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5 Reasons to Sleep Your Way to Better
Health
When your mother told you to get your beauty sleep, she may
have been on to something. From babies to adults, studies show that the amount
of sleep a person gets can directly affect his or her diet, mood and overall
health. While individual sleep needs vary, most adults need about 7 to 9 hours
of sleep a night consistently, while school-aged children need 9 to 12 hours.
According to the National Sleep Foundation, about one third of adults regularly
get 6 hours or less of sleep a night. How do you know if you're getting enough
sleep? Read more |
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Weight Training: The Best Way to Get
Lean
When it comes to
reshaping your body, nothing is quite as effective as lifting weights. Cardio
is great for your heart, Pilates will help you get stronger, and yoga will
balance you out; but nothing compares with a well-designed resistance program
for getting lean. This is in contrast to our weight lifting cultural icons.
Arnold, Hulk Hogan, and the WWE are who and what we tend to associate with
pumping iron. It may be more accurate, however, to associate those massive
bodies with anabolic steroids and turn our attention to the real cultural icon
for weight training: Jack LaLanne. The guy who practically invented "lifting"
as we now know it is well into his 90s and can still ace the fitness standard
designed for a 30-year-old. Read more |
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A Girl's Guide to
P90X
Muscles are a girl's best friend. Not only do they raise your
metabolism and help you burn more calories, they also keep you living strong.
And they look beautiful. Well-sculpted shoulders and lean, tight legs carry
clothes better and allow you to power through everyday activities with strength
and stamina. How do you get a body like that? A program like P90X will do the
trick. Read
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| Passion...Purpose..Poeima |
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What is your purpose in life?
Do you know? Is your life just about taking care of you, or just your family.
Zig Zigler said, “You can have everything in life you want, if you just
help enough other people get what they want”. What does it mean? To me, it
means quit worrying about me, focus on helping others. How many times have we
seen someone suffering, suffering a pain that we too have suffered.
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| Don't Feel Guilty for
Trying to Help Friends and Family |
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Several months ago, I watched
a movie called “Food, Inc.”. I recommended it to everyone I know, at
work, home, friends, family…I mean, everyone. I just watched another
movie, this one called “Killer at Large: Why Obesity is America’s
Greatest Threat”. Again, I'm recommending it, excellent movie! Why do I
recommend these movies? Because they're eye openers. They tell a story that we
should all know. They provide information that may help improve their health
and lives. Read
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P90X
In Africa |
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Team Beachbody Coaches Brad
and Alicia Crawford moved to Uganda to serve as missionaries. And they brought
P90X along to share with fellow missionaries. Enjoy this inspirational story of
how Brad and Alicia are making a difference on a global level.
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Bra
Bulge, Muffin Tops and Bat Wings! |
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Sounds like some kind of weird
diet or something scary. But the truth is, these are the issues that most women
ask me to help them tackle. Oh yes, jiggle thighs and saggy booty are up there
too, but the upper body does get shown a lot more than the lower body.
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Do
You Ever Google, "What Is..." |
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I am a compulsive googler and
it seems like I am always thirsty for knowledge. Often times, I will actually
begin a search with, “What is…? and Google will find the answer for
me. As of yesterday, though, there won't be any need to google, “What is
Team Beachbody” because now there is a presentation that explains
everything that it is and everything that it can do for you.
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Tony
Horton's First Law of Exercise: Variety |
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Variety is the spice of life
and fitness. A lifetime of health and fitness is achievable when you can think
outside the box. You have to mix it up all the time. Stay curious and creative,
and stick with the kinds of workouts that you enjoy. A variety of exercises,
workouts, and sports will allow you to avoid injuries, plateaus, and boredom.
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Strength Training: More Than Getting Ripped |
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We know that strength training
is an important part of a Power 90 or P90X routine. Why? It makes you stronger,
and I’m not just talking about the shape of your biceps or the size of
your pecs. Resistance training strengthens bones, ligaments, and tendons, as
well as your muscles. Altogether, a well-oiled internal machine improves your
balance and power while shortening your recovery time and risk of injury.
