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A Beginner’s Guide to Meditation
I am no master of meditation. But it is a goal of mine to meditate every day for at least a few minutes. When I was doing it “religiously,” during college, I found such peace and clarity at the end of...
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Where Did My Arms Go?
It’s the third week in January and I haven’t focused on my arms in the gym once. Add that to the fact that we haven’t really really worked out since mid-November-ish and it’s been months since I’ve...
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15 Minute High-Intensity Workout — No Excuses
I don’t care how busy you are. You have 15 minutes. You do. Don’t lie to yourself. So if you don’t have time for your own full workout, try this one. Only 15 minutes. Extremely simple. All you need is...
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Beginner’s Guide to Supplements
This post is essentially a direct email to a close friend of mine that I brought more into the world of fitness last year before I moved. One of my former pupils is now helping him but there are always...
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4 Ways to Breathe Properly and Reap the Benefits
Breathe in. And out. Breathing, oxygen is the foundation of our entire existence as air-breathing animals. Yet, we rarely pay attention to it throughout the day. I’m here to bring the importance of...
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Love Yourself: 30-Minute Total Body Blast [NO EQUIPMENT NECESSARY]
Hey, lovers and self-lovers out there! Today may be a day to splurge on chocolate, pastas, and fine wines (we are personally ordering pizza and kicking back since I work late), but it is also a day to...
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Motivation Monday: What Will Happen if You Keep Going?
You’ll get stronger. Sometimes it’s tough to keep going, day after day, with workouts, with progress, with fighting towards your goal. We know. Many times we’ve gotten knocked down, but we push...
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Starting a Balance Program: It’s Never Too Early!
Working at a YMCA, I work with an older population a lot of the time. This means lots of balance work. Using different exercises, different times, tempos, and so forth in order to prevent adaptation or...
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Listen to Your Body
Listen to your body. It is a simple rule that many many many of us tend to forget, including myself. Well, perhaps forget is a rather passive word, but instead ignore. And what do we do? Keep pushing...
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Quick Home Workout (Starting at Just 10 Minutes!)
So you really don’t have a lot of time, but you want to get some kind of cardio and strength activity in. Maybe you’re running off to see Jack the Giant Slayer in 15 minutes, but you want to get some...
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6 Exercises You Should Be Doing Over 60
And even if you’re not over 60–these exercises help everyone. I work a lot with the older population and it’s never too early to make sure you age gracefully. Even as we get older, more stiff, and less...
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5 Ways to Firm Up Your Glutes
No matter what gender we are, we all want to have nice glutes. And besides aesthetics, the stronger our glutes are, the more powerful we are. Think of when you feel your glutes: walking up the stairs,...
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Some Help on Training Splits and Achieving Goals
This is going to be a fairly short post compared to what I can say on the topic but it was prompted by my own changing of my split. Obviously, there are many muscle groups in your body. Major muscle...
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Building Muscle & Losing Fat (Myths of Fitness)
Myths of Fitness might not be the greatest name for this series but it’s all we have for now. The whole reason that I made up such a boring and vague name comes from my immediate desire to spread this...
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Core-Po-rate Fitness (Staying Fit in the Office)
You might be thinking… why is the title written in such a manner? Well, this article is being published because of a single man who I consider to be a brother. I am sure in time you will find out more...
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Gym Reviews: Ironhouse Gym (Mason City, IA)
This product is a result of the work of the worker and not the place they are working. A true talent can create without any tools or resources because they make everything work by themselves. But some...
View ArticleWalking in Winter Weather: Do It Safely and Know Your Limitations
This is a guest post by Eva McElwain Tucci AKA Gammianne and mom to Hungry I think that the majority of us would agree that it has been a rather unusual and harsh winter with near record snowfalls in...
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