Posts made in August, 2010
Hey You Drop The Pink Dumbbells!
If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!I teach a number of group fitness classes that require 2 sets of weight. (1) heavy for your lower body and (1) lighter weight for your upper body. It never ceases to amaze me how many women under estimate their strength or better yet think that lifting heavy will cause them to BULK UP so they grab 3 pound dumbbells. Seriously ladies if I were to take your backpacks, laptop bags or purses and put it on a scale it would weigh more than 3 pounds. In fact the average women’s purse weighs about the same as a sack of sugar. PS> Sugar comes in 5 pound sacks. So the next time you reach...
Read MoreThe Beauty of Farmer’s Markets
I have worked in the Boston’s Back Bay neighborhood for a number of years and have always wanted to go to the Copley Square Farmers Market, but for some reason I never had the time. Looking back it makes me laugh because the market is open Tuesdays and Fridays 11-6 so why couldn’t I sneak over and check out what they have to offer. Well I FINALLY made it over to the market and it was awesome. I picked up the best corn on the cob, the juiciest tomatoes and the best blueberries. I could go on and on and on. Over the past few weeks, I’ve picked up some of the best and freshest produce I have gotten in years. The farmer’s market runs until...
Read MoreNuts AREN’T Protein
This has been the topic of discussion this week, with a number of my clients. Many are asking about making more improvements with their body composition. I know what their workouts look like, but I don’t know what they are doing in the kitchen. When we go through their food journals we realize that they are not getting enough protein in their diets. When I ask can we add a little more protein in your diet, they say oh do you mean nuts or beans, NO I don’t mean nuts or beans. Nuts and beans are great, but they are NOT your best sources of PROTEIN. Yes they contain protein, but they aren’t the quality protein that you will find in lean meats, eggs or...
Read MoreWeight Loss Secrets
So many people ask, how do you do it? Here are a few easy weight loss tips. I TRACK EVERYTHING, I have been writing down my food and my workouts for years. Some may say really or I just don’t have the time. My response is how will you know what is going on when you don’t lose weight or you’re not increasing your weight in regular increments. What is your track record? I look at this as my fitness bank account. I wouldn’t just write checks without keeping track of the checks I wrote, and some how you have time to write that down. Think of this in the same way. Now you don’t need anything fancy to track your workouts, I just use a plain...
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