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Anatomy of a 50-Minute Strength Training Session After 50

If you haven’t exercised in years, 50 minutes can sound like a long time.   You might picture 50 minutes of nonstop exercise, trying to keep up with everyone around you, or wondering how you’ll know what to do next.   But a well-coached strength training session after 50 doesn’t...

How A Broken Leg Changed Peter’s Life For The Better

You probably have heard us talk about making small incremental changes over a long period of time. We have mentioned that those changes will help you build habits that last a lifetime and make real change.   It probably makes sense logically, but may be hard to imagine at times...

Part Two: Nutrition Prep

Two blog posts ago, I discussed the benefits of food prep and the specifics of my own food prep.   During that post, I attached three videos that went into detail about the meat (protein) I cook for the week, so I can meet the needs my body requires.  ...

3 Bootylicious Moves For a Solid Junk in the Trunk

Today we are talking about the booty! Why? Because who doesn’t want a nice, strong, firm badonk? And what if I told you, you can have one without a butt implant?! All you need is a little exercise and you can have a booty like JLO. Photo cred: stylecaster.com In...

New Age Nutrition Club

It seems like every year the same things happen.   The holidays come at the end of the year, which means tons of eating, drinking, parties, and probably not a lot of time for yourself. At the end of it all, you may be feeling regretful, like you gained weight,...

Holiday Party Survival Checklist

Party time!!!!!!!! Other than sounding like Snookie from the Jersey Shore. It’s that time of the season again, where little kids are better than usual, people are nicer (except in parking lots), and we all have a holiday party (or two) to attend.   This is where we tend to...

3 Exercises to Tone Up Your Back

In the last 2 weeks I had a few clients ask me how to tone up their back and specifically, get rid of the jiggle in the rear behind their armpit. In order to lose fat, we always need to clean up our nutrition and create a calorie deficit. That...