Fitness Resources
New Video – Beginner Strength Workout
Here is a complete circuit, appropriate for the beginner or even intermediate for a quick butt-kicking. You will hit every part of the body, and keep the heart rate up! Tighten, tone, strengthen, and blast fat. Safe for post-pregnancy, too (once your doctor gives you the go ahead, of course). So follow along. I had a tricky time with music (apparently we are not allowed to play music in our videos anymore) so if it disappears, I’ll replace it with some other tunes. Work hard!
Read MoreRyan – Cottage Struggles
Hey ya’ll. I have been sticking with a medium to heavy routine of running and strength over the past week. No issues there, however, as per the usual it’s the diet that finds new ways to give me grief. My self-control was tested (and bested) by the cottage life this past weekend. Inch and a half thick rib steaks (each steak big enough to feed a whole family) with garlic mushrooms, beer can chicken, baked beans, chicken wings, chips, and lots and lots of beers – notice the absence of salad, or healthy carbs… oh yeah and tack on: red wine and cigars that I could never afford – and thereby cant seem to pass up the opportunity to indulge when offered.… excuses,...
Read MoreNew Video: Hopping Plank
Bet you’ve never done a hopping plank before! Tried this out in the gym today, and it was an awesome full body and mostly CORE workout! Try it out yourself, but make sure you don’t have any lower back issues before you attempt it. You must already be able to hold a regular plank for at least 60 seconds, and no swooping in the low back.
Read MoreTakeItOff – New Video: Side Plank, from Beginner to Advanced
I’m passionate about everybody, of all levels, integrating this exercise into their plan for the following reasons: A strong core helps you push A strong core helps you pull A strong core helps you kick, jump, climb, dance, ride (horses, waves… whatever), run, leap, balance AND A strong core makes you really want to walk around your house naked. NOTHING will make you more comfortable walking around just the way you are, garment-less, than flat, tight, lean abs. So, without further ado, the side plank that’s right for YOU:
Read MoreTake It Off – New Video: Tighter Butt
Welcome to post number 200. It is time to begin a new series of posts. Let me explain what Take It Off really means. Sure, it can mean taking off pounds, taking off cellulite, taking off that layer of extra fat that is keeping you from making the MOST out of your life. But it also means taking off your clothes! We all know how it is – our partners tell us we look great. Our mothers / fathers / sibling tell us we don’t need to lose a pound. And that’s fine – great! But if you aren’t feeling 100% body confident, by yourself, that is where you are wasting time in life. You shouldn’t have to sit a certain way to hide things, or dress a...
Read MoreMusic Mondays #30
Our last one of the series! Of course, I can’t hold back from sharing my favourite go-tos for hitting a workout, so this is not the end of my workout mixes. But it is time to move on to a new series, because tomorrow I reach 200 POSTS! Now, you have 30 great workout mixes to download for free, and pop in your iPod and run out the door (or, blast in house and move your butt)! To find them all, head over to the Workout Music Page. This list will still continue to grow regularly, just not necessarily on Mondays. I’ve been listening to a lot of A-Trak and Fool’s Gold Radio mixes since the weather started to warm-up. It’s always pretty dance-y, which...
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