Guest post by Anna Aamone Warm-ups and cool downs are two aspects of a good fitness program that I used to neglect. This guest post focuses on the importance incorporating appropriate post workout rituals into our fitness routines. The next time you put your running shoes back in the closet thinking your training session is over, you will be wrong. You are not done until [...]
Let's face it, I have never been a morning person. Of course, I have to get up to go work, but even that is a struggle every morning. So when my fitness trainer told me that I needed to add pre-breakfast, fasted cardio to my fitness plan, I balked. I am just super-sleepy in the morning and the [...]
I’m a Kettlebell newbie and I’m loving it! As part of my “New Year, Better Body” health and fitness program, my trainer, has incorporated kettlebell exercises into my resistance training routines and they clearly are my favorite part of the workout. Tre added kettlebells to my program for good reason–a kettlebell workout delivers a huge punch [...]
I used to be a cardio girl. My idea of exercising was to take a variety of cardio classes, work up a sweat on the treadmill, the elliptical machine and the exercise bike and leave the gym feeling great about myself. I had been reading a lot about the importance of resistance training but I didn't [...]
Did you make health and fitness resolutions for 2015 yet? Are you following through and sticking to your commitments? As in past years, I took a good, hard look at myself and set some personal health and fitness goals to work on this year. In the past, I did not always follow-up on all of my resolutions, [...]