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5 Ways to Speed Up Your
Six-Pack
No matter what your age, body type, or fitness level, we're
pretty sure one of your main workout goals is to improve your abs. And why not?
A flat midsection, with or without a visible six-pack, is the ultimate symbol
of being fit and lean. (And yes, it looks great at the beach.) But it's not
just a matter of vanity - strong core helps stabilize your entire body. That's
why every Beachbody workout program includes a variety of ab-tightening
exercises. Read more |
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6 Ways to Avoid a Plateau
Not a lot can dampen our
enthusiasm as much as seeing our progress come to a halt. P90X is a hard
program. And when we're working hard, we want to see results. But everyone who
trains will hit an exercise plateau at some point, even those using something
as meticulously crafted as P90X. Today we'll take a look at what to do when
plateaus happen. When we trainers, well, train people, we measure everything we
do with graphs. The vertical plane usually measures improvement, while the
horizontal plane measures time. We design programs with the aim of keeping the
vertical line moving upward. When results taper off, the vertical line
flattens. Our desired result is a line that looks like a steep slope. What we
want to avoid is a line that looks like a plateau, or worse, one that goes back
down. Read more |
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How To Lose Weight with
P90X
P90X is not a weight loss program, yet most people lose weight
by doing it. This is because most of those people begin the program with more
body fat than they're happy with, and getting ripped means they've lost body
fat and weight. But some people want more. They want nothing but to be
lean. Such is our privilege by designing the most versatile workout program in
the world. P90X comes with three scheduling options: classic, lean, and
doubles. Both the lean and doubles schedules are designed more for weight loss
than the classic schedule. However, losing weight has a lot more to do with how
you do the program than which option you choose. Read more |
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Sore, Hungry, and Slow: 3 Signs That Show Your Program
Is Working
Exercise makes us feel
great. It makes us less hungry. It helps us perform everyday tasks better.
Besides our health and the way we look, feeling great, being less hungry, and
performing better are exactly the reasons we put ourselves through exercise.
However, en route to ultimate fitness, there are some hurdles we all need to
clear. Mainly, they include being faced with the opposite of our intended
goals. Enter the trilogy of grumpiness: getting sore, slow, and hungry. We tend
to look at these as negatives, but how about a little New Year's spin? You want
these feelings because they're clear signs your program is
working. Read more |
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9 Appetite-Suppressing Foods to Conquer Your
Cravings
If you're like most people, conquering your appetite is one of
the biggest challenges you face in your fitness and weight loss journey. As
soon as the word "diet" crosses your lips, you may start craving all the junk
you know you're not supposed to eat. The secret is eating the RIGHT foods to
help calm the cravings for the wrong ones. Add these 9 easy-to-find, tasty
foods to your meal plan, and rein in your appetite before it gets out of
control! Read more |
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Bob
Is Committing to Get Fit |
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I never had self confidence
growing up. I had weights, treadmills, cable machines and even those grip
strengtheners, I always started and quit, thinking this is going to take too
long. As the years (and years) went by I then thought, if I only stuck with it.
The only thing I came close to sticking with was boxing but I was young and
married with a family and it just didn't fit in too well.
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The 5 Facets of
Health |
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I'm really glad that growing
older is supposed to make us wiser. I find that a comforting thought.
Especially since we're sold products and fed messages that equate youth with
worth. When I was 25 I could give a rip about getting older because I was too
busy using up each day as quickly as I could. Now 48 years old I reflect on how
I was always in a hurry to get to the next thing.
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Lloyd's Insanity Success Story |
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Lloyd was in the Army for 10
years and thought he was fit. In his first Insanity workout, after the warm up
he said, "I'm almost gassing here" and that was just the warm up! See how he
lost 27 pounds with Insanity.
