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How To Quickly Get Your Beach Body In 8 Weeks – Weeks 5 & 6
Congratulations on making it halfway through the challenge! Weeks 3 & 4 focused on increasing your intensity and introduced more weight with resistance bands and dumbbells. Coming up with weeks 5 & 6 we will add on additional workouts throughout the week. Some days will have both an AM & PM exercise. Saturdays will also introduce […]
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Best Hamstring Stretches for Your Cycling Workouts
If you’re hooked on cycling as a no-impact, high quality, cardiovascular workout, you already know that these workouts build strength, improve fitness, and even reduce body fat. Cycling is easy on the joints and a great complement to running, weightlifting, and other forms of training. Unfortunately, if you ignore mobility related to cycling, it could […]
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Best Indoor Cycling Hacks to Burn the Most Calories
Indoor cycling burns serious calories. Cycling workouts get the heart pumping and leaves your metabolism jacked for hours, without impact on your joints. So if a calorie churning workout is what draws you to your indoor cycling training, it makes sense to maximize efforts to increase the calorie burn. Wondering how to do it? Here […]
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How To Quickly Get Your Beach Body In 8 Weeks – Weeks 3 & 4
I hope weeks 1 & 2 of our Beach Body Series went well for you. If you haven’t started yet, that’s okay, it’s never too late. Starting this week we are going to increase our intensity and start challenging ourselves a little bit more. To accomplish this we will add in some weight training with […]
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Mastering the Snatch – Olympic Weightlifting for Functional Training
Olympic Weightlifting, also simply called Weightlifting, is growing in popularity, due largely to its inclusion in functional fitness style workouts. The Snatch and Clean and Jerk (more on these later) are the only lifts included as competitive events in the sport of Weightlifting, though home and functional movement workouts include variations of these lifts. This […]
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The Benefits of Using Stationary Bikes
New exercise routines and regimens seem to appear on a daily basis, and treadmills and ellipticals continue to be the most popular cardio pieces in the gym, but don’t overlook the stationary bikes. The benefits of using an stationary bike are numerous and diversified. It is a great workout for beginning exercisers, elite athletes, and those […]
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How To Quickly Get Your Beach Body In 8 Weeks
Can you feel it?! The warmth is coming . . . and with that means summer is coming too! Get in shape and get ready for the beach (and a beach body)! Our wonderful Joli, certified personal trainer, has put together this amazing 8 week program to help us feel and look great on the […]
Achieving Your PR
4 Knee Strengthening Exercises to Build Muscle and Alleviate Pain
Chances are, if you’re a regular exerciser you’ll suffer from the occasional ache and pain. And knee problems are right up there when it comes to those who experience some type of exercise-induced pain. If you’re one to suffer from occasional knee pain that comes out of nowhere and throws a wrench into your fitness […]
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See How Easy It Is to Lose Belly fat
Wondering how to lose belly fat? Belly fat contributes to the development of high blood pressure, Type 2 diabetes, and risk factors for heart disease. Piling on a few extra pounds around the middle is a vicious cycle of insulin resistance and easy weight gain. How do you break that cycle? You can lose belly […]
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Quick, Intense Circuit Training in the Comfort of Your Own Home
Let’s face it, there are times when we just can’t get to the gym for a workout. Maybe you have a little one at home, or have a tight schedule, or you simply don’t want to deal with the hustle and bustle of a busy gym and having to fight the crowds. Sounds like the […]
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Have the Courage to Try Sprint 8 – It's for Beginners too!
You may have heard about the scientifically proven Sprint 8 program that will blast up to 27% of your body fat away in just 8 weeks. If this sounds intimidating, it really isn’t. You can accomplish this goal in exercising for 20 minutes a day for 3 days a week. The goal of Sprint 8 […]
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5 Ways Exercise is Good for Your Brain Health
Like most people, my brain wasn’t always the first thing on my mind. At age 22 doctors diagnosed me with a brain tumor. Seven years later, my dad suffered a brain hemorrhage that left him severely disabled. These two experiences have changed the way I think about brain health. Now I strive to keep both […]
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Why You'll Love HIIT Exercise Bike Workouts (and How to Do One)
High Intensity Interval Training is one of the most popular and effective approaches to cardiovascular exercise. Research demonstrates that HIIT bike workouts reduce body fat, increase cardiovascular capacity, and even help to control type II diabetes. On top of that, HIIT exercise bike workouts are efficient. Replacing one or more of your moderate intensity cardio […]
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How to Improve Heart Health with Exercise
Exercise for appearance or performance often takes a back burner to getting (and keeping) our body healthy. National Heart Health Month is a great time to incorporate ways to improve heart health with exercise. Heart disease and stroke remain the number one killers of men and women. However, many of the causes of heart disease […]
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Heart Disease: When to Worry About Heart Health
February is National Heart Health Month, an effort to increase awareness of heart disease, which is the leading killer of both women and men each year. Whether you’re worried about heart health or don’t really know where you stand, this is a good reminder to check in with your doctor. While genetics, age, and gender […]
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What is Glycogen and How Does it Affect Athletes?
Glycogen is a storage form of glucose. While we can store an almost limitless amount of fat in our adipose tissues, the glycogen storage is limited to about a pound. Our muscles store about 75% of glycogen and the rest of it is stored in the liver. Liver glycogen is an important source of energy for our […]
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Make Shoveling Snow Your Workout – Tips On How to Do It Safely
For anyone that has shoveled snow, you know it can be a workout! Pushing and throwing that wet, heavy snow can be comparable to a weight-lifting session or even an aerobic workout on the treadmill. According to LiveStrong, an average person can burn 223 calories per 30 minutes while shoveling snow. So the next time […]
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6 Benefits of Strength Training Beyond Building Muscle
Everyone knows that strength training (working with free weights, machines, resistance bands, etc.) is a great way to build and maintain muscle and strength. What many people may not know about, however, is all of the other benefits that are associated with a strength training routine. Today’s strength training workouts offer a ton of benefits […]
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How Exercise Can Reduce your Holiday Stress.
Fitting in shopping while prepping for the holidays? Juggling family and financial obligations? Overwhelmed by parties with too much food and alcohol? There are good reasons that the holidays can skyrocket your stress level. If you’re looking for ways to relieve that holiday stress, exercise will help. Exercise is one of the most powerful stress […]
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CSA Haul Recipe of the Week: Crispy Potato Wedges with Truffle Oil
Sometimes there’s nothing more comforting than some good old-fashioned fried potatoes. Ordering fries at a fast food place may be easier, but making your own potato wedges can be surprisingly satisfying. On top of being healthier than fast food fries, making your own wedges means that you can doctor it up with better ingredients and seasonings. […]