It is common to gain a little weight during the winter. The days are shorter, it’s cold outside and we just don’t get as much activity and access to local healthy fruits and vegetables is limited. Come spring, many people get motivated to shed the winter layer and lean up for summer. Although the principles…
Sugar Cleanse
Many health professionals and nutritionists believe that added sugar is the single most harmful ingredient in our diet. Sugar addiction is no joke and affects the brain in a similar fashion as drug addictions. The more you consume it, the more you want it. The average American consumes 57 pounds of added sugar per year wrecking…
One Free Day Is Better Than Striving To Be Perfect!
Many people have great intentions and set New Year’s resolutions to get healthy and start eating better. Many will go on a diet to lose weight but we all know that most diets fail. People typically can’t stay on the diet for the long-term so as soon as they go off the diet, they gain…
Fitness In Between The Feasts
We all just enjoyed a wonderful Thanksgiving Feast and in one month, we’ll be back at it during the Christmas and New Year’s dinner, get-togethers and parties. It’s easy to see why Americans gain so much weight during this time of year. The holidays can be a stressful time trying to keep up with the…
Summer Nutrition
Summers can be so busy with vacations, travel, sports’ clinics and camps, camping, and more. This makes it difficult to stick to a healthy eating plan. Here’s some ideas for summers on the go: Try these balanced, quick breakfast options: Fruit, fruit, fruit – that’s the beauty of summer. Everything is in season and it tastes…
Get Ripped for Summer
We just finished a 12-week series that included cardio, muscle, nutrition and lifestyle tips to get you in great shape for summer. We are one month away from the start of summer so you’ve got 4 weeks to ramp it up and get ripped. Today, you’ll get 10 Quick-Fix Hacks for really toning and leaning up right…
Spring Into Shape For Summer – Week Twelve
You did it! Can you believe we’re at Week 12?! But remember with fitness, you can’t start and stop. In order to maintain results and health and fitness benefits, it’s a forever thing! Change Things Up: This week, change around the sequence or order that you are performing your exercises. For example, if you always do your…
Spring Into Shape For Summer – Week Eleven
“People often become what they believe themselves to be. If I believe I cannot do something, it makes me incapable of doing it. But when I believe I can, then I acquire the ability to do it even if I didn’t have it in the beginning.” Mohandas Gandhi We have two weeks left to our Spring…
Spring Into Shape For Summer – Week Ten
“What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals”.- Zig Ziglar We’re honing in on the finish line of our Spring into Shape for Summer Program. But remember with fitness there is NEVER a finish line. Two weeks left to take everything to the next level. …
Spring Into Shape For Summer – Week Nine
We’ve been at this for 2 months now and you should be in better shape and experiencing improved fitness, strength and energy! If you haven’t started yet, go back through prior weeks and start today. You deserve to look and feel your best! Cardio Continue what we’ve been focusing on and this week, add 1-2 really long,…