Simple soup and bowl recipes in this post make a flipping 50 lunch easy, effortless, and make exercise more likely to happen when your energy is high. “Getting in protein at lunch is hard,” is a statement I hear all too frequently! Since protein is the key to lean muscles, more energy, strength and stamina to […]
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In this episode my guest is your body, sharing information about fat loss. Here’s what it wants to tell you.I really am lazy and I don’t like carrying this extra fat around any more than you doIt’s not what you burn during exercise that matters for fat lossWhen you exercise more and eat less I
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What’s the best time to exercise for a good night’s sleep? The answer is, it depends. It’s not just a question of timing. It’s also a question of type. While I would discourage you from doing your interval training right before bed, and then sprinting into your pajamas, it can be okay to do weight
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This podcast is focused on women’s wellness coaches Kim Acedo and Debra Atkinson. What works and what doesn’t for personal health changes when you are the coach?Kim Acedo, MS, CHWC works exclusively with women in midlife who have been putting their health and self-care on the back burner for most of their lives and now
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Getting stronger as you age is a reality seen with more and more frequency. There are plenty of reasons why YOU can get stronger as you age whether you’ve flipped 50, are still approaching it, or you’re long past it!. And there are perks. For instance, arms aside, strong older women earn more. Why? In
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Are you toxin-free or are some lingering habits keeping you from losing weight?Diets about food are abundant! Consider this the “other” diet. This, is the toxin-free diet.What about detoxing from all the chemicals and pollutants that confuse your hormones, slow your metabolism, and make you feel like it’s your fault? You’re exercising after all and
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What would you say is the hardest thing about getting fit after 50? Chances are if you’re reading this you’ve got intentions about getting fit after 50. I just returned from the gym. It was 5:45 pm, on a Monday, in January. Actually, whatever you just imagined, it wasn’t quite that bad! There were parking
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The fat burning workout you need now is not the one you used to do! In fact if you’re spending an hour doing low slow work, or even intervals for that long, you’re messaging your body to store fat and your potentially losing muscle. There is a negative cascade of hormone responses that occurs when
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I’ve been asked about the best exercise for weight loss in fitness consultations, following fitness classes, and most recently by email, blog comments and Flipping 50 TV applications for 36 years. (updated post July, 2020) It saddens me that we’re still here. It frustrates me that some of the fault for this lies with fitness
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Wake up your workout and your results with these four simple ways to increase the intensity. You can change speed or weight, properly, depending on your body and goals.If you’re a beginner or restarting your workout, set your foundation again first. Then you can look at adding one or more of these in a couple
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Shoulder
Circumference outside of both arms, at the armpit
Right Triceps
Halfway btwn shoulder & elbow, arm extended.
Hips
Find the widest point of girth at the hips
Right Thigh
Standing with weight on both legs, measure halfway between knee cap and hip flexor
Right Calf
Standing with weight on both legs, find the largest point of calf.
Chest
Measure from the rib cage just under breasts at bra line
Waist
At the belly button/umbilicus
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