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Since most of my friends and co-workers know about my passion for health and fitness, I often get a lot of questions about healthy eating and various fitness tips. I thought I would share a few of these frequently asked questions (and my answers!). Q: What should I eat before a morning workout? A: It really depends on [...] Let’s face iout – life can be hectic and sometimes fitting in a workout, or making a healthier food choice doesn’t quite make it to the top of the priority list. For the past couple of months, I have even found myself in what I call a “fitness funk”. Between a new puppy (a handsome Boxer [...] Today, a friend of mine asked me for some tips on how to get great abs. (And just to be clear, great abs means a flat stomach with some muscle definition.) Despite what a lot of people think, crunches don’t really do the trick. There are two important elements to great abs – Cardio and Diet. 100 [...] As much as I enjoy my gym workouts, there are times when I just can’t get there and with two small children, I can’t always get out for a run around the neighborhood. Here are a few of my favorite exercises to do at home: 1. Jumping rope – great for getting the heart rate up and great for [...] I’ve read a few articles recently that said the #1 resolution this year (and most prior years) is to lose weight. I’ll save my soap box speech about why that is a faulty goal for later (there are lots of ways to lose weight and not all of them are healthy). And so, having realized [...] Have you ever gotten really excited about a new diet or fitness plan that you were about to start? You buy the book and head to the grocery store to get all of the foods the new plan calls for…and, come Monday morning, you are off to a great start. But then, a week or two [...] A lot of people I know say that they would work out or work out more, if only they had more time in their day. My philosophy is to make the the time. I mean, as any working mother knows, you never accidentally happen upon a free hour in your schedule. No, you have to carve out [...] This past weekend, my cousin’s wife Sonya asked me if a runner’s high was a real feeling and if so, what does it feel like. It was a timely question because I had run 8 miles that morning and at about mile 5, I began to reflect on just how [...] |
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