Be Your Own Best Friend

How is it that we can be a good friend to everyone but ourselves? If you can be solid as a rock for others, then of course you can be that for yourself too. In fact, you must be. Sometimes,…
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Choosing Cancer-Fighting Foods for a Healthier Lifestyle

Rarely a day goes by without us hearing the word dreaded word cancer. It automatically evokes a variety of emotions including—fear, anxiety, and empathy. Along with all the thoughts, all the emotion, all the underlying fear, how often do we…
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Harness the Strength of Mind and Body Using Positive Affirmations

In the pursuit of personal growth and self-improvement, the transforemative power of affirmations as a tool/technique to strengthen both our mental and physical resilience cannot be overlooked. Affirmations are a powerful and versatile practice with the potential to profoundly impact…
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Leptin: The Hormone Behind Hunger and Weight Regulation

A recent survey showed that many people believe they are living a healthy lifestyle even though two thirds of us are overweight and one third of those obese. Most people believed it was a lack of exercise that contributed the…
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Momentum Matters

Finding the motivation to exercise can be difficult. What and where is this special motivation needed to get out of bed and out the door to your workouts? If you’re waiting to wake someday with an intense desire to exercise…
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The Mind Muscle Connection

Working out is always good right? Not so quick. Working out using bad form does more damage than good. Improper form results in injuries and lost time. It slows progression down to a snail’s pace. Proper form isn’t about working…
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Osteocalcin, the Hormone Believed to Protect Our Brain

Hormones are “chemical messengers that coordinate different functions in the body.” Most of us are aware of and relatively knowledgeable about a handful of them such as estrogen, testosterone, oxytocin, serotonin, melatonin and cortisone. But did you know there is…
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Muscle Aging is Not Chronological

Scientists have identified multiple genes that regulate physical strength and biological age. Most notable among them are those involved in the sustainability of our muscle tissue. It’s the decrease in the expression of these genes that causes our muscle to…
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Strength Training is NOT Optional

The weakness and loss of energy we associate with getting older, such as difficulty walking distances, climbing stairs, or carrying groceries, are largely due to muscle tissue loss. This muscle loss, for the most part, is from living an inactive…
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The Driving Factor Behind Fitness Success –

It’s great that we focus on the best eating plan and exercise program that works for us in order to achieve great results in the shortest amount of time. However, there is one thing that comes into play before any…
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