The DCNs of Fitness
Military fitness trainer and inventor of Strength Stack 52 fitness cards, Sergeant Michael Volkin, has only three main rules for staying in shape. He refers to all three of these rules as the DCNs of fitness. “If you use my rules of DCN, you ...
J is for Jump Rope
Easily one of my favorite forms of cardio, I think many of us forget how effective jumping rope is. I decided to buy a jump rope years into my adulthood when I watched Zuzana of Zuzka Light and formerly of the BodyRock TV days jumping rope and ...
I is for I.C.E.
I.C.E. is the typical combination for anyone with an injury that requires recuperation.
I = Ice – the cold helps muscles constrict and alleviates pain and swelling. If a body party is injured it typically swells and this ...
E is for Effort
One of the things I have learned since working out with groups, personal trainers and coaches is the "E" word - EFFORT.
**Warning** This post may sound a bit like a rant like one of my other posts about putting down those light weights ...
D is for Diet
When I started working out with a trainer in 2008 she constantly told me I should eat clean. In other words I needed to clean up my diet. Honestly – I had no idea what she was talking about. I thought I was eating healthily. I mean my ...
B is for Burpees
Don’t we all find burpees just fantabulous? I mean the more you do the more you want to do right? We absolutely love the feeling of your heart about to pound out of your chest while trying to catch your breath.
Of course ...
How To Find A Fitness Friend
If you need staying accountable with your workouts, perhaps you need to find a fitness friend.
I’m a strong believer in workout accountability partners. While I realize there are people who can keep themselves accountable everyone ...
Tips To Reduce Sugar Intake
Learn how to reduce your sugar intake with these tips.
Let's talk about tips to reduce sugar intake. Whenever I’m trying a diet, whatever it is, things start working out great. I eat extremely healthy for a week or two.
Then, I start to ...
How To Prep for An Early Morning Workout
If you prefer to work out in the morning here's how to prep to smash your fitness goals with early morning workouts and fasted cardio. #morningworkouts #health #workoutsforwomen #howtoworkoutinthemorning
How To Avoid Sabotaging Your Workout
Avoid workout sabotage with these 9 tried and true strategies.
Do you need help to avoid sabotaging your workout? Are you committing workout sabotage?
Do you run a gazillion miles and then come home and eat thousands of calories of ...
What’s Behind Those Food Labels?
Have you heard? The word on the street is our First Lady Of The United States, Michelle Obama, is making an impact by challenging food labels and forcing companies to make updates they are more realistic and fair. Ms. Obama has an initiative ...
The Busy Dad and Busy Mom Workout
Whether you are a busy mom or dad try these tips to help you maintain and improve your energy levels in order to keep up with the children.
No matter what technological advances come out to make our lives more efficient and effective, we seem to ...
Forget The Gym, Stay Home
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Who needs to go to the gym when you can just be home, right? After all, the gym is a place for extreme fitness individuals, not for the rest of us, right? Should you just stay home? Yes!
Now, before you think we ...
SENSA Busted!
Well well well - the FTC has finally caught up with a few of these companies making outrageous claims about quick fat-loss plans designed to help people burn fat and lose weight QUICKLY. This time they have hit these companies with a ...
Weight Loss Harder for Black Women – Really?
Excerpt: "Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh found that black women have to eat less and exercise more than white women to lose the same amount of weight, because their resting metabolic rates are lower."
A cool dude, fitness ...
Dehydration Could Be The Death Of You
I found this dehydration infographic and it is really hitting home for me. You see, I just lost my uncle unexpectedly from a massive heart attack.
He was always health conscious but stopped taking his blood pressure medication. We believe a ...
How To Destress
I recently participated in a Twitter chat with Runkeeper and Super Nutrient #greenholiday (which was a lot of fun by the way) when I learned of this great and inexpensive way to help destress through this stressful time of year. There ...
How I Saved $1,000 Working Out – Youtube Version
I know some folks just don't have time to read all I had to say about how I saved $1,000 working out but hopefully this video puts all that reading into succinct words. You too can possibly save $1,000 simply by working out OR even more! Let ...
