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Top Ten Bone-Building Foods and Exercises - National Osteoporosis Prevention month

Posted: 04/24/2012

Did you know that May is National Osteoporosis Prevention Month? Take a minute to learn the best lifestyle strategies you can take to keep your bones healthy and strong. It is possible to eat and exercise your way to stronger bones!What is Osteoporosis?Osteoporosis is a Greek term meaning porous bones. Osteoporosis is an extremely disabling disease defined as thinning of bone...

Kick Start Your Summer Body by Focusing on a Healthy, Fit Lifestyle

Posted: 05/21/2012

With the countdown to summer in full swing, it’s time to start focusing on a total body health and fitness routine. Whether struggling to shed the last few winter pounds, maintaining weekend warrior fitness levels or competing as an endurance athlete, everyone can benefit from a fit, healthy lifestyle built around brain wellness, body fitness and belly health. This month...

Spring is in the Air: Time to Get Moving and Get Fit!

Posted: 03/26/2012

Spring is here, the flowers are blooming and the birds are singing—the time of year for new beginnings. Now is also the time to shed your winter coat and seize the season as most likely, by now, your New Year’s resolutions have melted away just like the winter snow. Let the beauty of the weather (cool, clear, sunny days, not too cold and not too hot) inspire you to...

Experience Healthy Tax Relief by Deducting Your Personal Training Expenses this Tax Season

Posted: 03/26/2012

As the April 17 tax deadline nears, do you find yourself looking under couch cushions, going through office files and combing through bank statements in hopes of finding any last minute receipts or tax deductions that you may have overlooked? Well, you may not need to look any further, as good tax news may be found around the corner at your local personal training studio. Does...

Go Outside Your Comfort Zone

Posted: 02/08/2012

Go Outside Your Comfort ZoneConvinced you “can’t” run a marathon, or sprint at level 10 on that treadmill? … Are you sure about that?Even if you have a physical challenge or condition that limits you in some way, most of us also create false boundaries for ourselves — “no-can-do’s” that are only in our heads. And more and more...

Healthy Heart, Healthy You

Posted: 01/24/2012

Heart candies, heart shaped valentines and chocolate hearts are everywhere this time of year, but the heart that should be getting your undivided attention everyday is the one in your chest that works 24/7 to power your body and fuel your internal system. As the powerhouse of your body, the heart needs to run in tip-top shape for overall health and fitness. To celebrate National...

Personal Best: Workouts Have Their Limits, Recognized or Not

Posted: 01/17/2012

At the gym last week I saw a guy lifting weights, working out his shoulders while two friends urged him on. He alternated two similar exercises with heavy weights, repeating one exercise 10 times and then the other one 10 times, never resting between sets.“We want to burn out his shoulders,” one of the man’s friends explained to me.Exercise researchers would...

The Benefits of Daily Physical Activity

Posted: 01/11/2012

Reduces the risk of heart disease by improving blood circulation throughout the bodyKeeps weight under controlImproves blood cholesterol levelsPrevents and manages high blood pressurePrevents bone lossBoosts energy levelHelps manage stressReleases tensionImproves the ability to fall asleep quickly and sleep wellImproves self-imageCounters anxiety and depression and increases...

Creating REAL CHANGE: How to form positive habits and a NEW YOU!

Posted: 12/30/2011

Ever wonder why some people get great results from their workouts or their normal eating routine?  What makes them different?   How do they do it?  Usually it’s 1 or 2 simple habits.All of us face two choices in life and it usually pertains to what we control and what we don’t. Sometimes in life, we have challenges beyond our control, yet we allow...

The 10 Commandments for Losing Weight…and Keeping it Off!

Posted: 12/30/2011

Success breeds success. What exactly, in terms of lifestyle changes, do people who have been highly successful at both losing weight and keeping it off over the long term do? That’s just what researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Colorado set out to determine when they began their on-going study called the National Weight Control Registry (www.nwcr.ws).Currently,...