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Cardio “Dancing”

Do you guys like to dance?  I sure as heck DON’T!  Probobly because I can’t do it.  So I feel a little bit (or a lotta bit) retarded.  But when I do my cardio “dancing” on the arc trainer at the gym I feel like this:

(PS.  Is that Lauren from So You Think You Can [...]

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Here is a little video on one of the best hamstring exercises ever, the Deadlift.  It is important to get this exercise right though so watch the video for proper form.

Add this to your workout routine NOW!

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Here is a workout that is designed to help increase your power output.  If you are training for any sort of race or just want the ability to speed up (or exert any type of power quickly) you should include power intervals in your workouts.  This workout is a basic interval workout where you will [...]

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I am sorry I haven’t been photo documenting all my food!  My camera ran out of batteries and then I kept forgetting to charge it!  The good news is, I have eaten the same things, exactly, for the last two days and will again tomorrow so I will post my meals tomorrow.  This last hard [...]

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Pass Crunch

We did this exercise at boot camp last week and I loved it!  It’s one of the only ab exercises that has made me sore in the last while.  Here’s what you do:
Hold a stability between your feet with legs extended.  Hold a dumbbell up above your head, extended, with one side in each hand.  [...]

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We all know why intervals are much more effective for burning fat than slow, steady paced cardio right?  If not, read this.
Here’s a new interval workout I tried this week and it kicked my butt!  The idea is to do gutt wrenching intervals for 5 minutes, then recover for 5 minutes and do the intervals [...]

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For those of you who don’t know, HIIT stands for High Intensity Interval Training.  While lower intensity steady state cardio workouts do have their place, hard intervals are much better for fat loss.  With intervals you definately will burn more calories in a shorter amount of time, but you will also increase your resting metabolism [...]

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Are you looking for a great time?  Try these intervals I’ve been doing lately.  I’d absolutely love to say that I’ve been running in a gorgeous park by the beach and that this picture is of me, but, it is not so.  I’ve been doing most of my training indoors lately.  I’m hoping to move it [...]

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Has spring sprung were  you live yet?  It sure has here!  For a few days at least.  I think it’s supposed to snow this next week.  But this last week has been beautiful!  Something I did a couple of times for my workout this week was to go to the parking lot of the Church in our [...]

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