tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86567124213785485122020-03-22T03:33:21.828-04:00Be your best ever by getting in shape. It's all about the basics. Exercise and eat right every day.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger88125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8656712421378548512.post-25623613274024712062013-10-16T17:55:00.000-04:002014-01-09T16:23:22.725-05:00

That sounds really great doesn't it? Well it is. But it's not what you think. This post was inspired by a conversation I had with my sister (Hi sis!) about our latest annual trip to the Big E. I was telling her that I felt awful and didn't sleep well that night after the fair. I told her that next day I felt kind of hung over and even went for a skate to try and sweat out the toxins from the

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photo credit: dierk schaefer via photopin cc If you really want to get and stay fit the first thing you need to address is your mindset. Start by being honest with yourself about whether you're ready to make your health and fitness a priority. I've seen it over and over. A new client says that they want to get in shape. They tell me that they want to lose weight or tone up or whatever

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photo credit: Eric Rice via photopin cc Seriously. Doing food logs is a drag. It's laborious, tedious, boring. Not to mention you keep forgetting to do it. Then you've got three or four days worth of meals to log to get caught up and it's completely overwhelming. What's the point anyway? You know what you're eating, right? Maybe not. Are you working out regularly? Do you think you're eating

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This is an issue that I've seen come up a lot recently. It has to do with silent inflammation. I've noticed that it's more commonly called "chronic inflammation", but I first learned about it as silent inflammation. I also really like that the word silent communicates something very key to this condition that people seem to forget. Silent inflammation is symptomless. It is silently killing you.

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photo credit: connect2canada via photopin cc Recently, Tony Horton did a live video chat. I'm a fan. I love his energy, his sense of humor and his fitness advice. I love being there for the live chats. Lately he's switched up the format. He used to spend the first part going over various news and fitness topics with the chat host and then answering questions from the audience. The new format

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photo credit: J. Star via photopin cc Back at the parking lot after a nice long skate out on one of the local rail trails a woman whose car was parked next to mine struck up a conversation with me. As we talked I learned that she and her friend are avid cyclists. They are out on the trails doing anywhere from 10 to 25 mile rides 3 to 5 times a week. For a moment I was surprised to hear about

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photo credit: shahin ghaffari via photopin cc After years of trying to "go on a diet" and never managing to stick with it for more than a couple of weeks I stopped trying to find a diet and decided to figure out how to eat right. A diet is a short term proposition. Eating right is a life style. Over the years I've discovered what works for me. This is not a comprehensive list of everything

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photo credit: jah~ via photopin cc This post was inspired by a friend of mine who recently found out that her bone density has decreased, despite consistent, 2x per week strength training workouts for nearly a year. You've probably heard that strength training is supposed to help maintain bone density and prevent your bones from thinning and it does help. In fact, I have worked with clients

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Yoga is a discipline that many people are not all that familiar with. Tony Horton does a great job giving instructions in P90X's Yoga X but, there were a few things that he doesn't really explain that took me a little while to figure out. Maybe my experience will help out some of you who are newer to yoga. Shoulder stand and especially Plow are yoga poses that is well known for being risky. Tony

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photo credit: Extra Medium via photopin cc The most successful, by that I mean consistent, exercisers schedule their workouts ahead of time. They know which workout their doing each day and at what time. The less thinking about is involved the more likely you'll just do it. Choosing the best time for your workouts will largely depend on your schedule. It may depend on whether you're a morning

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Like it or not our bodies need to move. We need exercise. We need it for our health. We need it to maintain or lose weight. We need it to keep our cholesterol and blood pressure in check. We need it to fit into our favorite jeans. So, how come so many of us don't want to do it? You'd think with all these great reasons we'd be so motivated to exercise we'd hardly be able to keep ourselves from it

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You set a fitness goal, for weight loss, to run a  10k or fit back into your favorite jeans. A lot of time, energy and focus goes toward reaching your goal. At last, you reach it. Hurray! Time to celebrate! ...But then what? Right after the victory of reaching a goal we often experience post goal blues. It's the let down after the excitement. It's that lost feeling of not being sure what to do

