In addition to healthy eating and exercise, stretching is an important part in maintaining a healthy body! The knee-to-chest stretch focuses on the muscles of your lower back and hamstrings. Instructions: On a firm surface, lie on your back with the backs of your heels flat on the floor Gently pull one knee up to your… Continue Reading
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Walking is Exercise for Your Brain
Is walking part of your regular routine? If it is, then not only are you benefiting your waistline, you are doing your brain and memory a favor. There is mounting evidence that regular walking benefits the brain health of adults. Now that it’s finally starting to warm up and you’ve got your freezer loaded with Personal… Continue Reading
Split Jumps
Raise your heart rate and build your quads with split jump plyometric exercise. Instructions: Step into a deep lunge with the front knee bent and pointing straight over your toes. The back knee should be nearly touching the ground. Pressing through both legs, jump as high as possible. Swing your arms to gain lift and… Continue Reading
7 Tips to Lose Weight After Pregnancy!
First of all, if you are a new mom, congratulations! If you are like most new moms, you may be a little anxious to lose the baby weight. For some women, the extra weight seems to fall off magically the instant they start breast-feeding their sweet little bundle of joy. For the rest of us, we have… Continue Reading
Improve Your Balance with this Simple Exercise!
It is no secret that there are many things that happen to our bodies as we age—some more noticeable than others. On the list of not so noticeable is that as we get older we lose our sense of balance. Not a big deal, right? Actually, balance is a pretty big deal to your health.… Continue Reading
Diets are for Quitters!
New Year’s resolutions have come and gone for most. And now with summer right around the corner, we are saying those all-too-familiar phrases we were proclaiming just a couple of months ago….’I am going on a diet and will lose weight!’ Well, guess what? Diets are for quitters! That’s why Personal Trainer Food is focused… Continue Reading
Walking Every Day: What’s Your Excuse?
It’s too hot! It’s too cold! I have no place to walk. I need a new pair of shoes! So. Many. Excuses. Enough. One of the top reasons people don’t get the results they want on their program is because they are not doing their 20-minute walk. Are you? No, honestly, are you getting them… Continue Reading
Planking for a Flat Belly
Maybe you’ve seen your friends post hilarious versions of “planking it” at work or some other tomfoolery, but the truth is that the plank is serious business for your core! It engages all your major core muscles– your abs, glutes, and back. When toned, the core acts as a girdle for your midsection, flattening your… Continue Reading
Build Your Core: RECON Push-Up Routine
Push-ups are an integral part of the RECON exercise routine. It makes sense, because it engages so many muscles at once, targeting the chest, back, shoulders, and BONUS –the core! The RECON Push-Up Routine: If you’re not up for a full push-up yet, you can make it easier by either using a wider stance with… Continue Reading
Alcohol and Weight Loss (The Science)
Under normal conditions, your body gets its energy from the calories in carbohydrates, fats, and proteins which are slowly digested and absorbed within the gastrointestinal system. As long as you are eating the right (real, natural) foods like meats, eggs, veggies, nuts, and cheese those calories are available for energy– not stored as fat. But… Continue Reading