Watch Lloyd's story |
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Lloyd's Insanity Success Story |
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Lloyd was in the Army for 10
years and thought he was fit. In his first Insanity workout, after the warm up
he said, "I'm almost gassing here" and that was just the warm up! See how he
lost 27 pounds with Insanity.
Watch Lloyd's story |
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How
to Become a Shakeology Distributor |
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Shakeology will be the
healthiest meal of your day with 70 healthy ingredients - the equivalent of
five trips to the salad bar! Or, Shakeology can be a great addition to your
"training table" if you are a runner, cyclist, top athlete in other endurance
sports or just training hard doing P90X, Insanity or Chalean Extreme. The
ingredients in Shakeology are derived from whole-food sources and deliver the
daily vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients your body needs to curb cravings,
allowing it to shed stored fat.
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212 -
The Degree That Makes The Difference |
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In the “212, The Extra
Degree” movie, it says, “To get what we’ve never had, we must do
what we’ve never done”. The 212 Attitude is that, “The only
thing that stands between a person and what they want in life is the will to
try it and the faith to believe it possible.” We will put in that extra
degree of effort in your life and that extra degree will make a huge
difference.
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Shakeology For (My) Life |
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In previous posts, I’ve
mentioned Shakeology and its role in my health, fitness and fueling my now
incredibly busy lifestyle. I have correctly credited Team Beachbody with the
complete turnaround in my health which took a precipitous fall in May of 1985.
You can read about those chapters of my life here. The “comeback”
resulted from numerous factors, including a low stress lifestyle, great
workouts and all of the Team Beachbody nutritionals that I was taking. Then
along came Shakeology and the Great Recession...
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| Updated P90X
Page |
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The P90X Complete Workout
System is a revolutionary system of 12 sweat-inducing, muscle-pumping workouts,
designed to transform your body from regular to fabulous in just 90 days. You
will be coached by an experienced P90X Coach, get a 3-phase nutrition plan, a
detailed fitness guide, a calendar to track your progress, online peer support,
and much more. Check Out the Updated P90X Page
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| Updated P90X
Page |
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The P90X Complete Workout
System is a revolutionary system of 12 sweat-inducing, muscle-pumping workouts,
designed to transform your body from regular to fabulous in just 90 days. You
will be coached by an experienced P90X Coach, get a 3-phase nutrition plan, a
detailed fitness guide, a calendar to track your progress, online peer support,
and much more. Check Out the Updated P90X Page
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Team
Howtobefit Accountability Journal |
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Being accountable is one of
the best ways to achieve your short and long term goals. Having a scoring
system is fun and motivating. We are focused on regular exercise, good
nutrition and positive lifestyle choices, so the system that we use is printed
below. Just copy and paste it into your post and fill in your score each day -
whether it was good or bad. It will become your daily journal and your road map
to success for others to follow.
Start posting, stay
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Real
People, Real Results - Donna's Story |
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I want to share the story of
another Team Beachbody Member who has privileged me with letting me coach her.
Donna is by no mean the type of woman who has a lot of time for herself. She is
married to a great guy who does P90X with her. She is a mom of 2 small
children, and to top if off she works a full-time job. Donna shares her story
on how she is managing to juggle it all. Her schedule is far from ideal, but
she's doing a great job.
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Don't
Just Build Your Body, Build Your Dreams |
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Instead of just working on
your body and building your body, you could be building your dreams and
building the dreams of others at the same time. Are you just going to the gym
or working out at home and solely thinking about your issues? Well what about
the same issues faced by all of the people around you that you could be solving
while you solve your own? If you could change a person’s life and give
them the gift of health and fitness and better quality of life, wouldn’t
you do it?
