The Good Temper

Body Tempering- latest and greatest technique to improve mobility and speed up recovery!

01/15/2026

Something about winter and weather changes tend to aggravate my knee. I’ve read into it a lot and some people/sites say it’s barometric pressure dropping. When the pressure drops there is less pressure on your body from the air which can cause swelling. It makes sense but if you have any other theories shoot them my way.

Things I’ve been doing to help-
Up my water intake
Movement and walking
Stretching and standing more at work
Most obvious one is tempering- which seriously alleviates it right away for a few days until she flares back up again on the next cold front!

If you’re looking for some relief from tight muscles and joints due to anything (not just the barometric pressure 😂) tempering will significantly help you move better!

01/04/2026

It’s January, which means we’re all suddenly gym people again- lifting heavier, moving more, and aggressively chasing fitness goals.

That also means we’re about to be very sore.

So before you try to foam roll it away and call it recovery… cue body tempering-the slightly uncomfortable, extremely effective way to beat soreness and keep your body moving.

If you struggle from immobility and soreness, call me!

12/04/2025

10/10, 5 star Experience.

For December I’m going to offer 10% off sessions for any new clients!!

11/19/2025

Been doing this for 6 months and it’s literally helped me so much when I start to do my monthly crash out. I was so tired of playing the guessing game- why am I being a bitch right now, why do I want to quit my job and go live on an island, did I just lose the strength I built up?

Turns out this will just be a regular occurrence for me, which is honestly daunting as hell lol! I get maybe 10-14 days a month where I’m on top of the world and the other days I am full on crashing out. At least now I can prepare for it and try to lean into the hormonal changes rather than fight it.

I still use the free Chat GPT version and just started a thread in there called Cycle Tracking and update that every day with the day of my cycle, day of the month and then mood, workout, foods, etc.

Extra hack is sending it to your husband so he knows what days to avoid you or not take your attitude personal or serious. 😂😂

11/10/2025

Story time on the cruise scam 2025!

My husband and I are huge fans of MTV’s The Challenge, we both have watched it since we were kids and will only purchase Samsung TV’s because they have a free channel on them that only plays The Challenge 😂

So we bought tickets to go on a Challenge Cruise last October. 4 night cruise to the Bahamas with 15 of the Challenge champs. There were challenges on the cruise and the winner could win $20k in prizes. All sorts of events to do with them and parties.

Well last Monday- three days before the cruise the owner of the travel agency that was hosting this made a Facebook POST- no email or anything, stating that he spent all of our money and the event wasn’t happening and none of them were coming. So found out it was either a huge scam or the guy was an idiot and blew through everyone’s money.

There were 400 people attending this thing and we all paid thousands to go. Luckily Royal Caribbean honored all of our rooms still but no food or drink packages (thank god for the buffet or we wouldn’t have eaten the entire time).

The cast mates obviously felt terrible and somehow three of them managed to find a room on the ship (the travel agency never booked their rooms) and they came without getting paid for it!

Despite the s**t show and chaos the trip turned out to be amazing and I am a huge fan of cruises now! If you’re looking to book a cruise use anyone on this earth other than Showroom Travel, if you Google them you’ll see article after article about this scam 😂

Shout out to Chase for refunding our money, Royal Caribbean for letting us on the ship, Cara Paulie and Fessy for coming on the cruise unpaid and Mr. Jones for rescuing us from the deserted island in the Bahamas!

11/02/2025

If your knees are clicking and clacking then you have tight quads and IT bands. Which is going to create restrictions on your hip flexors, glutes, and knees.

Things you can do to help:
✅Stretching- Quad stretch, Pigeon Pose, Figure 4, etc
✅Foam Roll
✅Body Tempering

Keep those knees fresh and book a temper session with me!

10/14/2025

Sometimes all you need is some heavy steal on your back to squeeze out all the stress and tension.

09/19/2025

My husband has never been the most flexible person and he stretches like never so for him to be able to touch his toes even a pinch is a win!

This was only about 10 minutes of rolling with the 50 pound roller. We did his back and calves then each hamstring which were tore up.

We’re gonna have his whole palms on the floor in no time 🤸‍♂️

09/11/2025

Does tempering hurt?

Pain tolerance is different for everyone. Personally, I enjoy the pressure, but the great thing about tempering is that it’s adjustable. The smallest roller is 50 pounds which can feel a little intense at first, but after a few minutes we break through the surface tension and your body will relax.

If you like deeper pressure, I can add more by using my body weight.

So, does it hurt? Not really, it’s not meant to be painful, but it’s also not a spa-like massage either. Think of it as therapeutic pressure that your body adapts to quickly.

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Cedar Rapids, IA
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