If you are like me, you are tempted to let strength training fall by the way side during the summer months.  Instead of skipping it all together, change you focus to maintaining strength and muscle mass, rather than building.
 
You can maintain strength and muscle mass by performing the following program 2 times a week.
 
Directions:
            Perform […]

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Summer is a time when many people, including myself, are tempted to spend the majority of their exercising time performing cardio outdoors, rather than balancing their fitness routine with strength and stretching. 
Let me offer a piece of advice that works for me.   
Don’t completely give up strength training (and losing all that you’ve gained over the […]

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Do you judge your health by how you feel?  If so, you may be headed down a path away from health.
 
You won’t start feeling bad, or developing symptoms, until you are already ill.
 
That means that you could be feeling “fine” for a long time, while your health worsens, unbeknownst to you.
 
Symptoms develop only after you’ve […]

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Are you experiencing the strength and muscle gains you would like to achieve with your strength training program? 
If not, it’s not you.  It’s your program. 
Conventional exercise physiology suggests that to build muscle, it is best to perform 8-12 repetitions using a weight that pushes the muscle to extreme fatigue (or even failure) within 8-12 repetitions. However, […]

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This is one of my favorite breakfasts, especially during the summer.  During winter months, I use frozen berries.  Enjoy!
½ c. blueberries
5 Strawberries
½ banana sliced
1 ½ T protein powder
1 T Flax seed meal
1 T sliced almonds
2 T uncooked oatmeal
1 T granola (optional)
 
Mash blueberries, strawberries, and bananas in a bowl using a potato masher.  Add protein powder, […]

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This week Americans celebrate independence, our freedom.
 
Freedom is indeed a concept to celebrate.  Typically, when we think of “freedom”, we think of freedom from something.  Actually, “freedom” entails “freedom to” as well.
 
In the realm of health and fitness, we are “free” to care or not care for our bodies.  We are free to nourish our […]

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“It totally amazes me that we are so [professionally] driven that we lose our healthto make money and then…turn around and spend all our moneytrying to get our health back.” This quote from Darrin Steen, the creator of Fat Loss Lifestyle, The 12 Week Body Transformation Program, struck me the first time I read it and […]

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Life ‘gets better…if you are fit”
-         Sally Edwards, Ironwoman, creator of heart zones.
 
Conventional wisdom tells us that are bodies decline in function, and thus, our quality of life decreases with age.
 
This, however, is not true, especially for fit individuals.
 
Stiffness, tightness, loss of strength and many other qualities are attributed to aging, however, these are not […]

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When you’re short on time, these 5 minute exercises intersperse throughout the day can keep your metabolism and energy up!  Do one activity for 5 minutes or mix them up.
 

Squatting.  Standing in front of a chair, touch your hips to a chair (as if you are going to sit in it) and then stand back […]

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Before you reach for the afternoon jelly bean, learn what is happening with sugar enters the body.

Energy Highs and Lows
When we consume foods high in sugar (glucose), the glucose enters the bloodstream, quickly causing blood sugars to rise.

The pancreas responds by secreting insulin which then causes a surge of sugars to enter the cells […]

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