Last summer, I told you about an interesting study that showed that drinking beet root juice boosts your stamina and could help you exercise for up to 16% longer. At that time, the theory was that the nitrate contained in beet root juice leads to a reduction in oxygen uptake, making exercise less tiring. The researchers weren’t sure of [...]
If you are like me I can think of 10,000 reasons to procrastinate from working out when my schedule is busy…but here is my #1 secret….I do it super early in the morning. Now I know the early morning sounds like a drag but statistics show a 90% success rate if you do it first [...]
Goals: This is another “bridge” week designed to allow your energy systems a break from the high intensity workouts you have been doing for the past four weeks. After this week, we will be returning to another high intensity phase. And now on to the…. 1. Circles – Starting with the ankles and moving all the [...]
The next time someone tells you they just did a “killer” workout, show them this one… What you just watched was just 1/6th of a workout I witnessed last week at the MNJCC in Toronto. After watching Amir, Nicole & Manny perform the first round of this circuit, I dashed off to my gym locker, grabbed [...]
Goal: More fat loss Equipment: Anything you want…go running/jogging, ride a bike or use any of the cardio equipment in your gym…exercise bike, treadmill, elliptical, stepper… Warm-Up 10 min gradually increasing the intensity level to a point that is approx. 60% of your maximum intensity (100% is a full out sprint) The Workout You [...]
A potentially interesting new show is premiering tonight on the ABC Family network. Based on a young adult novel by Sasha Paley, Huge stars Hairspray‘s Nikki Blonsky as Wil (short for Wilhelmina), an angry teen banished to fat camp. According to the promo material, Wil enters Camp Victory resolved to gain whatever weight her parents [...]
Goals: We’re back for the 2nd “bridge” week - designed to allow your energy systems a break from the high intensity workouts you have been doing for the past four weeks. Alternately, you could skip these workouts and go to a yoga or pilates class or do a week of cardio. Nothing too strenuous and hopefully [...]
Wow the bing bing arms, flag arms, teacher’s arm (sorry teachers:)) nothing seems to work! Well I have the solution to sexy sculpted triceps!! You will now shock people with your finely shaped arms. People will ask you where the gun show is:) or where is the horse trailer, or did you see the horse…that kicked [...]
I had a couple of reasons for doing this recipe. First off, 4th of July is next weekend and I always like to do some seasonal bbq food around this time. Secondly, and probably more importantly, I had this ginormous zucchini (courgette) growing in my garden that I needed to do something with before some [...]
Endurance Athlete Makes Incredible Transformation In Only 30 Days! by Steve Auxier I am deeply honored to have assisted so many people over the years! I am inspired by the life changing results that every single client has achieved! I am honoring each person by giving them the chance to share their life changing results with [...]
