The most successful approach to overall physical health is a multifaceted one. However, even those of us with the best of intentions tend to overlook the importance of stretching when compared to other more seemingly important areas of exercise such as cardio and strength training. For some, stretching appears trivial and too time consuming [...]
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9 Calorie Cutting Tips
Some Tips for You! Limit calorie containing drinks: the average American drinks 245 calories in soda every day, thats nearly 90,000 calories a year. Instead add zero calorie flavor packets to water. Dress in Blue: there is a reason why fast food restaurants are not decorated in blue. Studies show blue acts as a natural [...]
How to Perform a Single Leg Stability Ball Glute Raise
This exercise is an awesome beginner/intermediate movement that will target the hamstring and glute muscles. Perform one leg at a time and increase the difficulty. Tone the backside and build single leg strength. Make sure your STB is well inflated and keep core engaged to help stabilize the movement. Start out with 3 sets of [...]
What’s up with “The Fat Burning Zone”
the fat burning zone I know at some point we have all heard about the “fat burning zone” in our pursuit of weight loss. They tell us we need to stay in our fat burning zone, and depending on who you talk to it’s any where from 60-80% of your maximum heart rate(see below for equation). [...]
The CORE & why you shouldn’t be living with lower back pain!
When you think of the core, you’re thinking of an apple core, right?! Well maybe, but thats not what were talking about here. The CORE we are referring to is the center mass of the body. Everything minus the arms and legs, more specifically the transverse abdominals, internal and external obliques, diaphragm, lower back and [...]
