Category: Waistlines
No Excuses (Do Anywhere) Workout #16
Don’t have a lot of time to get in a workout? This one is short, sweet but high in intensity! It’s structured as a combination of eight different exercises, each completed in no more than one minute. Repeat each of these exercises three times (broken down into two circuits) and you’re done! The focus is [...]
Detox Monday: Broccoli Jicama Salad
Don’t let the word “detox” turn you off. This salad has great texture and taste. The dressing is a hit, too! The longer you can marinate the salad in the dressing, the better. Each and every one of these ingredients is whole and plays a role in detoxifying your system, from antimicrobial properties to antioxidants, [...]
Gluten-Free Father’s Day Feast
Chicken Skewers with Cashew Pesto Sauce Fire up the grill and get your wooden skewers blanched in water. The star of this simple dish is the sauce. Made with cashews instead of pine nuts, this sauce is a great savory alternative. Ingredients 2 c. Fresh Basil 1/2 c. Raw Cashew Nuts, unsalted 1/2 c. Parmesan, [...]
3 Reasons Your Body Will Love Kettlebells
If you’re a regular gym-goer, you know what a Kettlbell looks like:a circle-shaped cast-iron ball donning a handle big enough to accommodate two hands. Even though they’ve been around since the 19th century, these primitive looking weights have gained superstar popularity in the last ten years. Not Just a Boy’s Toy Up until recent years, [...]
Healthy Carb Breakfast for Your Body Type
“Carbohydrates.” Say the word and almost everyone listens. Most of us know that when we eat carbohydrates, our body stores them in our muscles and liver for immediate use for energy. What we don’t store in either of those two departments gets stored as fat. Not everyone metabolizes carbohydrates at the same rate. Some people [...]
3 Unassuming Exercises That Will Kick Your Butt
For the sake of today’s post, I’d like to throw all exercises into one of three categories: 1) Hard: They look difficult to do, and if done properly they are difficult to do. There is no escaping it, yet we do these exercises because they benefit us in some way. For me, the first exercise [...]
Is the Breakfast You’re Eating Right for Your Body?
Eating the right foods in the morning plays a bigger role in how healthy or unhealthy you eat for the rest of the day. Breakfast sets a whole chain of events in motion, from maintaining even energy levels (thanks to blood sugar levels) to keeping cravings in check through lunch and dinner. As a metabolic [...]
No Excuses (Tabata) Workout #15
A Tabata workout is a set of eight high intensity intervals performed for a total of four minutes. The intervals consist of 20 seconds of high intensity exercise, followed by 10 seconds of recovery. Sounds easy enough, right? Well, they’re not. The optimum words are is high intensity. I’ll give an example of a Tabata [...]
3 Great Pre and Post-Workout Breakfasts
The right breakfast is the linchpin of many-a-workout. Eat too little – or nothing at all – and you’ll run out of fuel. Eat too much and you’ll feel sluggish and uncomfortable. I’ve posted before on foods that energize, and have written about the importance of eating the right amount of food with enough time [...]
No Excuses (5K) Workout #14
If you can walk, it’s highly likely you can do a 5K – even if you plan on walking the entire way. The speed in which you complete this 3.1 mile run depends on 1) your goal 2) how diligently you train. I’m not going to lay out an entire training plan, rather two workouts. [...]
