Special Blog: There’s a myth that regular exercisers find it easy to throw back the covers and get going. The truth is that even the most dedicated and disciplined have tricks. These ten sports & exercise psychology tricks I’ve used on myself and with clients over three decades have helped me stick with it juggling […]
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Wish you could find the right solution to a flat belly? Need exercises that work without causing pain? Then it’s your lucky day! These (and a few more) are brand new in YouTube right now. (Subscribe to the YouTube channel to get the rest delivered to you). Perfect timing for some short little videos you
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In the last blog, I opened up a series of posts about hormone-exercise relationships to help you identify the hormones that might be the biggest reason for fatigue, belly fat, or maybe it’s sudden cellulite or sleep disruption for you. Knowing that you can adjust for the optimal exercise. This blog continues the conversation, paying
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Try to remember how and when you were introduced to weight training. Maybe it was your initiation session at a gym you joined and you met with someone to go through all the equipment with the promise of learning everything you needed to know. Maybe your first introduction to weights was in high school for
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I’m frequently asked how I exercise and what I do for weight training. These are three of my favorite go-to workouts. How do I decide which to use? Sometimes I don’t: my schedule determines what I have time to do so I can still stay consistent. Other times I rotate the type of workout I
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Exercise balls are convenient and economical tools to use either at the gym or at home. There are dozens of exercises you can do with a ball. To substitute a ball for a bench you want to first be safe. All the little details matter! Make sure you’re confident doing any exercise on a stable
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If you’re not doing interval training, you’ve heard of interval training. In terms of getting the most return in the least amount of time, interval training is a beautiful thing. The balance to high intensity interval training, and much of the reason it works so well or leads to injury, is the rest and recovery
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Workout Myth 1: Strength training will make you bulk. Women don’t have enough testosterone when they’re young to bulk easily, let alone now. However, there are three body types. If you’re a mesomorph who gains muscle easily you could see results faster than someone else doing the same routine. When we learned to strength train
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It depends. That said it’s not a very satisfactory answer. Let me do better. I must share first that I almost always go with heavy weights. If you can safely, we all need to go there for a percent of the time we spend lifting weights. The instance when heavy is not appropriate – a
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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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