by Lani Muelrath | Jan 7, 2013
Interval Training Action Guide and Tip Sheet Lani Muelrath, MA, GFI, CPBN, FNS I am excited to bring you all the news about one of my best “don’t have time to work out but want to look and feel like I do” tricks – High Intensity Interval Training. Sometimes I call...
by Lani Muelrath | Jan 6, 2013
What is High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) and what are the benefits? By Pete McCall, MS Exercise physiologist, American Council on Exercise High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) is a system of organizing cardiorespiratory training which calls for repeated...
by Lani Muelrath | Jan 16, 2009 | All Posts, Move Your Body
Interval Training has got to be one of my all-time favorite exercise tactics for fat loss. That means that it consistently delivers when it comes to optimizing body composition. If you already have a copy of my interval training guide that comes with my Free Fitness...
by qualiant | May 22, 2015
Fit Quickies: 5 Minute Targeted Body-ShapingWorkouts by Lani Muelrath, M.A. Fit Quickies: 5 Minute Targeted Body-Shaping Workouts is an effective, research-driven collection of exercises for functional fitness and body shaping. Fit Quickies cuts through the...
by Lani Muelrath | Jul 16, 2013 | Plant-Based Nutrition, Travel, Video
I’ve just returned from Vegetarian Summerfest – and there is SO much to tell you! For starters, I was thrilled and honored to be invited to present at this by-invitation-only annual event in Johnstown, PA. I’ve heard about Veg Summerfest for years...
by Lani Muelrath | Jul 18, 2012 | Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation
Have you ever struggled with getting off your hmmhmm and getting going with your workouts? Of course you have. Here’s my conversation with Traci yesterday on facebook. Can you identify? Then, I’ll show you five steps you can take to stop the struggle and...
by Lani Muelrath | Jul 13, 2012 | Recipes
Have you noticed? Getting down to bare bones in your fridge forces creativity. It’s time to get to market. I know because I was scrounging around in the veg bins in my big beautiful 225 lb friend the fridge, looking for that familiar clutch of carrots and chunk...
by Lani Muelrath | Jul 10, 2012 | Plant-Based Nutrition, Travel
“I couldn’t kill my first patient!” This is one of the most memorable lines spoken the fund raiser for PCRM’s Research Without Cruelty campaign that took place last Sunday at Millennium Restaurant in the heart of San Francisco. Spoken by none...
by Lani Muelrath | Jul 6, 2012 | All Posts, All Setup, Plant-Based Nutrition
Note: Though this Teleclass has already taken place, you can obtain a recording of the event by following the links to the signup page and filling out the instant access form. Be sure to click the link in the confirmation email that you will be sent upon form...
by Lani Muelrath | Jul 1, 2012 | Plant-Based Nutrition, Travel
Above: Ann Wheat, owner of San Francisco’s Millennium Restaurant, Lani Muelrath, & Stephanie Roston, R.D., Millennium Sous Chef One of the pleasures of my column at Vegan Mainstream is keeping my finger on the pulse of the healthy veg community – and that...
by Lani Muelrath | Jun 30, 2012 | Plant-Based Nutrition
It’s quite possible this will bring on another onslaught from the Paleo diet people, who have, in the past, taken me to task on my unbridled support of a whole-foods, plant-based, low fat, starch-rich diet for the health and well-being of humans as well as dear...
by Lani Muelrath | Jun 27, 2012 | Move Your Body, Plant-Based Nutrition
It seems the more Scott shifted his diet away from the standard American and toward a whole-foods, plant-based diet, the better his performance at his true love: The world of ultra-running. Scott Jurek is one of my fellow coaches at the first annual VegRun via...
by Lani Muelrath | Jun 24, 2012 | All Posts, All Setup, Recipes
Yummers! I’ve take an amazing Southwest Bean Salad recipe I found on the web and morphed it to be my fat-free own. For example, in the recipe I came across here, the writer admitted the she had taken another recipe and “South Beached” it by removing...
by Lani Muelrath | Jun 22, 2012 | Move Your Body
If you live in Arizona, perhaps you got a chance to tune in to the Dr. Don Wagner Medical Hour where I was guest on Wednesday June 20. If not, no worries, the call recording has been archived and you can play it back right here: Sitting Risks and Fit Quickies with...
by Lani Muelrath | Jun 19, 2012 | All Posts, All Setup
Just a few months back I had the pleasure of being guest on the Dr. Don Medical Hour live call-in radio show. I’m happy to announce I’ve been invited back for the hour from 3:00 – 4:00 p.m Pacific on Wednesday June 20. More about the good doc: Dr....
