Exercise

Exciting news! The Book

by Lani on April 19, 2012

I’ve been dying to tell you about this – it’s been so dang busy around here that I haven’t had time to take a minute but enough is enough! A publisher approached me regarding doing a book and, long short, they want the manuscript for Fit Quickies:  5 Minute Body-Shaping Workouts from The Plant-Based Fitness …

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Which do you think is better for your health goals:  Shorter exercise sessions rmore often or fewer, longer workouts? If you are moving ahead with your health and weight loss plan, you know that physical activity plays a huge, health-protective role in the big picture.  Yet when it comes time to plan your own workout …

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“Kickstart Your Spring 2012 Healthy Fitness!”  with Lani Muelrath, M.A. Look, there’s  nothing like the combination of a whole foods, plant-based diet and a simple exercise plan to keep you fit, healthy, trim and energetic.  To keep you going through the 21-Day Kickstart and beyond, we have a special event planned, and you’re invited. Teleclass …

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We should arrive in this world with a note tacked on our cute little human hiney: Warning:  Too much sitting may be hazardous to  your health Except it’s more than ‘may be hazardous’.  There’s a  mountain of evidence that it definitely is hazardous to your health to sit too much. Dang.  Just when you got …

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Look.  If I can do it in a 3rd world country, you can do it anywhere.  Europe and the U.S. are easy.  Not to belittle your efforts.  But when you travel to far-flung off-the-beaten-path places and still make your plant-based diet work AND squeeze in your body-shapers (thank goddess for Fit Quickies) priorities, well, that’s …

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Between you and me, not a week goes by that one of these questions about exercise, breakfast, ‘fat-burning’, ‘metabolism‘, and ‘burning muscle for fuel’ doesn’t come across my desk: Should you work out before breakfast to burn more fat? Should you eat something first to “boost” your metabolism? If you don’t eat anything before you …

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This is part 3 in the Willpower Workout Series.  If you missed it, you can catch up here: Part 1:  Scone: 1, willpower: zip. Is there a way to give your willpower a workout? Part 2:  2 proven ways to give your willpower a workout In Part 2 of the Willpower Workout Series, we found out that there …

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Part 2 in the Willpower Workout Series.  If you missed it, read part 1 here: Scone: 1, willpower: zip. Is there a way to give your willpower a workout? In part 1 of the Willpower Workout Series, we found out how compounded stress chips away at your willpower.  No wonder we call ourselves ‘stress eaters’. …

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On the road.  We’re walking and adventuring every day, yet I crave that muscle challenge from a quick focused workout that keeps me energized, my posture in line, and my bum lifted. Here’s what I just completed out on the balcony with no special tools but my body and the veranda rail to assist: Warm-up …

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Remember those ‘toning’ shoes that were so hot on the market a couple of years ago? In October 2010, I reported in to you with a short video warning about the false claims that were being made in the Reebok “EasyTone” shoe commercials.  You can see that video here: “Toning Shoes: Will they really give …

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These  6 7 struck the deepest chord, according to page views.  The plant-strong fitness blog hit over 1 million 300 thousand page views in 2011 – let’s hear it for simple fitness and the plants, what a combination!  It’s simple, it’s happy, it’s fun, it’s delicious.  Stick with me. Just in case you missed these …

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It’s perfect! The timing, that is. To create your own healthy, fit, happy and hot ripple effect. Of course, it’s ALWAYS perfect timing when it comes to building and reinforcing healthy habits. Yet somehow coming off of the ‘season of indulgence’ we become more strongly attuned to how much better fit, trim and energetic feel …

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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 2012.  Part 8 of 10: “Exercise with vigor every day.” Exercise. With vigor.  Every day. Now hang on.  Did I say “go work out hard for an …

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Nancy gets stars all over the chart for what she has done this year to take charge of her health, fitness, and body shape. Actually, last year too, when she made major headway in a 40 lb weight loss and made a solid shift into a whole-foods, plant-based diet. One of the reasons for Nancy’s …

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The Fit Quickies™ Story… Winging our way to scuba holiday at our favorite spot, I wondered how the “workout” schedule between dives would go – this time. Sure, I always get plenty of exercise schlepping scuba tanks and swimming out to the reef.  We do primarily walk-in dives, so I get some good cardio kick …

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Has this ever happened to you? You discipline yourself to a calorie-restricted diet to lose a few pounds.  You have some success, though after a few weeks you have a weight loss slow down that comes paired with growing, gnawing hunger. You end up craving and caving. Your drive to eat overcomes your better judgement …

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