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How I Overcame Compulsive Overeating - by Debbie
Siebers
My biggest challenge in life so far has been conquering my
compulsive eating habit. I remember so clearly the hopelessness I felt because
I had no control over my impulses. I would literally sit down to a pint of
Haagen-Dazs® every day and swear that tomorrow I would start my diet. There
are also vivid memories of me downing an entire bag of Chips Ahoy!®
chocolate chip cookies and an entire big bag of Doritos®! I had those
moments of sitting in my car, opening a jar of peanut butter, and polishing off
almost half of it, and then driving to a fast food place for a burger and
fries. Read more |
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Is It Time to
Eat?
It probably is. Because
if you're like many people, you don't eat often enough. According to Turbo
Jam® trainer Chalene Johnson, you should eat at least five times a day.
That includes three meals and two snacks. So why eat so often? I kid you not.
Our bodies are actually programmed to store fat, and this trait has helped us
humans keep going over the eons. At many stages during our existence, it was
critical to our survival. If you look back in time with me, I'll show you
why. Read more |
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Surviving the Desk
Job: How to Stay Healthy at Work
When we started school, oh so
many years ago, no one had to explain to us that the human body was not
designed to sit in a chair for 8 hours at a time. Somehow, we inherently knew
that we needed recess, physical education, lunch, and even naptime. Even that
walk uphill, both ways, in the snow, barefoot, was just part of what we needed
to do. So we worked all of those years, graduated to our dream job, and ended
up sitting in a cubicle for 8 hours without moving. Sure, we use the
facilities, maybe go out to lunch, but mostly we sit on our backsides with
horrible posture and stare at a computer screen. Read
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Sweating the House
Work(out)
A recent British study
revealed that the average Brit burned over 50,000 calories a year doing
housework. That's equal to burning almost 15 pounds of fat. Now, I'm not saying
that housework should replace workouts. But if you take the right approach to
keeping your house clean, you can really burn fat and tone muscle. And who
doesn't want to do that? So how do you start firming and cleaning? Before you
work out, be sure to warm up to keep from pulling a muscle. Turn on some lively
music to help you keep an upbeat pace. Take deep breaths to stay energized. And
have your cleaning supplies ready to go. Read
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Test Your Movie Theater Cuisine
IQ!
If you're like most people (sadly), you may have indulged a
bit in movie theater cuisine (okay, maybe not "cuisine" so much as "nicely
packaged gut bombs"). Buttered popcorn, nachos, pizza . . . You can do some
serious damage before you've even traveled back to 1986 in a hot tub or seen
some serious Titan clashing. These calorie counts can be even more entertaining
- or scarier, really - than anything on the screen. Match each treat with its
calorie count, ranking from highest to lowest calorie
count. Read more |
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Meet the Team Howtobefit
Coaches |
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Our mission is focused on you
achieving your goals of exercising regularly, eating nutritiously and making
good lifestyle choices so that you, too, can achieve our levels of health and
fitness and sense of accomplishment. We cross the U.S. and have established
local and regional teams of coaches to provide the best support, guidance and
coaching to the Team Beachbody community.
Click here to learn
more about each coach |
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Kirstin's Shakeology Success Story |
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Several courses of antibiotics
killed the good bacteria in Kirstin's digestive system and severe digestive
problems arose. The prebiotics in Shakeology restored balance in her belly and
helped her get off of all of her medications.
Learn more about
Kirstin |
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Empowerment Through Physical Fitness |
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Being overweight is a SYMPTOM
– without discovering the CAUSE, you will never lose weight! Success
stories come from the people who realized WHY they were overweight, and they
recognized and took action on their MOTIVATION to lose weight and get in shape.
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| The ADA, Kathy Smith and
Beachbody Join Forces to Combat Type 2 Diabetes |
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If you or someone you know has
or is at risk for Diabetes, there is now a fitness program designed
specifically for you. Turn your life around starting today. Diabetes does not
have to be a lifetime disease. With proper diet and nutrition, it can be
something you used to have. Let me help discover the new you. You are worth it!
