20-Minute Treadmill Workouts … You Might Fall In Love With By Valentine’s Day Dread the treadmill? I call it the dreadmill for a reason. I absolutely love to run…outside. I despise it indoors. The only redemption is that I know I’m done in 20 minutes. Amazingly, when I have to resort to short workouts for days […]
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“I don’t have time.” We know now that even 10 minutes is worth it. Making 5 minutes before lunch a power walk around your office building or better yet outdoors can do positive things. You’ll eat more mindfully. You won’t have as great an appetite. The foods you choose will tend to be lower in
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The lack of disclosure is not because he or she is intentionally keeping truths from you. Many of the problem solving skills that come with training come from covering sciences that include not just kinesiology, and physiology but also the endocrine system, nutrition, immunity, and much of it comes from life experience as well as a long history of
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Food Sensitive? Why should you consider avoiding your go-to healthy snacks? Why not have spinach – the most nutrient dense food – every day? Foods you eat most often are the ones you risk becoming sensitive to most. Reactive foods trigger an inflammatory response in the gut, leading to malabsorption of nutrients. That leads to other
Do you frequently have Gas, Bloating, Constipation and or Diarrhea, and Abdominal pain or Cramping that keep you from exercising? Everyone experiences I occasionally but if it interferes with life regularly it’s something more than the occasional upset stomach. Unfortunately, it keeps a lot of women from exercising as much as they’d like to or
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Arm Exercises After 50: Secrets to Tone Flabby Arms Fast Women love the “before and after” meditation (PDF available) lower on this page.Flabby Old Lady Arms? Just Say No! But Not How “They” Say You ShouldLet’s talk about the elephant in the room – or more specifically, the flab on the arm. We’ve all looked
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When we hit a strong desire for change we don’t usually begin with stretching. We hit the treadmill, the elliptical, or potentially, the weights. If you begin with limited range of motion you’re going to get limited return on results. These four stretches target the most commonly tight areas due to over-trained and undertrained muscles.
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Happy Birthday to my 21-Year Old! Baby, Let’s Eat (Better)! It’s true. Typically, I publish a blog on Tuesday and Thursday but in honor of Dustin’s birthday I’m posting one extra for you this month! It’s a perfect time to either help you overcome that deprivation, flavorless, January clean eating you might be facing… or
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Five Tips To A Good Night Tonight There’s no shortage of advice pointing you to get more pillow time. In my own fitness book I dedicate and entire chapter to it, pull in the Sleep Doctor (Michael Breus), and ask you to dedicate a week to doing some sleep homework. What if you’re in an emergency
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The Number of Calories Doesn’t Really Matter Not today. Not one single day of the year. The type of calories matters so much more. Then again, it is just one single day of the year. True that it is that if you indulge in gluten and wheat and sugar today you will likely look hung
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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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