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mind + body<br />
Monica Lynne<br />
Personal trainer/wellness<br />
& nutrition coach<br />
FROM LEFT Monica Lynne guides her clients through a strength-training class at Technical Glass Product’s<br />
on-site gym. Lynne believes your plate —such as this mahi mahi salad—should always look like a rainbow so you<br />
get the vitamins and minerals you need. Lynne prepares her signature daily lunch at Heirloom Cookshop.<br />
Age: 47<br />
Born: Seattle<br />
Residence: Snoqualmie<br />
WORKOUT<br />
Monday: Lead 60-minute boot<br />
camp-style class, lead 45-minute<br />
core strength & stretch class<br />
Tuesday: Lead 60-minute boot<br />
camp-style class, 30 minutes on<br />
Stairmaster<br />
Wednesday: Lead 60-minute<br />
spin class, 15 minutes of ab work<br />
Thursday: Lead 60-minute boot<br />
camp-style class, 30 minutes on<br />
Stairmaster<br />
Friday: Lead 75-minute interval<br />
training class, lead 45-minute<br />
interval training and core class<br />
Saturday: 60-minute run<br />
Sunday: 60-minute run or 2-<br />
to 4-hour hike, depending on<br />
weather<br />
NUTRITION<br />
• All sources of proteins (eggs,<br />
meat, fish, dairy)<br />
• 2 fruits<br />
• 4-5 cups vegetables<br />
• High-fiber grains<br />
• Dark chocolate<br />
• Wine<br />
INSPIRATIONS<br />
• The way I feel after I work out<br />
• The way my body looks<br />
and feels when I work out<br />
consistently<br />
• Being a great role model of<br />
fitness and excellent nutrition<br />
• Nourishing my body and my<br />
kids so we all live long, healthy,<br />
disease-free lives<br />
• Taking control over my external<br />
form and internal health<br />
• Creating diverse and everchanging<br />
workouts to challenge<br />
my followers<br />
No Excuses<br />
Monica Lynne keeps training personal<br />
written by Sheila G. Miller<br />
photography by James Harnois<br />
MONICA LYNNE HAS no time for the<br />
next fad diet. Atkins? No thanks. Zone<br />
Diet? Nope. Paleo? Meh.<br />
“The biggest thing that I believe in is<br />
also the biggest reason why I don’t have<br />
a better following,” the personal trainer<br />
and wellness coach said. “I believe in<br />
eating everything.”<br />
Lynne, 47, owns Balancing Life LLC,<br />
offering help to clients as a wellness<br />
coach, personal trainer and nutrition<br />
consultant. She works as a fitness<br />
instructor at Mount Si Sports & Fitness<br />
and also works part-time as the member<br />
services manager for the Snoqualmie<br />
Valley Chamber of Commerce.<br />
For those not fortunate enough to<br />
have workouts built into their workdays,<br />
don’t despair—Lynne has thoughts on<br />
that, too.<br />
“Remember that getting the heart<br />
rate up every 24 hours is what keeps a<br />
metabolism revving at a higher level<br />
permanently,” she said. “So rising from<br />
bed even fifteen to twenty minutes<br />
earlier and doing a mini workout … can<br />
do a lot more than people realize.”<br />
But she stresses that for fitness and<br />
weight loss, food is more than half<br />
the battle.<br />
To that end, every weekend Lynne<br />
plans everything she and her family will<br />
eat from Sunday through Wednesday.<br />
That includes breakfast, lunch and<br />
dinner, as well as snacks. “And then I<br />
commit to it,” she said. “I’m not one<br />
of those people who allows myself to<br />
say, on a Tuesday when I’m really tired<br />
because I worked late, ‘I could easily get<br />
takeout or take the kids out to dinner.’<br />
Nope. If the calendar was for us to eat<br />
sautéed Swiss chard with onions and<br />
grilled mahi mahi, I don’t veer<br />
from it ever. That’s what is<br />
on the menu and that’s what<br />
I’m making.”<br />
36 <strong>1889</strong> WASHINGTON’S MAGAZINE AUGUST | SEPTEMBER <strong>2017</strong>
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