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There are plenty of articles on goal setting and I may not say anything you haven't heard before. This is what I've learned about how to set fitness goals and have success. Setting any goal can be an emotional thing and that's especially true for fitness goals. I think that early on, before you've gotten a taste of success in this area, setting the right goals is critical. Here are 5 things to

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Post by guest contributor Mike Manning Going on a vacation or to a business conference does not have to mean taking a break from physical fitness. There are multiple ways for people to maintain their levels of personal fitness without breaking a figurative sweat. With just a bit of preparation and discipline, travelers can enjoy their vacations and business meetings without giving up on

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Post by guest contributor Melanie Bowen Many years ago, a diagnosis of cancer normally elicited a response of fear and dread from those on the receiving end of the diagnosis. These days such a diagnosis, while still unwanted, usually brings about a much more hopeful response. Both treatments and outcomes have improved for almost every type of cancer, even mesothelioma cancer. Did you know that

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This round of P90X is going great. I've lost 4 pounds so far. That doesn't sound like much but, considering that I've done rounds in the past and not lost any weight at all, I'm pretty happy. I started this round of P90X along with the Comeback Kids Challenge group. If I was sticking to the group schedule I'd be on week 8 but, I decided on a change of plans. I went away for a few days over

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This year I have to travel for the holidays. I'll be spending a few days with relatives who've migrated to a warmer climate. Given a number of factors about the place I'll be staying and the schedule we'll be keeping, I'm fairly convinced that doing P90X workouts while I'm there will be impractical. As tempting as it may be to use this as an excuse to take the week off from P90X, float around in

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Can you finish that sentence? Anyone who's ever had a goal to lose weight has heard it many times. Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels. I recently saw this saying posted on FB but, with a twist. It said, "Whoever said, 'Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels' has clearly never had cupcakes. Or wine. Or chocolate. Or pizza." While I appreciated the humor of it and enjoyed the comments that

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Kenpo X is a martial arts type of cardio workout that's part of the P90X program. There are a lot of things I like about the Kenpo workout but, I also have a few issues with it. Since it's main purpose is cardio I considered just replacing it with something else. While I may do that from time to time I decided to see if I could make a few adjustments and make it work for me. The main problem I

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What is the Come Back Kids Challenge Group? For those of you who don't know, it's a BeachBody P90X challenge group that starts on November 12th. It's headed up by company President and co-founder Jon Congdon. I had heard about this challenge a few weeks ago but, immediately knew that I wouldn't be joining in. I'd already decided that I would be doing a round of P90X at the beginning of the new

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I'm getting ready to start up a new round of P90X along with the Come Back Kids Challenge group (see this post). The start date is Monday Nov. 12 and I'm starting to get psyched about it. I've already got the workouts scheduled in my calendar on TeamBeachBody.com. Next, I need to think about diet and my potential shopping list. The first question is whether I will follow the P90X nutrition

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The actual question is actually several questions. The title summarizes by focusing on this person's goals. The full question is as follows: "I am a 26 year old male. I weigh 156.6 pounds at 5 feet 8 inches. I currently have a body fat around 15.8%. I have been using a scale to take those measurements.  One observation is that I have lost weight from 160 pounds yet my body fat has been hovering

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The full question asked is as follows: "I've been working out for the past three months. For the first 2 months, I basically just did the treadmill 45 min./daily x 5 days. Now I've changed it to 45 min - an hour cardio/strength training classes 4-5 x week plus 2 x wk ab classes. Recently (the past week) I have lost my endurance to keep up with the class. Yesterday, I worked the treadmill

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The full question is as follows: "Hi my name is Andrew. I'm 20 years old and have really been struggling with my weight for the last 5 years because of depression. Anyway I have made up my mind that its gone on far to long and i need to change. Unfortunately i have never really been into working out so i really don't know the best way to start. What i have been doing is for the past 5 days is

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I have gotten way behind in answering the "Ask The Trainer" emails that have come in over the last few months. I wish I had a really good excuse but, all I can say is that I'm sorry for the delay and thanks for your patience. I'll be posting some responses over the course of this week. I hope they are helpful to those who asked and all of you who happen to find them along your travels through the

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