If you worked that body pushing or pulling weights, bands or plain old cardio exercise, you now need to
stretch the muscles that you used. Sure, I know you realize this in your mind. But admit it. You spend 45-60 minutes working the muscle but then may spend 2 second stretching it. WRONG!! Here are are few ways to change that habit.
A teacher/trainer/friend shared this video link this morning and while letting the water boil for coffee I was captured
completely by the performance. You will be too when you see it. Most of us will think, oh this is impossible for me to do. Might be. Yes, the performers are professionals and if working your body with consistency, focused attention and commitment can change your one step forward to be just a little lighter, than you will be doing all that is necessary for you – at this time.
All I will say is watch the countdown, follow the link (by clicking on the clock) and add your name to the list. Something new is coming to all my sites and if you add your name to the list, you may win a prize. We cannot say what the prize is, but I will say it won’t be small!
This is going to be good. Very Good!
If you think health and fitness are only about throwing the weights around, riding or running for cardio and
sweating through that hot yoga class, believe me you are missing 90% of the point. What you put in your body is as important and crucial to your body as moving it. For that reason, since I love flavors with my clean food I am SCREAMING about the goodness of the new Chimole Salad the Green Kitchen has prepared with fresh fish. Read the rest of this entry →
I have established a new relationship with a great new community resource; OpenSky. More details about what you can get from it
in the coming weeks. In the meantime, they sent me a Pilates/Yoga Mat to test out from Aurorae Yoga Mat. Just pulled it out of the box and already I like what I see.
My laptop and Google Nexus phone (which I love) necessitate that I use my thumb in a repetitive motion so much so that I
have a new compressed joint that requires a massage to release it every few hours. Funny that the greatest improvement to most our lives (technology, computers and smartphones) can and will cause so much more stress to our physical being.
On behalf of the Susan G. Komen North Jersey office, I want to extend my heartfelt thanks to everyone that contributed to the Pilates4Fitness Team effort at fundraising. The team effort was stupendous! Your online donations contributed toward the overall campaign goal of $1.2M and our Team goal of $1.2K. Both were achieved and surpassed.
Thank you! Read the rest of this entry →
I guess you can tell from my blog entries of late, that I have been playing around with another tool for core training in the past few months, using the TRX Suspension Trainer with both my personal workouts, my private strength/resistance clients and now my Pilates Mat students.
Defying gravity with a new challenge is making all of us stronger, sleeker and determined to continue using the tool. The tool permits a full and complete range of motion throughout a workout, which in turn creates a more functional, safer and more successful method of training. Read the rest of this entry →
Plain and simple. No need to say anything more. Do we get it?
THE FACTS
Lifting heavy weights makes you big and bulky — or at least that’s the conventional wisdom. It’s the reason many women (and some men) who want slim and “toned” physiques opt for lighter weights, lifted more times.
But the notion is not supported by science. Producing bulky muscles requires not just heavy weights but heavy calorie consumption as well, typically far above the 2,000 daily calories recommended for many adults. Read the rest of this entry →
That is the magic number: Women should work out 60 minutes a day, seven days a week, to maintain a normal weight over their lifetime.
Not from my mouth; although I have personally noted the fact and been blogging about for the past 3-5 years, as well as advising my friends/clients at the peri-/post-menopausal age that it takes a “whole lot of moving and doing” to keep my body the way I like it to feel and look!
Anyway, back to the statistical study reference, which interestingly comes at the end of Women’s Month 2010! Read the rest of this entry →
