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3 video clips with MINI bands to enhance your golf game!

3 MINI Band exercises to improve your golf game (please refer to the accompanying video clips…JUST CLICK ON THE LINKS FOR THE CLIPS) The colour of the MINI bands dictates its tensile strength. In general, the lighter the colour the easier it is. The colours range from yellow to green to blue to black. They…

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Is it “crunch” time? Not anytime soon!

Crunches? Side Crunches? Oblique Crunches? ummm…not anytime soon! As Mike Boyle, one of the world’s leading exercise experts says, “We use our abs to crunch when get up out of bed in the morning!”  That is a little bit of a stretch however, but there is an underlying message there. Our abdominal muscles, which range…

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Do you know how well you move?

During a recent training camp that I was privileged to help out with, I came to the realization that these high level (albeit, still developing) athletes have remarkable resilience to injury and are driven through passion, monetary compensation, and sheer joy to keep plying their trade. What is so different about them compared to us…

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High Plank Lateral Hand Walks

High Plank Lateral Walks You can now hold the top of a push up! Your head and lower back are in perfect alignment! You are almost ready to do a push up but you need a bit more arm and core strength! Maintain your high plank (top of push up) position. Now walk your hands…

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Stretch before or after?… YES!

Stretch before or after? YES One question that pops up almost on a daily basis is, “When should I stretch? Before or after my workout?”  The answer to that is “yes” on both counts. “They say that we shouldn’t stretch before exercising!” If you begin your exercise routine without addressing the tightness in your right…

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What is one of the most important lower body exercises you are NOT doing?

The most important lower body exercise you AREN’T doing! Following Gray Cook’s joint by joint approach, one knows that the lumbar spine is supposed to be a stable segment of the spine not a mobile one. When performing a single legged deadlift (SLDL), use a mirror and take note of what happens to your pelvis….

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TAKING the guesswork out of: “How hard am I supposed to be...

Taking some of the guess work out of training is not easy but when you actually know how hard you need to push yourself and precisely how much time it takes you to recover in order to burn fat calories, that is pure gold! There are various ways of determining how hard you are working…

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3 MORE FAT BURNING TIPS!

3 MORE of the best fat burning tips: Really TRY and get more sleep: 8 hours is ideal and this comes down to time management…strive for 8 but if you get 6 or 7 solid hours, that is better nothing! Eliminate sugars and their derivatives: essentially, if the ingredient ends in “-ose” OR if you cannot pronounce…

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3 SIMPLE FAT BURNING TIPS THAT WILL HELP WITH ANYBODY’S BODY TYPE!

THREE simple fat burning steps! Here are 3 of the best fat-burning tips you can use that will work with ANY body type, ANY weight restriction, ANY body! 1. Drink more water per day: up to 1/2 your body weight in lbs. in ounces (example: 150lbs. / 2 = 75 ounces per day 2. Include…

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NEVER warm up with cardio again!

Our NEW JEANS challenge is on its way! STAY TUNED! ================================ One thing that most people will do when they enter a fitness facility or prepare for a workout on their own at home is sit or stand on a piece of cardio equipment. That is what has been explained throughout the ages.  This is…

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