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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Peppermint Green Power Slice

Vegetables are nutrient powerhouses bursting with color and flavor. They provide our bodies with important vitamins, minerals, healthy fats and fiber, all essential nutrients to creating healthy, balanced diets, so it makes sense to include them in our diets in…
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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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A Full Body Workout that Works!

Are you tired of thinking about which body parts need exercise today, or how often the exercises you’ve adopted for particular muscles and limbs need rotating to stay effective? Are you looking for a full body workout that does exactly…
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Enjoy Your Daily Health Shake

Who doesn’t want to live a long, healthy, vital life? One that we’re an active participant and not sitting on the sidelines? What’s the use of having our “senior years” if we can’t enjoy them? Living is about the quality…
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Muscles and Metabolism…

Many people are confused about our metabolism (our body’s engine) and have little idea of how to keep it in good running condition. What do you think has the biggest impact on it? Age? Activity levels? Thyroid function? Wrong, wrong…
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Are You Building Your “Defensive Army” or Tearing it Down?

For optimal health and wellness it’s ultimately important that we are including foods that are rich in antioxidants. Antioxidants are substances such as vitamins that help to prevent free-radical damage to the body by neutralizing the oxidation process and reducing…
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Strong Heart Muscles Matter

Most of us never give so much of a thought to one of the most important muscles in our body – our heart. This underappreciated muscle/organ beats away in the background like some faithful servant, never complaining and always on…
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Key Behaviors for Permanent Weight-Loss

When it comes to being healthy, losing weight and slimming down where should your focus be? Exercise or diet? Both. Weight loss is achieved by burning more calories than you take in or consuming fewer than you burn. Permanent weight…
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Micro-Nutrients Matter

Nutrients are chemical compounds that are found in all the foods we eat. All the functions of your body systems like breathing, thinking and even your beating heart, require energy and this energy comes from nutrients. Nutrients can be broken…
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