DOES IT MATTER IF I GIVE 100%?
You betcha! Your exercise intensity will determine your training results and how many calories you burn during and AFTER your workout! How does this happen? EPOC = Excess Post-Exercise Oxygen Consumption What is this? EPOC is the process of restoring the body...
The Power of Other Sweaty Bodies
If you've recently started a new exercise class/adventure or are continuing one, you've most likely met some new people, even made some new friends. At the very least, you see similar faces in your classes - faces you can count on to be there every time you are. I can...
The Ant Philosophy
Ever think about ants? Me neither! Not until I moved down south and discovered FIRE ants! Then it was a MUST to think about them - they were all over! They do that - ants. They are all over, all the time. It's like they never quit! They are always doing something,...
Benefits of the Get up. The what? The Get up!
A few of my class got to experience the baby get-up in the past few weeks. It sounds easy right? "Baby get-up". If you did it, you know it wasn't easy. The baby get-up isolates your oblique muscles. They are the muscles responsible for rotating the body and preventing...
Aches n’ pains – vinegar to the rescue?
With all my activity it's no wonder my body aches - some days more than others. I was telling my health care practitioner and she recommended apple cider vinegar to help with muscle aches/pain. I completely forgot how she told me to take it and rather than Googling...
The F-word
Got your attention? LOL! The F-word! In the studio, the F-word is "foam rolling". HaHa, had you wondering didn't I? Foam is a nasty 4-letter word if your muscles are tight or you have pain. You might even let out some other 4-letter words while you are foam rolling if...
YOU BOUGHT ME A PAIR OF JEANS?
I was doing laundry and noticing that I have an array of sizes in my drawers. No lie - I have a SMALL, MEDIUM, and a LARGE in my workout pants and shirts! How can one body, the same body, fit into all three sizes? I wonder that often myself! That's why it's impossible...
BMI vs BODY FAT
Body mass index (BMI) and body fat are very different measures of obesity/health. Unfortunately they are all too often used interchangeably. Last year my Doctor told me I was borderline Overweight (based on BMI). Based on height and weight measures, I do weigh "too...
BODY DIVERSITY
I learned a new word recently, body diversity. BODY DIVERSITY. Think about it for a minute. Body diversity. That's a great word! That wording promotes acceptance of differences in bodies! While the media embraces individual differences in many realms, body diversity...
PLAYING TO YOUR STRENGHTS
Each of us has strengths and weaknesses in our personality, and our bodies. Unfortunately, most the time it is our weaknesses that we talk about. Why? Why only talk about our weaknesses, the things we're not so proud of or the things we want to improve? Not in a...