I was asked the other day, “Hey Glen, what do you suggest for basic toning? I don’t want bulk. I have been doing cardio for a little over a month now and need to start doing some sort of toning. Any suggestions would be great!” First let’s talk a little about strength training, building muscle,
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One thing I am (almost) learning as I get older is to STOP working out every now and then. Chronic pain can happen with exercise the same (well, maybe not exactly the same) as it can with inactivity and sedentary living. I was once sidelined from working out for almost a year when I strained
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Here are 5 quotes that help motivate me for fitness, health – well – all areas of life really. Reading is great, and sometimes the littlest passage can have a huge impact. “You don’t pay the price of good health; you enjoy the price of good health. You pay the price of poor health” –
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What comes to mind when you think of strength workouts? Dudes clanging around weights in the Hulk section of the gym? Well, it certainly could be that type of workout, but it doesn’t have to be. There are several ways we can work on strengthening our bodies. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention recommends
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The benefits of dynamic stretching have become a hot topic in the fitness world in years of late, and for good reason. There is research that shows doing dynamic stretching (continual moving and stretching) can improve athletic performance when compared to more traditional static stretching (holding a stretch for 20 seconds or so). I personally
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If you geek out on the latest fitness trends like me (or even if you don’t) you may have heard to ditch static stretching before your workouts. You may have heard that new research shows that static stretching is bad for you. Is it? Let’s see. The idea of static stretching being bad comes from
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I just completed a round of P90X2® this past week. So, I thought P90X was my favorite program. Then Asylum® came out. Then came P90X2®. Which is my favorite? Yes. Beachbody® continues to put out some great fitness programs and P90X2 is no exception. I was coming off of a shoulder injury that I rehabilitated
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One question that I get asked often is: Is it normal to gain weight while doing P90X, Insanity, Turbo Fire, or (insert workout program here)? Weight loss is never a perfect journey and you may see some ups and downs along the way. Often what we expect is not what happens – that’s not to
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I’m biting. The bait and hook that is “intermittent fasting” has been put in front of me and I’m officially reeled in (sort of). I am going to start a new diet that consists of fasting, and eating whole foods – eating whole foods is nothing new, the daily fasting regimen is. I have done
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The first time I was introduced to resistance bands was when I worked out to a P90X DVD for the first time. I’ll be honest: I was not entirely sure that someone could get the same results in a workout with the bands as they could with free weights. I mean, sure, you might get
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