So I recently started having plantar fasciitis type symptoms in my right foot for the first time in my life. I’ve never had foot issues before so I kept putting off doing anything about it thinking it would just resolve itself (despite warnings from my chiropractor that I needed to get some insoles ASAP). After bearing with [...]
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Insoles for happy feet.
Posted in Workout Equipment/Apparel, tagged athletic shoes, cardio, exercise, footwear, recovery on February 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Resisting the Pillow: Common Pitfalls to Early-Morning Success and How to Overcome Them
Posted in Exercise, Mindset and Motivation, tagged cardio, early morning exercise, exercise, fat loss strategies, healthy habits, mindset, motivation on January 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Some people are at an early morning workout with a big smile. They seem to relish the crack of dawn (or the pre-crack, in Portland winter!). If you’re not bright-eyed and bushy tailed in the morning – or if just the idea of parting with your pillow is painful – you have an uphill battle [...]
Inhale. Exhale. Repeat.
Posted in Exercise, tagged breath, breathing, exercise, fatigue, muscles on January 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
As a yoga instructor, I’ve done a lot of work surrounding breath. As a fitness instructor, I often consider how much people can benefit by being more mindful about breathing while they’re working out. The cells of your body need a few things to survive – the most urgent of them being oxygen. When you [...]
BCA what?
Posted in Diet/Nutrition, Post Workout Nutrition, tagged diet, exercise, fat burning, healthy diet, post workout nutrition, recovery on October 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
All this talk about recovery and post workout nutrition would be incomplete without mention of Branched Chain Amino Acids (BCAAs for short). As you may remember from your high school science class, amino acids are the building blocks of protein. The three BCAAs (leucine, isoleucine, and valine) are among the nine essential amino acids and [...]
Anatomy of a protein shake
Posted in Diet/Nutrition, Post Workout Nutrition, Recipes, tagged diet, exercise, fat burning, healthy diet, post workout nutrition, recovery on October 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
With all of this talk of post workout nutrition, you might be wondering what this looks like in action. Well, here I’ll break down exactly what my own post workout recovery looks like. I replenish with one of two options, depending on my time, budget, and schedule. The first option is Prograde’s Workout. I love [...]
Post Workout Recovery 101
Posted in Diet/Nutrition, Post Workout Nutrition, tagged diet, exercise, fat burning, healthy diet, post workout nutrition, recovery on September 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
After reading the last post on Post Workout Nutrition, you may have found yourself wondering why you need to drink a recovery drink instead of eating whole food. As we mentioned last time, our goal with workout nutrition is very specific…we are looking to provide the body with two things: Protein to aid in protein [...]
Post Workout Nutriton
Posted in Diet/Nutrition, Post Workout Nutrition, tagged diet, exercise, fat burning, healthy diet, post workout nutrition, recovery on August 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Clients always ask me what to eat before and after exercise. While pre-workout nutrition is somewhat more personal and subjective (more on that in another post), there is a lot of research on the benefits of proper post-workout nutrition. Eating the right foods after your workout will: Help to replenish glycogen stores, which are the [...]
Get yer NEPA.
Posted in Exercise, tagged burn fat, cardio, exercise on June 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Here are 10 ideas for adding a little NEPA to your life: 1. WALK. Anywhere and everywhere you can. Park in the back of the parking lot or better yet walk to the store. Get out of the house for 20 minutes after dinner and see your neighborhood. Walk to they gym and skip your [...]
NEPA counts!
Posted in Exercise, tagged burn fat, cardio, exercise on June 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
What the heck is NEPA? NEPA stands for non-exercise physical activity. And while you certainly aren’t going to attain the physique of a fitness model on NEPA alone, extra movement throughout the day does add up. As I mentioned in the last post, the most important thing is that you just MOVE. Here are three [...]
Just move.
Posted in Exercise, tagged burn fat, cardio, exercise on June 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Seriously people. It’s absolutely amazing how caught up we can get in the details. We often make health, fitness, and fat loss WAY more complicated than they need to be. I often have people ask me if it’s better for them to do cardio in the morning or in the evening, on an empty or [...]
