“You need to stop saying that. It isn’t easy or simple. I know what you mean–others don’t.” My husband made that remark to me after I responded to a new friend’s question about losing weight. It was only then I realized how frequently, when asked about my journey to fit; I used the adjectives easy and simple. Once he pointed it out, however, I immediately saw his perspective. Weight loss, loss maintaining, and healthy living was all very simple…to explain. Carving my healthy living path, getting fit & remaining that way was all very easy …in theory. In no fashion did I mean execution of these simple concepts was easy (I’d begged & bribed myself to do cardio enough times to know that well)
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4 lessons weight training taught me about life.
Resistance training, for me, is bigger than something I do to stay fit as I age. It’s taught me more about life in general than anything else I’ve done and, paradoxically, helps me remain laser-focused on whats important to me outside fitness. I advocate resistance training for health, but am a resistance training evangelist because of what Ive learned from it about living fully. 1. If you wait for the perfect facility opportunity you’ll always find an excuse not to start. Ive trained in less than ideal conditions. Central American gyms stocked with rusty dumbbells. Dilapidated college weight rooms. Outdoors in Oakland with homeless on one side & muscle-bound men on the other. These experiences taught me to expand my definition of &#
Exercise Keeps Skin Healthy and Young
Exercise is proving to play an important role in skin health. Besides the use of scientifically sound skin care with the Isagenix Rejuvity® Skincare System, new research is proving exercise is also a powerful adjunct to the health of your skin. Just published in the journal Aging Cell, researchers from McMaster University in Ontario, Canada found exercise to be a potent therapy for halting skin aging (1). The mechanism behind the beneficial effects of exercise on skin health appears to a specific type of signaling protein called Interleukin 15 or IL-15 for short. Many often neglect proper skin care, however, skin is the largest organ in the body and is the main barrier against infection and disease. During aging different portions of the skin like the dermal
How many hours a day do you workout?
(if I’m running something BAD is behind me!) Last week I helped with Family Health & Fitness Night at the Child’s school. It was a fun way to find out about elementary school PA (I’ve learned the hard way NOT to refer to it as PE. I guess it’s no longer EDUCATION but activity?). It was also another experience of moms asking me: “How many hours a day do you workout?” Hours. Yep. No matter how many times I’m asked that question it still blows my mind out (as the child sadly no longer says). fitting in fitness. canine thinks I’m crazy. Recently I’ve thought a lot about traditional fitness versus #wycwyc‘ing my way to