by Lani Muelrath | Jun 18, 2012 | Move Your Body
VegRun is up and running! And as if the lineup of celebrity coaching, professional support, workout schedules and healthy veg fuel isn’t enough, how about that gorgeous logo? I’m honored to be on the advisory panel for this most recent brainchild of the...
by Lani Muelrath | Oct 25, 2011
Looking for a specific post? You’ve come to the right place. Browse the archives bytopic, or use the search box in the sidebar. Alphabetical By Category Below are the key categories from the article archives. Below each description is a list of key posts from...
by Lani Muelrath | Jul 6, 2011 | All Posts, Reviews
San Francisco’s great-bodies golden girl, Burr Leonard of Bar Method fame, has just released 2 new DVDs. For at home workouts these 2 will absolutely anchor your collection.. I’m a BIG Bar Method fan and do Bar Method workouts about twice a week. Plus, I am a...
by Lani Muelrath | Jan 31, 2011
My Body Transformation Secrets Call January 31 Transcript and Notes F.R.E.E. Training Call: “My Body Transformation Secrets: How You Can Easily, Consistently And Confidently Live Your Body Ideal, Create A Simple Workout Schedule and Food Plan, So You Never Have...
by Lani Muelrath | Nov 9, 2010 | Move Your Body
[fb-like] You’ve probably heard of Tim Ferris’ The Four Hour Work Week. We’ll Mr Ferris, I’ll see your work week and raise it to workout week. Actually, UNDER for hours. If you are wedded to the idea that you need to slave away for an hour a...
by Lani Muelrath | Oct 12, 2010 | Move Your Body, Video
[fb-like] “Chisel your butt and legs!” “Burns more calories!” “Makes the gym obsolete!” Hang on sistah, let’s not get carried away with what the “toning” shoes can do. Do they really give you a better body? Have...
by Lani Muelrath | Jun 16, 2010 | All Posts, Move Your Body, Weight Loss
If you’re like me, the waist is where you can sense pudge first. Maybe it’s because it’s so noticeable in the way our clothes fit, or because we can so easily – quite literally – see excess poundage when it lands in our middle. Most women...
by Lani Muelrath | May 15, 2010 | Move Your Body
“Lani, I am doing 40 minutes of calisthenics. I take water breaks, but I break a good sweat and get winded. Doesn’t that count it as cardio?” Lauren asked me in an email a few days ago. Are you, like Lauren, confused about how to get effective...
by Lani Muelrath | Mar 24, 2010 | All Posts, Move Your Body
Yay, stretches to the rescue! In this Part 4 of Pelvic Tilt talk, I’ve got some easy, effective stretches that anyone can do to help relieve muscle tightness that contributes to an excessive anterior pelvic tilt. If you missed part 3, complete with an...
by Lani Muelrath | Mar 16, 2010 | All Posts, Move Your Body
Lower back pain? Might be due, at least in part, to the tilt of your pelvis. Due to a variety of factors: lots of sitting, bad postural habits, and effects of gravity – the pelvis can become misaligned into an excessive anterior tilt. Specifically, this means the top...
by Lani Muelrath | Feb 5, 2010 | All Posts, Move Your Body
Chronic inflammation spells bad news for our health, plain and simple. And though inflammation is a natural and necessary way that the body stimulates healing, when inflammation becomes continuous and chronic, it becomes damaging. The most common causes of...
by Lani Muelrath | Nov 3, 2009 | All Posts, Weight Loss
Ah, the dreaded weight loss plateau. Actually, you should embrace the plateau for many reasons. But that’s the topic for another day. For now, we’ll concern ourselves with breaking a weight loss plateau. Has this happened to you? You’ve been...
by Lani Muelrath | Jun 13, 2009 | All Posts, Move Your Body, Weight Loss
With 3 weeks out of the last 7 being on travel adventure of one form or another, my usual fitness routine has been a mix of eclectic alternatives. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not complaining. Central to my fitness dream is to have an exercise and eating...
by Lani Muelrath | May 23, 2009 | All Posts, Move Your Body
Floating may not sound like much of a fitness activity. But scuba diving cranks up the calorie burn, requires cardiovascular strength, upper body brawn, demands the power of a good leg-kick, challenges your core muscles, and envelopes you in deep relaxation all at...
