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Celebrity trainer Valerie Waters whose Red Carpet Ready program I am currently following posted a pair of great workouts geared towards creating the Hollywood action babe look she gave to Jennifer Garner in Alias and Rachel Nichols who plays Scarlet in the upcoming G.I. Joe movie–lean and defined, but not quite as in-your-face powerful as [...]
RCR W5D2: Five Important Lessons From The Simple DollarTechnically, this blog post at The Simple Dollar is about personal finance, but if you replace the finance terms in each one with the appropriate exercise or diet equivalent, it can be applied just as easily to the journey toward fitness and a healthy lifestyle.
Here are my slightly modified versions of the author’s [...]
Why do so many women fear the reading on the scale or a lack of dramatic progress in their photos?
Is it because, despite what our mouths say about this being a permanent lifestyle change and not a temporary diet or quick fix, deep inside we still cling to the belief that all of the exercise [...]
142.2 lbs this morning, which continues the downward trend that started back up with yesterday’s 142.8 lb weigh-in. Where were these numbers when I needed to take pics and write down 3 week stats on Sunday?
Oh well. Losers can’t be choosers, I guess. I am just glad that I have finally broken through my 143 [...]
144.2 lbs this morning, or around half a pound down from yesterday. Gotta love coming off TOM when you’ve been on target with meals and workouts–the weight just feels like it’s dropping off in chunks overnight. I kicked off the day with 30 minutes of Forza sword drills and have completed my lunch break stroll, [...]
New Rules of Lifting for Women Diet Calculator and Workout LogsBecause some of you asked for it (and I was making this for myself anyway after noticing what a major pain in the butt it was last week to hand transcribe all of the Stage 2 workouts from The New Rules of Lifting for Women book to the blank photocopied workout log sheet), I present [...]
Review: Is P90X Right For YOU? (Requirements and Overview)P90X parent company Beachbody must be spamming the heck out of the TV infomercial channels this month, because I keep getting emails from readers asking if P90X is right for them based on my run with the program a few years ago.
To cut down on the amount of copying and pasting I have [...]
I’m going to officially start my Turbulence Training 12-week transformation challenge again on Monday. This week will be my program reboot week where I get back in the habit of bulk meal prep and ramp up my workouts again. I’ve been pretty lazy for the past two weeks, and I need a few days to [...]