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HIIT the Hills for New Highs!

Tags: biking, cardio, exercise, Fitness, hills, hills and sprints, outdoor fitness, sprinting, sprints, summer activites, up hill workout, working out up hills

At least half the year, my favorite cardio workout is hill sprints on my bike.                           Outside biking in hilly terrain is perfect for High Intensity Interval Training—HIIT—because it offers natural push and rest segments, with an added benefit of deep breaths of …read more

The Best Way to Get on Track

Tags: beach body, Fitness, flat abs, goals, spring workouts, swim suot body

Okay…we know that you may not even want to think about fitness goals over the weekend, but that’s the BEST time to get Monday right!  So if you can just take a couple minutes to read this, then just 15 minutes to create a schedule for exercise and food for next week, you’ll be ready …read more

Just Say “No” to Fat Friends

Tags: desserts, eating, fat and stress management, fat friends, fat pervention, how to not be fat, stress management, unhealthy

This sounds harsh doesn’t it? But this applies to anyone who wants to be slimmer:  hang out with slim people! Yesterday I was at a business luncheon buffet.  You know the kind with lots of tantalizing desserts laid out just waiting to be picked up.  Last year I wouldn’t have given it a second thought …read more

From Healthy to Old in Three Days

Tags: fit, Fitness, fitness cards, health, my trainer fitness, new years, new years resolutions, old age, resolutions, sugar, sugar and old age, workout cards

   Inflammation in the body can be uncomfortable at best and lead to fatal illness at worst.  Most inflammation comes from what we eat…or what’s eating us. My 2012 resolution was to eliminate all sugar.  This included my favorite daily addiction of Tazo Chai.  I succeeded.  I allowed the occasional honey or maple-sweetened homemade treat …read more

The Emperor’s New Clothes Are Extra Large

Political Correctness may just be The Emperor’s New Clothes of our time. If someone has diabetes, we can say they have diabetes. If someone has cancer, we can say that they have cancer. If someone has a heart attack we can say that they had a heart attack. Yet if the afflicted individual is also …read more

Weight Machines vs Free Weights: Which is better?

Tags: Circuit Training, corporate wellness, corporate wellness programs, employee benefits, fitness cards, fitness exercise guide, fitness guide, Gym cards, Gym workouts, program, workout cards

There has long been a debate in the fitness world about which type of training is “better.”  Fortunately for the My Gym Trainer user, the answer is BOTH!  The difference is the way in which each works, both with pros and cons.  In all levels of My Gym Trainer you will encounter both machines and …read more

This Famous Doctor Admits to Exercising Wrong for 45 Years!!!

Tags: Circuit Training, corporate wellness, corporate wellness programs, employee benefits, fitness cards, fitness exercise guide, fitness guide, Gym cards, Gym workouts, program, workout cards

  Many people share this problem:  lots of exercise, not enough results.  If this is you, you’re in good company.  Even if you’re getting adequate results from your workout efforts, you may be wasting valuable time if you’re not incorporating high intensity interval training (HIIT). We tend to think of doctors as experts who also …read more

Healthy Eating vs. Eating for Fat-loss: Is there a difference? (from out favorite fitness coaches

Tags: Circuit Training, corporate wellness, corporate wellness programs, employee benefits, fitness cards, fitness exercise guide, fitness guide, Gym cards, Gym workouts, program, workout cards

Here’s a great article by Jill Coleman — http://blog.metaboliceffect.com/2010/02/26/healthy-eating-vs-eating-for-fat-loss-is-there-a-difference – on the difference between “eating healthy” and ‘eating for fat loss”.   There’s also a meal comparison and nutrition info!  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ask most Americans and they will tell you they eat “pretty healthy.”  They will admit to the occasional sweet treat or fast food indulgence, but …read more

Playing in the Dirt Again!

Tags: Circuit Training, corporate wellness, corporate wellness programs, employee benefits, fitness cards, fitness exercise guide, fitness guide, Gym cards, Gym workouts, program, workout cards

  ~ By Carrie Tidwell When was the last time you played in the mud, scuffed up your knees or climbed under barbed wire?!  All while racing against a slew of people, some even dressed in silly costumes, but having a blast along the way.  I’m talking of course about Mud Runs and they are …read more

Energy Break!

Tags: Circuit Training, corporate wellness, corporate wellness programs, employee benefits, fitness cards, fitness exercise guide, fitness guide, Gym cards, Gym workouts, program, workout cards

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