The first and only combined all-in-one nutrition and DVD exercise program to
help people with type 2 diabetes, reduce diabetes complications and help
prevent the disease. Read
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Real
People, Real Results - Dee's P90X Success Story |
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Its funny I wasn't really
skeptical about P90X - I saw the infomercial many times and one night I was
watching TV by myself because I had a bad day and I was like "I need that" it
was sort of like a challenge to myself, I hear so many people I know that have
it and do one work out and give up - I know that I am tougher and more
determined than that so I jumped in head first and have been loving it ever
since.
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3 Things Fast Food and
Insurance Companies Don't Want You to Do |
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Well surprise surprise, we
find out health insurance companies and fast food companies are bedfellows. Do
we expect them to be moral leaders? Do we really think that any of them give a
rip about anyone’s health? According to Harvard Medical School
researchers, 11 large companies that offer life, disability, or health
insurance owned about $1.9 billion in stock in the five largest fast-food
companies as of June 2009.
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5 Simple Rules for Eating
Sugar
Few topics boggle dieters and fitness enthusiasts the way sugar
does. Is this simple carbohydrate the key to unlocking elite sports
performance? Or is it the chains that drag our country deeper into the obesity
epidemic? Annoyingly, the answer is both. But before you throw your hands up in
frustration and grab yourself a Twinkie®, let's take a minute to talk about
sugar. It's not as complex as it seems. In fact, with just a few guidelines,
it's incredibly easy to use these simple carbohydrates for good instead of
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6 Foods With Hidden Sugar
The average American
eats approximately 1,500 pounds of food every year. Of that, 160 pounds are
primarily sugar. Of course, sugar is delicious, and I know I'm happier for its
existence, but of all the things we consume, it has the least nutritive value.
In fact, except for the energy in its calories, there's not much to recommend
about sugar. It's a prime source of empty calories, and for those of us who are
trying to lose weight, sugar's the first thing we should start trimming from
our diets. But here's the problem—despite our best intentions to remove
excess sugar from our diet, the food industry has found more and more devious
ways of slipping us the sweet stuff. Read more |
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6
Month 6 Pack By Sundown Challenge |
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The 6-Pack by Sundown
Challenge is for people who are willing to make a serious, 6-month commitment
to themselves to finally see REAL, lasting fitness and weight loss results! If
you are looking for a “quick fix” or a “shortcut to
success,” then the 6-Pack by Sundown challenge is NOT for you.
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| Founding Father of
Fitness |
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I saw this posted on the
Success Magazine website. Having seen a few of Jack LaLanne’s older
videos, I am huge fan of what he represents, each of us taking individual
responsibility for our own health. If you sit around, doing nothing, and eating
crap, well, you reap what you sow! Healthcare is not the answer. Caring for
your health is. Jack LaLanne has encouraged generations to get off the couch
and into the gym. Read more |
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The
Chores Will Always Be There |
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I have been so excited about
my P90X workouts and my new Team Beachbody business, that I started letting a
few things slide around the house. I was feeling a tiny bit guilty about it and
said something to my husband about it. His replay was heaven sent! "The chores
will always be there." The bottom line is this, your housework or yard work
will always be there. Your health and mental well-being are more important that
the clutter of toys in the family room or the dirty ring in the sink.
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Keeping Your Cool During
Hot Weather Exercise |
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Are you a cold weather person?
I'm not. Not even slightly. I can tolerate the heat so much better. But some of
you are just the opposite, and as it heats up outside, workouts become a
struggle or maybe a no-go. It also can be dangerous. Let's look at why, and
what to do to be as safe as possible.
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Battling the Blues With Aerobic Exercise |
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For many of us who work out
regularly, depression is something we never experience. Maybe an off day here
and there, but nothing lasting. To others, depression is a serious and
debilitating condition that needs medical attention. For others a routine of
regular exercise will work wonders. Here is an article from Howtobefit.com for
those who fall into that last category.
