Training
The Power Of Consistency
If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!I’ll be the first person to admit that when I was competing my off season consistency was a bit of a battle. I would finish doing a show in June and wouldn’t compete again until the following April. Here’s my dirty little secret. I didn’t stay consistent. It took me about 2 seasons of this consistent non-consistent behavior for me to realize that if I was consistent with my off-season nutrition and workouts getting it together for a show wouldn’t be as hard. For those of you don’t compete. You know what I’m talking about you know you watch what you are eating...
Read More4 Ways To Lose Your Belly
Admit we all look down at our tummy’s and wish they are a little flatter, more Source: Michelle Meiklejohn define or hell just wasn’t a muffin top! Here a four ways to lose that muffin top. Add protein to every meal. I always ask my clients to write their food journals and the one element that is missing from most meals is protein. This is help you repair your muscles after working out and helps you to feel full longer. Log your meals. This helps you really visualize what your are putting in your mouth. I mean you log EVERYTHING the Peppermint Patty you grabbed from the receptionist desk. Want me to review? Just send 3 days and I’ll give you...
Read MoreWhat’s Up With Kim?
Over the past 3 years I have shared a nutrition, workout and motivational tips, but this past week I was speaking with some of the readers of my blog and they asked for me to share more about me. So.. here it is. I’m not perfect I too struggle with this time of the year! Last week I attended a conference that was serving lunch. I started out the day with my oatmeal, egg whites and berries for breakfast I packed 2 snacks (AM and PM). They were serving lunch so I didn’t bring my lunch. Well.. let’s say that was a mistake while it was an EXCELLENT chopped salad, it lacked PROTEIN! 20 minutes after I ate I was STARVING!!!! We were in a part of the...
Read MoreI’ve Achieved My Goal!!
This past weekend I competed in my third Women’s Tri Fitness. This was a long term goal of mine and when I did it for the first time I got hooked! This weekend I went to Tampa and competed with my husband. It was so my fun to complete a goal with him, plus he is all fired up to do it again! I really get excited when I turn people on to fitness and they achieve their goals. I tell you this, not to brag, but inspire you to take action. It’s been about 1 year since I had something that I had a goal that I was really jazzed about. When my husband asked if we could do it together, it was just the kick in the pants I needed. Back in August I put on my game face and...
Read MoreGet Off The Treadmill
I’m really fortunate that the people who read my site have two things in common: a passion to lead a healthy lifestyle goal(s) that they are striving to achieve One of things I hope that I can provide to my readers as well as my clients is prescriptive guidance to help them achieve their goals. One of their main question is cardio? I live in Boston right next to the Charles River as soon as the snow melts the runners, joggers and walkers come out in droves. Do you know why they run — I mean at least 85% of them, come on you the answer, think about it!! That’s right its to LOSE WEIGHT! Running is cardio right, running is hard for me so it must be...
Read MoreI Want Flat Abs
You just picked up the latest People, Us Weekly or Star magazine and on the cover is some movie star or singer showing off their rock hard abs. You then look at your abs and vow today is the day that I will do 1000 crunches everyday until summer to have those abs. Ladies you’re not alone! To get great abs, you must do more than crunches. You will need to: burn more calories than you eat — 1 pound = 3500 calories, you will need to create a 500 calorie deficit everyday to lose 1 pound each week. work your large muscle groups — butt, quads, lats, and chest using resistance/strength training and cardio.Working your large muscles will help you burn fat,...
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