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Does Sweating During a Workout Mean You Burn More Calories?

October 17, 2017
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Running

Does Sweating During a Workout Mean You Burn More Calories? If you don’t work up a sweat exercising, then you haven’t been going hard enough, right? Wrong. Well, possibly wrong. When it comes to exercise, there’s nothing quite as satisfying as a dripping forehead. But does a sweat-soak shirt equal a better workout? SWEAT SCIENCE As your muscles generate heat during your workout, and your body temperature rises, your body triggers a cooling process - sweating. Our sweat glands are...

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Change Your Workout Routine

August 21, 2017
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Here Are 4 Reasons to Change Your Workout Routine ! Do you find yourself running the same route, going to the same yoga class, or stepping onto the same treadmill while at the gym? If this is you, Change Your Workout Routine! When it comes to our fitness routines, most of us are creatures of habit, I know I am at times. We find something that we like, so we stick to it. During exercise, you’re putting stress on your...

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Dont Compare Yourself to Others – Fitness Trick & Tip #10

April 18, 2017
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Core Training

Dont Compare Yourself to Others - Fitness Trick & Tip #10 This seems so easy, right?  Dont Compare Yourself to Others, why do so many of us do this?  Whether you are just starting out or you're an experienced pro when it comes to working out and fitness, its very easy to give in to the temptation to see how you match up to others.  Its always going to be there and its almost always going to be frustrating!  No...

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Goal Setting – Fitness Tip & Trick # 6

February 24, 2017
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Fitness Tip & Trick # 6: Goal Setting Set one goal at a time. Lets just agree that we are all better off if we focus on 1 thing at a time!  I mean, who is seriously good at juggling a bunch of totally new things all at once? The biggest goal setting mistake is to try to change everything at once - this never ends all that well. Saying "I'm going to move more" then mastering that after mastering that...

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Keep a Food Journal – Fitness Tip & Trick #5

February 22, 2017
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Protein

Keep A Food Journal - Fitness Tip & Trick #5 Seems simple enough.  Trust me it is. We are all busy with our normal day to day stuff and we don't focus enough on what we eat and drink.  We often eat too much or too little, and most of us don't drink enough water but we think we do. Keep a food journal.  Don't have time or don't think its easy.  Well, if writing down what you eat and...

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Track Your Progress In Your Workout Journal – Fitness Tip & Trick #4

February 15, 2017
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  #4  Track Your Workouts In Your Workout Journal! Are you progressing toward your fitness and training goals?  You need a fitness journal or some type of record keeping for your training and workouts! How would you know if you are just going by memory and how you feel? How many days did you workout last month? If you have a lot going on in your life, or even just a few things, remembering what you did yesterday can be...

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Start Your Day With Water – Fitness Tip & Trick #3

February 9, 2017
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Stay Hydrated

Start Your Day With Water! Get more water in your body!  What's the easiest way to make that happen?  Be sure the first thing you do when you wake up is Drink a big glass! The male human body is about 50% to 65% water while the female body is about 45% to 60%and muscles contain about 75%.  Get more of it into your body and it will thank you! Here are just a few benefits of drinking water and being properly...

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Do Not Fear Carbohydrates! – Fitness Tip & Trick # 2

February 5, 2017
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Do Not Fear Carbohydrates! - Fitness Tip & Trick #2 Possibly fear eating too many of the starchy kind of carbohydrates, but that could be said for anything!  Eating too many carbs beyond your body's needs causes your body to store them as fat.  Storing food as Fat is a concept goes back thousands of years so nothing you do about it is going to change that.  Our ancestors needed to store food because they were hunters and gatherers.  Nowadays we...

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Focus On Your Sleep – Fitness Trick & Tip #1

February 3, 2017
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Focus on your sleep - Fitness Trick & Tip #1 It seems like a simple "no brainer" but let me tell ya, this is way more complicated that it seems.  Why is it so dang hard to just get a good amount of sleep each night?  And, If I knew the answer to that I would be a billionaire! Everyone is a little different. Some need 8 hours, some only 6 hours.  I need about 6 to 6.5 hours regularly....

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Importance of Stretching

January 24, 2017
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Importance of Stretching Without re-inventing the wheel, I thought I would share something that many of us do not spend enough time doing...STRETCHING! No, it wont burn a bunch of calories, or build a bunch of muscle directly.  It doesn't taste good - or bad for that matter.  However, because you will feel good, reduce your risk of injury, and help your body recover it will help you to continue to burn those calories, build that muscle, and help you to keep...

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