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Secrets To Snacking All Day Long

Ok, a few posts back I mentioned about eating 6 meals a day to help out your diet and get healthy.  I'll admit, when I first head that I was a bit puzzled.  Six meals a day?  Are they nuts! After really thinking about it, and getting clarity on it, I realized that the word [...]

June 9, 2010   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

Healthy Fast Food? Is It Possible?

I was chatting with a friend of mine about healthy eating.  This friend of mine doesn't cook anything at home.  I was trying to get him to understand that a quick trip to a local farmer's market or produce place can make healthy meals for him all week long! I said "Dude, you're 40+ years [...]

June 8, 2010   Posted in: Uncategorized  No Comments

Just Do Something To Get Healthy

When someone mentions something about "getting healthy" or "being healthy", that is a bit vague.  Sure, everyone wants to get healthy, that's just a give.  BUT, not everyone thinks they same way when they want to "get healthy." You see, not everyone likes to work out.  Not everyone likes to watch every calorie they eat.  [...]

June 7, 2010   Posted in: Uncategorized  No Comments

Ouch Ouch! I Got A Cramp!

I gotta tell you about something that happened to me yesterday.  I completed my biking workout and was taking off my shoes and the calf muscle of the left leg cramped up…..HARD!  If you've ever experienced this, you know how much pain that can be.  If you don't know what it is, let me explain.  [...]

June 6, 2010   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

Fitness Training Technique

OK all you distance folks, time to educate the non-distance folks.  Today we'll touch on a training technique known as Fartlek.  According to Dictionary.com, Fartlek is: –noun: A training technique, used esp. among runners, consisting of bursts of intense effort loosely alternating with less strenuous activity. The theory of this kind of workout, at least [...]

June 5, 2010   Posted in: Uncategorized  No Comments

Importance of a good Stretch

One thing a LOT of people don't do when they work out is stretch.  Oh sure, people "warm up" and "cool down" before and after a workout, and yes, that's critical.  But what I'm talking about is a good ol' stretch for your entire workout. Sounds crazy, I know.  But my virtual coach (Hi Coach [...]

June 4, 2010   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

Healthy Eating Tips

OK, now before we go on with this post, I do want to inform you that I am NOT a doctor or do I claim to be a doctor.  Heck, I wouldn't know the first thing about doctorin', so don't ask. One of the things I strive to do is eat healthy and eat properly.   [...]

June 3, 2010   Posted in: Uncategorized  3 Comments

Which Workout Do You Do?

There are all kinds of different methods when working out with weights.  (of course there are other workouts, but today we'll just focus on weights, ok?) This post will NOT get into details with the different methods, but I'll introduce them to you. One method is called the "pyramid" or "climb the mountain" method.  In [...]

June 2, 2010   Posted in: Uncategorized  No Comments

Fitness and Health?

For all you wondering what's been going on since the last Blog30 Challenge, I've been a busy boy getting a RE-LAUNCH ready to go!  A lot of you know I've been interviewing experts at "The Interview Series" and it's been a blast.  But, I've decided to be more laser focused and, instead of interviewing just [...]

June 1, 2010   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

Blog Challenge: The Start

Well, here we are once again with another 30 day blog challenge!  Yup, I'm doing it again!  I'm looking forward to it as I have a LOT of stuff in store for you!  I'm more focused this time.  Not that I wasn't with the last challenge, but I was kind of all over the board [...]

May 31, 2010   Posted in: Uncategorized  No Comments