Rise and shine tired feet, foot wakers to the rescue

Yamuna Foot Wakers

A Radiance Gear & Gadget Review. My Yamuna Foot Wakers are one of My Favorite Things. The little nubs on these funny looking domes hit all of the accu-points, meridians & feel-good [...]

Rock hard hip flexors are NOT a good thing. Here’s how I soften mine up!

Tight hip flexors

Here’s a quick hip flexor primer to give you an idea the important role these muscles play in posture, physique and performance and how I ‘release’ mine when they get [...]

Live Well 360 Core Fitness Bag

Rule by fit people, it’s a Fitocracy and it’s building momentum

Fitocracy-Rule by Fit people!

Rule by fit people, it’s a Fitocracy and it’s building momentum [...]

My Favorite Things: The oven-baked solution that saved my knees

Shari Feuz mountain climbing

There is nothing worse than active people who can’t be active and do what they love because of an injury. My own knees sidelined my running and hiking for several years until I happened to discover a foot support system that completely eliminated my knee [...]

Hidden Injuries. Listen to your joints when they speak to you.

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Exercise-related injuries are sneaky and can creep up without you ever knowing what happened. Listen to your joints when they speak to you. The subtle shoulder twinge, inflamed elbow, or grinding knee just might be your joints letting you know they aren’t very happy with your [...]

5 Signs the Afterburn is Real

High intensity training for EPOC

Keep working your butt off for a post exercise metabolism boost.

All of these articles I have been reading lately that dismiss the ‘afterburn’ after exercise are really starting to annoy me. I‘ve had people come up to me and say that I have been wrong about prescribing high-intensity exercise as a smart and efficient way to lose weight. [...]

Book Review: The Park Avenue Nutritionists Plan

Book Review: The Park Avenue Nutritionist's Plan

I came across this book in the bookstore without having heard about it previously, which is rare because I usually choose books based on reviews or referrals.

The title peaked my curiosity because as a personal trainer this is an area of interest for me and the author’s credentials and experience give the book some pretty serious [...]

Book Review: The Eat-Clean Diet Cookbook by Tosca Reno

The eat clean diet cookbook

This best selling cookbook (Robert Kennedy Publishing 2007) is the logical follow-up to the original Eat-Clean Diet book with recipes to support clean eating to get and stay lean.

If you happen to be perusing the bookstore and thinking about picking up this popular cookbook whatever you do don’t flip to page 231. Not only will you feel incredibly insulted but you will get a false impression of what lean and clean-eating really is.
Here’s why, and why you should most definitely have a copy of this cookbook on your healthy living book [...]

3 awesome custom Ugi workouts

UGI Fitness 8lb ball

This silly squishy ball has transformed this personal trainers business to the point where I have actually started a growing waitlist of people wanting to do my Ugi workouts. Here are some of my custom 30-minute Ugi [...]

Tai Chi & Health, Manage your Qi for vitality & longevity

Alive Magazine April 2011 featuring Shari Feuz

Tai Chi & Health, Manage your Qi for vitality & [...]





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Tight hip flexors

Tight hip flexors will throw you out of alignment. Here's my favorite way to release them.

MY FAVOURITE THINGS

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The oven-baked solution that saved my knees

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UGI Fitness

The newest tool in my training toolbox. Meet UGI.

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Forget Bridal Bootcamp to look stunning in your wedding dress

BOOK REVIEWS

Eat drink and be gorgeous

Eat drink and be gorgeous, A nutritionist’s healthy guide to living the good life, by Esther Blum

Thrive Diet by Brendan Brazier

The Thrive Diet by Brendan Brazier. Thinking of going vegan?