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Mysterious Transversus. Part I

Here are the first 7 things you MUST know about the transversus abdominis muscle for optimal performance and a great [...]

Shopping for a fit girl? Holiday gift ideas.

Holiday Gift Guide 2011. A fit girl is never more happy than when she is being active and when she is fit she feels healthy and beautiful. A fit girl is stylish and discerning about what puts on her body and in her body. Here is my pick of smart gift ideas to support your fit girls’s active lifestyle in 2012. [...]

5 cool pieces of fitness equipment you might be lucky enough to see in your gym soon

5 cool pieces of fitness equipment you might be lucky enough to see in your gym soon. Here are some of the standout pieces of fitness equipment and tools that peaked my interest and are now on my Fitness Wish [...]

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

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

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

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.

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

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. [...]

A mighty upgrade to a classic fitness tool. Meet the new resistance band

II like to throw around some pretty heavy weight during my workouts and a couple of good ‘heavy’ workouts each week keeps me lean and strong. But I choose not to be a slave to the gym during the gorgeous days of summer when outdoor workouts are as good for the soul as they are for the body, plus my puppy can come along too!

That’s where resistance bands come in handy and thanks to Mighty Bands my ‘sunshine workouts’ just got a whole lot more [...]

Travel Fitness. Stay strong without a gym

Frequent travellers can avoid the disappointing “welcome back” workout and preserve training effects by doing maintenance workouts while on vacation. Research shows that one to two days per week appear to be an effective maintenance frequency for those already engaged in resistance training. All you need is a park bench and a resistance [...]

3 awesome custom Ugi workouts

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 [...]