by Lani Muelrath | Apr 30, 2009 | All Posts
Weights or cardio for fat loss: which is better? Short answer? Weights. Long version: read on. Last week, I invited readers to send me their top 5 fitness and fat loss questions. I received an avalanche of incredibly good, well thought-out questions (thank you!)...
by Lani Muelrath | Mar 11, 2009 | All Posts, Move Your Body, Weight Loss
Wanna gain muscle, lose fat, and feel vital in body, mind and spirit? There are conversations all over the place about these very things here at thetruthabout…. and if you haven’t been able to take a peek or listen in on “comments” before, here...
by Lani Muelrath | Feb 25, 2009 | Move Your Body, Weight Loss
Ready for Part 2? Previously, I introduced the term EPOC on a blog post here: EPOC: Hot Ticket Item In You Fat Loss Toolkit?. Quick snapshot? EPOC stands for “excess post-exercise oxygen consumption”. This is the sustained oxygen consumption that takes...
by Lani Muelrath | Dec 22, 2008 | Move Your Body
Supersets for SuperShaping Let’s face it, I love feeling fit and strong! There’s nothing like lithe strength (yes these two can go together!) to make you energetic and shapely at the same time. And the feeling of empowerment that comes with physical...
by Lani Muelrath | Jun 11, 2013 | Move Your Body
Note: Fit Quickies: 5 Minute Targeted Body-Shaping Workouts is featured in the June 2013 issue of the T. Colin Campbell Foundation News. Welcome TCCF News readers! You’ve found it! This is the page for you to toss your ticket into the ring to win one of 3...
by Lani Muelrath | Jun 5, 2013
You’ve found it! This is the page for you to toss your ticket into the ring to win one of 3 copies of Fit Quickies: 5 Minute Targeted Body Shaping Workouts as referred to in the June, 2013 edition of the T. Colin Campbell Foundation news. Always honored and...
by Lani Muelrath | Feb 9, 2013 | Appearances, Media
Fit Quickies #1 Bestseller at Penguin/Alpha Got a message from my publisher. They tell me that Fit Quickies is #1 Best Seller for Penguin/Alpha Books on Amazon and Books -a – Million booksellers this week – not only for new releases, but all...
by Lani Muelrath | Jan 27, 2013 | Plant-Based Nutrition, Travel
I am so excited for my friend and fellow plant-based passionista Julieanna Hever for the premiere of her brand new TV show, “What Would Julieanna Do?” on Veria network. The first of 39 shows airs Monday, January 28, 2013. Actually, I’m excited for...
by Lani Muelrath | Dec 19, 2011 | All Posts, Holidays, Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation, Move Your Body
Solid, simple tactics with real food and movement of your body – and your mind – to put you in the health & weight winner’s circle come January. Part 8 of 10: “Exercise with vigor every day.” Exercise. With vigor. Every day. Now hang on. Did I say “go...
by Lani Muelrath | Sep 9, 2011 | All Posts, All Setup, Move Your Body
This question from Susan posed such a juicy opportunity to help you step up the results from your body shaping workouts that it’s worth a laser focus. Often we are looking for something else: A new way to workout, or the workout magic – that we don’t...
by Lani Muelrath | May 11, 2011 | All Posts, Move Your Body
‘Lest you labor under the delusion that I have oodles of time and big chunks of motivation to arrange my life around my workouts, let me set the record straight and tell you what I did this morning. Dilemma: I had a client to get to for a Body Transformation...
by Lani Muelrath | Apr 20, 2011 | Move Your Body
Just what does it mean, anyway? “Fat burning workout!”, or “A Workout That Blasts Away Belly Fat !” Or any other variation on the theme. The lure of the “fat burning workout!” via emails and newsletters comes across my desk often,...
by Lani Muelrath | Mar 3, 2011 | Weight Loss
This was shocking to me – we’re only one week into Body Transformation Booty Camp, after all – but I am delighted! And I’m sore (a “good” sore) in places that I have been really working hard – and it really feels great. I love the Fit...
by Lani Muelrath | Oct 3, 2010 | Animals
Irresistible, these Bursts on the beach (see Burst Training Beach Style) . Running barefoot in the sand as hard as I can, then trolling my toes in the surf until I get my wind for another. But today’s run took a surprising turn when I encountered a fledgling...
by Lani Muelrath | Dec 15, 2009 | All Posts, Move Your Body, Travel
I know. You’re not a trend follower. With a mind of your own, you zero in on what makes sense, what works, and aspire to consistency to get results. At the same time, you have the smarts to be curiously attentive to fitness news and know that in the past...
