This is a great recipe for anyone that's trying to avoid pasta or is perhaps just looking for a way to get more vegetables into their diet.
Continue reading Delicious pasta replacement.
The New Year is upon us and this time of year I am inundated with calls from people that need help in actualizing their New Years weight loss resolutions.
In this post, I'm going to share with you, just what I will most likely tell them.
In this post, I'm going to share with you, just what I will most likely tell them.
Continue reading Your Life, Your Story.
Suffering with a combination of pain and fatigue that lasts more than 6 months may be more than a rut.
Pain and fatigue are often conditions that accompany one another, we have a tendency to want to identify them as separate conditions but more often than not, they have a direct link to one another. Women need to be particularly alert to this condition which is more frequently being referred to as; multisymptom illness.
Pain and fatigue are often conditions that accompany one another, we have a tendency to want to identify them as separate conditions but more often than not, they have a direct link to one another. Women need to be particularly alert to this condition which is more frequently being referred to as; multisymptom illness.
Continue reading More Than a Rut.
The best rehab is the one you can avoid
Women have certainly taken their place in the world of athletics. But in the last few years there's been a remarkable increase in knee injuries in the female population.
We all can benefit from physical activity. Though exercise can be rewarding it can also be damaging if we don't pay attention to potential problem zones in our body.
Women have certainly taken their place in the world of athletics. But in the last few years there's been a remarkable increase in knee injuries in the female population.
We all can benefit from physical activity. Though exercise can be rewarding it can also be damaging if we don't pay attention to potential problem zones in our body.
Continue reading Attention Women!.
The fitness industry should take a lesson from science.
We wonder why we can't get some control over the obesity problem, but I don't think there's any mystery when all we've come up with are questionable fat burning tablets, weight loss cookies, and reality TV shows that make weight loss look just about impossible for the average overweight person.
It has become such a profitable industry that everyone wants to jump on the "wellness" wagon. This produces more and more products, each with magnificent claims that inevitably mislead people and deepen confusion. It's really at a point where no one knows what to believe.
We wonder why we can't get some control over the obesity problem, but I don't think there's any mystery when all we've come up with are questionable fat burning tablets, weight loss cookies, and reality TV shows that make weight loss look just about impossible for the average overweight person.
It has become such a profitable industry that everyone wants to jump on the "wellness" wagon. This produces more and more products, each with magnificent claims that inevitably mislead people and deepen confusion. It's really at a point where no one knows what to believe.
Continue reading Is this the best we can do?.
These are often the most overlooked muscles in a training program.
For those of you who aren't familiar with the hamstrings, they're the muscles down the back of your upper leg. People frequently complain of tightness in this area, and despite constant stretching; they just don't let up.
If you've tried just about everything and this condition still persists, you may want to give the following suggestion a shot.
For those of you who aren't familiar with the hamstrings, they're the muscles down the back of your upper leg. People frequently complain of tightness in this area, and despite constant stretching; they just don't let up.
If you've tried just about everything and this condition still persists, you may want to give the following suggestion a shot.
Continue reading Healthy Hamstrings.
Here we go again with the grains!
Today's local news paper ran an article on the importance of folic acid in our diets.
Folic acid (folate) is extreemly important for cell health. It's of particular importance during rapid cell production which occurs during fetal development, recovery from injury, and infant growth. I'd also like to include that stress causes extensive cell damage, and folic acid consumption would assist with the bolstering of quality cell production, in times of stress.
Today's local news paper ran an article on the importance of folic acid in our diets.
Folic acid (folate) is extreemly important for cell health. It's of particular importance during rapid cell production which occurs during fetal development, recovery from injury, and infant growth. I'd also like to include that stress causes extensive cell damage, and folic acid consumption would assist with the bolstering of quality cell production, in times of stress.
Continue reading Facts on folate.
If this looks like your posture, I strongly recommend that you do this exercise.
Once you're able to complete this movement while maintaining all the following steps, you can bet your shoulders will feel as good as new!
You have to be attentive to details on this exercise; it's not for someone who just wants to get it done and out of the way. Follow the sequence closely:
Once you're able to complete this movement while maintaining all the following steps, you can bet your shoulders will feel as good as new!
You have to be attentive to details on this exercise; it's not for someone who just wants to get it done and out of the way. Follow the sequence closely:
Continue reading Shoulder corrective exercise.
If you have a goal, behave like you do.
No matter what your goal is, there's a behaviour that must be demonstrated to go along with it.
I don't think we'd have trouble agreeing on the fact that goals are important; and I'm equally certain that we can agree that the best goals are goals that can be obtained. In order to achieve our goals, we need to devise a plan of action and align our actions with that plan.
In the health and fitness world it's common to meet people that establish goals to get fit and lose weight. Having met so many individuals full of great intentions, it's always preferable to see them move toward actualizing their plan without too much frustration.
No matter what your goal is, there's a behaviour that must be demonstrated to go along with it.
I don't think we'd have trouble agreeing on the fact that goals are important; and I'm equally certain that we can agree that the best goals are goals that can be obtained. In order to achieve our goals, we need to devise a plan of action and align our actions with that plan.
In the health and fitness world it's common to meet people that establish goals to get fit and lose weight. Having met so many individuals full of great intentions, it's always preferable to see them move toward actualizing their plan without too much frustration.
Continue reading Is the behaviour congruent with the goal?.
Weight loss plans need to have one key element to ensure your success.
If I were to pick one of the most fundamental features needed in a plan to lose weight, I'd say it has to be sustainable. Sustainability offers the insurance that whatever method you use, it not only produces the desired result, but it ensures that you'll be able to keep that result indefinitely, with whatever method you use.
Many overweight people know all too well about losing weight and putting it back on. There's no value in a weight loss plan that helps you to lose, only to regain it later. If it's not sustainable, it's not useful.
If I were to pick one of the most fundamental features needed in a plan to lose weight, I'd say it has to be sustainable. Sustainability offers the insurance that whatever method you use, it not only produces the desired result, but it ensures that you'll be able to keep that result indefinitely, with whatever method you use.
Many overweight people know all too well about losing weight and putting it back on. There's no value in a weight loss plan that helps you to lose, only to regain it later. If it's not sustainable, it's not useful.
Continue reading If it's not sustainable-it's not useful.
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