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Frog Workout?
In the 1920’s scientists wanted to know what effect inactivity had on muscles. They bound the legs of a group of frogs for extended period of time and then studied the results. You know some poor grad assistant got that job. Shockingly, at the end of the experiment...
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How to create your own effective workouts
Exercise is really pretty simple when you break it down. There are really only 7 movements that you can do. There are hundreds of variations on these 7 movements, but they all get back to this basic format. We use these movements as a template to create our workouts...
read more3 + 1 For Better Pushups
Let's all just agree. Pushups are awesome. They work muscles from your head to your toes. Whether you are doing pushups on your toes, your knees, on an incline, or a wall these tips can help you get more out of your pushups. 1. Don't let your elbows flare out It...
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Your homework
I read about a crazy study that involved the researchers gaving people the flu. I remember being pretty broke a few times in my life, but not so broke I would take a few dollars to get the flu. I hate getting sick. Give me poor and healthy any day. The researchers...
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Four Corner At Home Workout
Happy Veteran's Day! Thank you to all who have given their service to our country. Holiday season is starting to get into full swing. Stores are filled with reminders, shopping has already started, red cups are causing an uproar, etc... You might not have as much...
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8 Weeks, Bagger Vance, and Quitting
Are there really only 8 weeks left in 2015? This year has been crazy. We are all great starters. The first 2 weeks of 2015, gyms are all crammed full of people. New workout shoes and clothes as far as the eye can see. But then the newness wears off. The routine...
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Not Yet (powerful)
I love TED talks. Even before I had the amazing opportunity to do one myself, I was fascinated by them. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDVhdT1S3xs If I'm not careful I can spend an hour getting stuck in a YouTube loop of never ending TED talks. Am I the only one? ...
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Low Fat Is Wack
If you have been following my writing for awhile, this will probably not come as a surprise. But here it is- low fat diets do not work. That is not just my opinion, this study shows that low fat diets have "been a complete failure tackling obesity". So what do...
read moreExercising with a pumpkin. Brought to you by bacon
People want two things out of life. To be able to workout with a pumpkin and to see a grown man exercising in a bacon costume. This video gives you both. Each exercise is 40 seconds, rest 20 seconds, and go...
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Fat is saving our lives?
I read an unexpected quote in a study about how sugar is so harmful to our bodies. The quote said: "Fat is saving our lives." -Dr. Robert Young Our bodies were not meant to ingest the large amounts of refined sugar we eat (the average American eats 152 pounds of...
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"Eat food, not too much, mostly plants"
I've been re-reading Michael Pollan's book "In Defense of Food". The title of this blog is basically a summary of the entire book. I just saved a few hours of your time. He does get more in depth and gives his food algorithm for eating Not necessarily telling you...
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Not motivated to exercise? Get out of your exercise rut (part 2)
In Wednesday's e-mail I gave you 5 ways to stay motivated and get out of your exercise rut. You can read the first 5 ways I recommend here ----> Part 1 Here are 5 more to give a try if none of the first few spoke to you: 6. Read a book, blog, magazine etc... ...
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Not motivated to exercise? Get out of your exercise rut (part 1)
Have you gotten to the point in your exercise program where you dread doing it? Has it become like a part-time job? You go put on your gym clothes, go through the motions, and then do it all over again the next day. You aren't getting results, your motivation is...
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4 Steps To Become More Disciplined
You know a key to life that is missing from a lot of our lives? Discipline. It is a common misconception that you are either disciplined or you aren't, it's just the way you are made. That is not the way it works. You can become more disciplined by being...
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"More important than a multivitamin"
Coffee Diet Soda Alcohol What do they have in common? Besides being in the order of how a lot of people drink them during a day. They are the top 3 causes for stomach irritation. For coffee it is not so much the coffee itself, it is the sugars and other stuff that is...
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