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Keep Your Immune System Strong During Hard
Exercise
Could working out hard increase your risk of getting sick? Two
recent studies have led several publications to state that intense exercise
should come with a warning that it increases the risk of illness. Today, we'll
take a deeper look at these claims, analyze what they mean for you, and look at
a few ways to keep your immune system strong. Read more |
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Conditioning Your Pet while Kicking Your Own
Booty!
For those of us who have
the pleasure of owning a pet, the benefits are fairly obvious. Pets offer
unconditional love, listen to us without offering needless advice, and make
fantastic snuggling companions. There is nothing like coming home to someone
who is genuinely excited to see you and who wants nothing more than a chew toy
for Christmas. But for all of the love we give them, we also seem to give them
a lot to eat. Read more |
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3 Quick Steps to Home Gardening in Even the Smallest of
Spaces
There's no denying the benefits of a home garden. It provides
healthy, organic food that spends mere minutes traveling from plot to plate,
ensuring freshness that translates to more nutrients. Furthermore, a home
garden means exercise, outdoor time, and savings at the grocery store. But,
unfortunately, planting that plot can seem a little like skydiving. Everyone
wants to be the kind of person who does it, but when you're faced with the
actual prospect, it suddenly seems incredibly daunting. Read more |
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Power
to the People |
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No, not the name calling,
spitting on, wrecking offices and death threats – the power that comes
from being empowered through health and fitness.
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Team
Beachbody Gets More Generous |
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No joke. On Thursday, April
1st, Team Beachbody introduced the new and improved Coach Compensation Plan.
It's an exciting time, because this new plan will make Team Beachbody one of
the MOST generous compensation companies in all of direct sales.
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Top 10 Reasons to Give Up
Soda
If you're looking for a scapegoat in the obesity epidemic, look
no further than soda. It's the single greatest caloric source in the world,
accounting for somewhere between 11 and 19 percent of all the calories consumed
worldwide. It's cheap, addictive, and readily available, which generally means
that it will take some willpower to avoid. The top 10 reasons to give up soda.
Drumroll please . . . Read more |
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Gluten: What, Why, and How?
If you didn't know any
better, you might be forgiven for thinking a "gluten" was the muscle you flex
while doing squats and lunges in the gym. In fact, gluten is a grain protein
found in wheat, rye, oats, and barley that acts as a sort of glue holding the
flour together, and providing structure. So what's the big deal over such a
tiny little protein that performs such a noble function?
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8 Ways to Know If You're
Fit
With a national obesity rate of nearly 30 percent, we know that
we're overweight. But if thin isn't the indicator of fitness, and you can't be
large and fit, how are we supposed to tell if we're healthy? Let's decipher
what these studies indicate and sort through the murkiness about what it really
means to be fit. Read more |
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Tony Horton's 11 Laws
for a Lifetime of Fitness
With advice on
everything from consistency to loving it to variety, Tony Horton, the creator
of P90X, gives us 11 laws to help all of us to get the most out of our
workouts, improve our health and wellness and maintain a lifetime of
fitness. Read
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12 Steps to Having Fit
and Healthy Kids
Kids today are the first in history who will live less time
than their parents. The primary reason for this is obesity, which is linked to
an assortment of ailments. Childhood and teenage obesity rates have been
skyrocketing over the past three decades, and the fatter you are, the sicker
you are likely to become. Read
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10 Best Spring
Cleaning Workouts
Here is a list of the top 10 highest calorie-burning chores
(listed from the lowest to the highest, with the average number of calories
burned per year). The good news is that the more you clean, the more calories
you'll burn through. And the more body weight you're carrying, the more
calories you'll burn. Read
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| What's Your
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Not words you want to hear on
a darkened street, but if you are ab or butt challenged, then it is a question
that you want to see the answer to!
