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Posted: 05/22/2013
Find out who won our Fitness Together Chester Springs Buddy Weight Loss Challenge in our latest newlsetter! Also learn about fruit, how to do a cooking workout, and more!
Posted: 04/04/2013
As New Year’s resolutions start becoming stale around this time of the year and opportunities arise to trade in daily workouts for work and personal extracurricular activities, you may be tempted to skip your workout and derail your health and fitness goals.
Posted: 03/06/2013
Your bags are packed and you’re ready to jet set across the country. But did you remember to bring your workout with you? Whether you’re traveling for business or pleasure, it can be hard to maintain a consistent workout regimen when you are outside the comforts and routine of your home and neighborhood.
Posted: 02/05/2013
It’s Heart Health Month meaning this month is ablaze with the color red! The purpose of the American Heart Association’s Go Red for Women movement is to call attention to the fact that heart disease is the #1 killer of women (and men). Take care of your heart and tap into the heart-healthy power of eating red to garner the healing power of this fabulous group of nutrition powerhouse foods. Red is the new green, at least as far as heart-healthy eating goes. The bright hue of red foods (and no, I don’t mean the Red Hots candy you ate as a kid!) is a sure sign the food is packed with a lot of disease-fighting antioxidant plant chemicals. The specific phytochemicals include some names you may have heard before: lycopene, carotenoids and resveratrol. Here is a list of the top 5 RED foods you should be eating on a regular basis to keep your ticker strong:
Posted: 01/21/2013
Read about our Fitness Together Chester Springs Client of the Month, how to ignite your metabolism, and more!
Posted: 01/14/2013
Health, fitness and weight management is all about balancing the number of calories you take in (eat) with the number of calories your burn (metabolize). In general, fit people have higher metabolic rates. Just what is metabolism? Your metabolism is the process by which your body converts food into energy and then puts that energy to use. You need energy for rigorous activities like jogging or biking, but you also need those calories to fuel bodily processes such as breathing and keeping your heart beating.
Posted: 12/11/2012
The temptations of the holiday season – baked goods, candy canes, cocktail parties and large social gatherings centered on food – can lead you down the path of weight gain, irritability and inactivity during the cold, dark winter months. To overcome these temptations and stay focused on consistently working out and eating healthy during the holidays, you may need to enlist the help of a workout buddy. A workout buddy can help keep you motivated, dedicated and encouraged as you venture through the journey of living a healthy and fit lifestyle during the holidays and beyond.
Posted: 11/28/2012
Bright and colorful, best made with garden-fresh vegetables.
Posted: 11/21/2012
Gobble, gobble, the HOLIDAYS ARE HERE! Don’t let them be a nutritional minefield.
A few simple makeovers of some holiday favorites will lighten up your holiday yet still
allow you to enjoy the festivities. Here are some last minute tips for helping you get
through these holidays lean and fit:
Posted: 11/16/2012
Diabetes is the seventh leading cause of death in the United States. Almost 26 million Americans, both adults and children, battle this chronic, serious disease, which is a leading cause of kidney failure, heart disease, stroke, non-traumatic lower limb amputations and blindness.1
