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Put Down Your Pop Can
One of the first things I ask my clients who are trying to lose weight is if they have a pop habit. (Yes, pop. I’m from Iowa. That’s what we call it.) You see, cutting out the empty calories found in...
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Enter a Race
Bike, run, swim, walk. Whatever you like. Here’s why: Goals. If one of your goals for the year is something along the lines of “get in better shape,” “run a 5K (10K/half marathon/etc.),” or, “sign up...
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Ditch the Crunches
It’s time to find some new ab exercises and make the endless crunches a thing of the past. Crunches just don’t strengthen your core in a way that’s particularly useful in your every-day life, and they...
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Summer’s Coming: Buy Some New Sunscreen
Perhaps you heard last year that the FDA issued new guidelines for labeling sunscreen. Well, the new rules must be in place by this summer, so your favorite sunscreen might be looking different soon....
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Beware the Shocking Headline
Sensational headlines are everywhere, especially in the health and fitness arena. Every day it seems we learn another way to add some extra days to our lives, reduce our risk of diabetes, or lose...
View ArticleHappy New Year!
So much for 52 Ways to be Healthier in 2012! I really stunk that one up, didn’t I? Well, it’s a new year, a clean slate and all that jazz, so we’re just going to pretend it never happened and move...
View ArticleBat Wings, Jiggly Thighs and Other Things
It’s January which means that lots of you have hit the gym with renewed vigor. And I’m guessing that no small percentage of you are working specifically to diminish a particular trouble spot. From a...
View Article5 Ways to Spice Up Your Squats
It’s a video! That’s right, it seems that my video camera is good for more than just baby videos. Let me know what you think. And if you’ve got a fun squat variation to share, I’d love to hear about it.
View ArticleGetting Sweaty and Making Babies…
…how exercise affects your ability to get pregnant. Perhaps not surprisingly, women who exercise strenuously, like athletes or those who train for marathons or triathlons, sometimes find it difficult...
View ArticleFood Labels and Couch Potatoes
I came across two studies lately that I thought were pretty interesting, and in the case of the second, rather funny. The first has to do with food labels—you know, the government-mandated tables that...
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