
Work Harder Not Longer
If you’re like me, you love to be able to workout for a solid sixty to ninety minutes at least 5 days a week. But we really don’t always have as much time to devote to our workout as we’d like. When that happens, don’t freak, or give in and blow the entire plan and run to Starbucks for a Mocha Frappuccino. Instead, take the opportunity to prioritize. Keep yourself set on the goal and do what you can. Your plan just needs a bit of an adjustment that day or week. When I fin

Myth vs. Truth - Crunches will get rid of belly fat!
"Crunches will get rid of belly fat." Here are my thoughts on how this myth likely got started; It's common for the abdominal area to be the first area to gain fat and the first area to lose fat during the onset of an exercise program. Since so many beginners implement some type of abdominal training into their new weight loss program, it's likely that they attribute the fat loss in that area to the targeted abdominal exercises they've been doing as opposed to the dietary cha

Myths vs. Truths - "I'm a woman, so I shouldn't do those exercises."
Whether you're a man or a woman, when it comes to resistance training, the most effective exercises are the ones that target the body's largest muscle groups. These are often multi-joint exercises, which means they are exercises that incorporate more then one joint at a time as compared to single-joint exercises like biceps curls and knee extensions. "Multi-joint exercises tend to elicit the strongest metabolic responses as well as recruit and strengthen muscles appropriately