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What Kettlebells Should You Try First?

December 29, 2008 By Leave a Comment

Image via Wikipedia Kettlebells are another great way to change up your workouts. If you aren’t exactly sure of what they are, they are defined as “a traditional Russiancast iron weight looking somewhat like a cannonballwith a handle.” They’re an incredible piece of fitness equipment that are available in a wide variety of weights. There [...]

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Women’s Upper Body Workout

December 25, 2008 By Leave a Comment

Image via Wikipedia In case you’re wondering about a workout split to try, an upper body/lower body split is a great one to consider. Do upper body twice per week and lower body twice per week. Try to complete 12-15 reps for each exercise. If you can’t do at least 12 reps, decrease the weight [...]

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Hydroxycut Hard-Body: Take the Challenge!

December 22, 2008 By Leave a Comment

If you’re looking to get a hard-body, taking the Hydroxycut Challenge might just help to keep you motivated! Hydroxycut has a total of $250,000 to be won. They will choose 1 male and 1 female who will get $100,000 each and they will also choose 25 runners-up to each receive $2000. Not a bad chunk [...]

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Womens Fitness Magazines

December 18, 2008 By Leave a Comment

I am a fitness magazine lover! I personally subscribe to all of the following and they have really helped me to develop a fitness and nutrition program that works for me. If you are looking for new workouts, exercises, meal ideas or helpful information about designing your own workout, you need to check these out:

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My Fitness Articles on eHow

December 15, 2008 By Leave a Comment

I have written quite a few fitness related articles on eHow and I thought it would be appropriate to share them with my blog readers. I hope you find at least one of them useful.

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My Chest Workout

December 7, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Chest Workout - Bench Press

I was supposed to do a chest workout yesterday, but we had Applebee’s for lunch and it totally screwed up my stomach. My stomach is really sensitive to salad dressing and last night I ordered a Ceasar salad, totally forgetting about the horrible stomach pains I would have afterwards. Definitely not a smart move on [...]

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Avoid Holiday Weight Gain

December 6, 2008 By 2 Comments

Ahhh yes. The holidays have fallen upon us. With Thanksgiving under our belts, let’s hope we haven’t all started packing on the Seasonal Seven. The Seasonal Seven is said to be the average weight gain for Americans between the Thanksgiving and New Year’s holidays. Everywhere you go you’ll find Christmas cookies, chocolate sweets, eggnog filled [...]

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Protein Shake Recipe

December 4, 2008 By Leave a Comment

I just tried a new protein shake recipe and I wanted to share it! I normally drink Muscle Milk RTD shakes but it’s good to mix it up sometimes right? Here’s the recipe: Milk – about 2 cups Frozen Strawberries 1/2 Banana – I use a little bit less because it kills my stomach if [...]

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