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7 Days, 7
Dinners
If you're trying to get in shape, then dinner can be a really
dicey time. It's when a lot of us gather with family or friends, and it can
entail a large home-cooked meal, a large pizza, or a bucket of chicken. No
one's going to appreciate being served a scoop of cottage cheese and a
mixed-greens salad when they were expecting lasagna or kung pao
chicken. Read
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7 Days, 7
Lunches
Lunchtime's a real
danger zone for most people trying to lose weight and keep their
bodies—not to mention their wallets—in shape. For most of us, lunch
happens somewhere in or around the workplace, which means looming nutritional
and financial disasters if there isn't a brown-bagging strategy in place. If I
don't bring my lunch to the office, there are always the siren songs of the
nearby McDonald's®, KFC®, and Wienerschnitzel® to reduce my bank
account and expand my waistline.
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7 Days, 7
Breakfasts
It's hard to work good nutrition into our days. We're working
longer and longer hours and still trying to fit in 30 to 60 minutes of
exercise, not to mention all the studies coming out that say we're not getting
nearly enough sleep. The hours run out. The snooze button gets pushed.
Breakfast often turns into eating last night's leftover takeout during the
morning commute. Or worse, it turns into no breakfast at all.
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| Why Do People Give Up So
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This isn't going to be one of
those, “In my day” rants, but honestly, years ago, people prided
themselves in never giving up and never quitting. I don't live in some parallel
universe and come up with these commentaries. I see people give up, I hear
about people giving up and I know that “I can't” is an all too common
refrain today. Read
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| Running and Swine
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Having been a runner for
almost 44 years, I know my body. I am very consistent in my training and
performances as well as nutrition and lifestyle habits, so when I start to not
run well, I know that my body is fighting off something.
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| Are You
Discouraged? |
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Is 2010 starting out as bad
for you as 2009 ended? It is for me and the very least of the problems that I
am facing is still trying to get over the effects of the swine flu. Am I
discouraged? No, I'm defiant and I will explain why later.Read
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| What's Your Driving
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Your driving force can't be
just a number on a scale because your bathroom scale doesn't tell the whole
story. What if you don't lose weight one day or one week? Are you going
backwards? What if you want to run a 5K in May and your times on your training
runs aren't getting faster each day or each week? Do you give up? What if you
are doing a workout DVD and you can't do a single pull up or single push up?
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| We're All Fish in the Sea
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Let's face it, we're all just
like fish in the sea of fitness, and just like all people who work out, we
thrive in different environments. Basically, we can be divided into the people
who go to the gym and the people who would never work out at the gym (with a
few people who live in the brackish water of going to the gym and working out
at home). Read
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| Not Just Another Reason to
Drink Shakeology |
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You know by now that I'm no
Billy Mays. I'm not trying to pitch something or convince you to do something
that you absolutely have to do. I'm just a coach who tries things and uses
things before he recommends them to his athletes.
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8 Ways to Keep Your
Weight Loss Resolutions
Each year, so many of us make New Year's resolutions
to lose weight and get healthy. Now that the holiday treats have stopped
miraculously showing up at our doors and desks, there's no excuse not to get in
health mode to look and feel better. Wanting to lose weight is a start. But
it's better to break this daunting task down into achievable behaviors that get
the job done. Even if you can't leave your house to work out or dine out, you
can still set yourself up for weight loss success by following these 8 simple
tips. Read
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4 Hearty, Healthy
Winter Breakfasts
On a blustery winter
morning, a hot and hearty breakfast is the most comforting way to start your
day. It can also supply a significant portion of your daily nutrition, and get
your body ready for whatever's to come. A well-balanced breakfast is even more
important than most people think. Complex carbs feed your brain and can
literally make you smarter, while adequate protein keeps your blood sugar
steady so you don't get snack cravings or conk out before
lunch.
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with no obligation. Our mission is to provide you with the information and
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Team Beachbody Video
Library
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results with their health and fitness. Whether you need to lose 10 pounds or
lose 100 pounds, be able to hike up a mountain or walk around the block without
getting winded, there is a Team Beachbody success story for
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