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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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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Let’s get one thing straight. The Plank should be a part of every woman’s conditioning and body-shaping program and should hold a revered spot in your workouts. Planks have an extraordinary effect on: flattening the abdomen by targeting the transversus abdominus relieving back pain strengthening the core, from abdominal muscles through to the gluteals strengthening …
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I know you count on me to get important, relevant and real (as in hype-free) fitness news into your hands. So when one of my professional journals arrived today with a full report on exercise guidelines from the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM, the gold standard of fitness research) with the latest, I knew …
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Before we detail my instant body-shaping expert strategy, let me start by asking you 3 questions: 1) Have you ever felt like you are not getting the body-shaping results you should from all the time you are putting into your workouts? 2) Does it sometimes seem as if year after year has gone by, and …
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Triceps seem to be a universal challenge area for women. And there’s good reason why. Why The Triceps Lose Shape Part of it really isn’t your fault. The triceps muscle, unless we purposely challenge it, really does not get a lot of work in our daily life. And many workout routines for women do not …
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When it comes to resistance training, is “super slow” an effective way to build muscle? A popular movement within the weight training world today is “super slow” style weight training. The idea is that by slowing the kinetics of weight training activity, you can utilize a lighter weight and make up the difference in the …
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We all talk about building muscle, keeping muscle mass, and wanting to have good shape to our muscle. But how is muscle really “made”? How do our workout efforts translate to shapelier, stronger muscle? You’ve no doubt heard that muscle growth is a result of damage, or slight tears, to the muscle. This is true, …
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I don’t know about you, but I love lower body work. Good thing, because you NEED to challenge those lower body muscles to give the seat a lift. Seeing as in the thighs, butt, and hips we find the largest muscles of the body, maybe that’s why when we give them a focused, intense challenge …
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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 once. Yours truly at 35 feet with a hawksbill sea turtle, Bonaire, …
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As much as I enjoy working out with weights and other toys of the trade, there’s nothing like having a whole arsenal of exercises that only require the use of your own body weight to keep you challenged. And as a world traveler, this is something I need to have in my fitness toolkit! For …
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Looking for the magic weight loss bullet? Tricks for “burning off” the fat? Let’s face it. When it comes right down to weight loss and fat loss, it’s the calories that count. Yet how many of us have spent years – decades even – in the quest for JUST the right trick or tweak? Report …
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