed by a plyo drill to work the power of the glutes & hamstrings and then finish it off with a strength circuit.
And stick around ti...
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Total Body Conditioning MetCon
Whew! This one is going to get your heart rate up! Using a couple of pairs of dumbbells we'll cycle through a total body metabolic conditioning (Metcon) with different work times, depending on the exercise.
Using a longer timed interval you'll work the larger muscles of the body with a strength ...
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Resistance Band & Booty Band Strength Workout
Using a resistance band and a booty band you will hit all your muscles - with some extra love to your glutes with my Glute Burnout Finisher.
This is also the perfect travel workout too. Since tubing takes up very little space in a suitcase. This workout is also low-impact, osteo-friendly and pe...
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BOSU [Optional] Metabolic Conditioning Workout 🔥
You will love this workout - regardless of whether or not you have a BOSU ball. Working at different timed intervals, with a focus on multi-joint/compound exercises, you'll be led through a fast-paced, calorie-torching metabolic conditioning workout.
Low-impact options are shown, the BOSU is co...
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Strength Training Made Easy
This workout is a revamp of my most popular workout on the - Strength Training for Women over 40 Made Easy. To date over 300,000 women have loved this workout. I filmed in it 2019 and since then my set, our video editing and even how I present a workout have changed so I thought why not revamp it...
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Strength Training at Home
We have a little bit of everything in this strength training workout. From a strength EMOM drill to a strength Tabata to a strength circuit! This workout delivers.
There is no cardio in this workout, however, your heart rate will most likely climb due to the multi-joint/compound exercises I have...
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Upper Body Endurance HIIT Flow with Dumbbells
Feel the burn with this upper body HIIT flow with dumbbells. Performing the workout in a circuit of four upper exercises, you'll flow through each exercise with little rest.
The focus of this dumbbell HIIT will be improving your muscular endurance, and then you'll move into a high-intensity (wi...
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All Standing Abs Workout (with weights)
Join me for a quick all-standing ab exercise workout. These are 3 of the best-all-standing ab exercises, hitting all your core muscles as well as your legs and balance.
Get this in after a workout, as a stand-alone, or after your walk to challenge and strengthen your core.
Tools: one light & ...
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Shoulder Friendly Total Body Workout
Whether you have sensitive shoulders or not you will love this shoulder-friendly total body strength workout. Using dumbbells and a booty band you'll hit it all.
I have also programmed some shoulder strengthening exercises and mobility drills, and I offer tips on what exercises in this shoulder...
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Bodyweight Burn EMOM
Drive that heart rate up, while also hitting the leg muscles, core and even your upper body with this bodyweight-only EMOM (every minute on the minute) workout.
I've also put an extra challenge (and muscle burn) in! Instead of resting and waiting for the next minute and next exercise, we will p... -
20-Minute Leg Day with Dumbbells
If you are short on time and need a quick 20-minute strength workout - this one delivers! Using some of my favourite lower body exercises we will strengthen your legs.
You will also work your core with the single-sided exercises we are performing. This is called unilateral training and it reall...