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March 4, 2015

Do You Include Your Significant Other in Life Changes?

Your relationship with your significant other influences much of your life.  You’ve committed to this person and you want to do your best to make your life together happy and supportive. A good way to start is to ask what makes them happy?  Then question, what causes the opposite, what makes them upset? Let them […]


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Published on March 04, 2015 21:00

March 3, 2015

Are You Addicted to Sugar?

On the Chalene Show I had the opportunity to talk to JJ Virgin.  She is considered a leading expert when it comes to sugar and how it impacts the body. According to JJ Virgin, sugar is our greatest enemy! It’s the number one thing in people’s diets that they are unaware of how consumed they […]


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Published on March 03, 2015 21:00

February 17, 2015

DO YOU FEEL LIKE A SLAVE TO SOCIAL MEDIA ?

There is a way to be on social media and not become a slave to it. You see, I don’t believe that you should be spending your ENTIRE life in social media or that your social media should be controlling your life. Rather, you should build your social media around the life that you live […]


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Published on February 17, 2015 21:30

DO YOU FEEL LIKE A SLAVE TO SOCIAL MEDIA?

There is a way to be on social media and not become a slave to it. You see, I don’t believe that you should be spending your ENTIRE life in social media or that your social media should be controlling your life. Rather, you should build your social media around the life that you live […]


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Published on February 17, 2015 21:30

February 13, 2015

FITNESS MYTHS DISPELLED |THE BEST TIME TO WORKOUT IS IN THE MORNING

And our last fitness myth is…. the best time to exercise is in the morning. To be honest, the best time to workout is the time that you will schedule and get it done uninterrupted. That’s the bottom line. But there’s been a lot of talk about people who exercise in the morning having


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Published on February 13, 2015 11:20

February 11, 2015

FITNESS MYTHS DISPELLED | LIFTING HEAVY WILL CAUSE YOU TO BULK UP

This next myth is so strongly held that I believe it is the reason why one of the most effective programs I’ve ever created never took off on TV and that is, ChaLEAN Extreme. It’s a program I developed around heavy strength training. Now, I didn’t mention the name so you would go out


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Published on February 11, 2015 21:30

February 10, 2015

FITNESS MYTHS DISPELLED | YOU CAN SPOT REDUCE

MYTH #3: That you can spot train and target areas of the body for weight loss. This myth, I get all the time. I should probably have the answer tattooed across my forehead, although it wouldn’t be very cute. Someone will come up to me at a live event or after teaching a class,


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Published on February 10, 2015 21:30

FITNESS MYTHS DISPELLED | YOU BURN MORE CALORIES DURING YOUR WORKOUT

MYTH #2: The next myth we’re going to bust today is that you burn more calories while you’re working out than you do after your workout. There are some workout styles where you’ll burn more calories while you’re actually working out; and then there are workouts where you’ll have an after burn effect and


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Published on February 10, 2015 11:11

February 8, 2015

Fitness Myths Dispelled | Muscle Weighs More Than Fat

This week my blog is dedicated to dispelling some of the most commonly held myths in fitness. Myths that might effect how you train, when you train, why you train… MYTH 1: THAT MUSCLE WEIGHS MORE THAN FAT It’s kind of like one of those riddles because if you think about it, a pound


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Published on February 08, 2015 21:30

February 5, 2015

Million-Dollar Mantra #5 | The Joy is in the Journey

It’s Friday and that means that we’re talking about my final million-dollar mantra. Mantra #5 is… the joy is in the journey; and that includes the speed bumps. So rather than getting caught up in the actual goal, what I want you to be excited about, are the difficulties you get through. Someone once


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Published on February 05, 2015 21:30