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Exercise of the Week - Barbell Concentration Curls

July 21st, 2009 at 4:22 am » Comments Off

Here’s my confession of the week: I don’t like working my biceps. I have plenty of clients who love biceps exercises but it’s one of my least favorite…



Vote in This Week’s Poll: Is it harder to stick to your exercise routine in the summer?

July 20th, 2009 at 4:33 am » Comments Off

A couple of weeks ago, one of my clients talked about what a hard time he was having with his workouts. “Something about summer makes everything a little more…



Pocket Guide to Yoga Giveaway

July 20th, 2009 at 12:31 am » Comments Off

We have 5 copies of The Athlete’s Pocket Guide to Yoga by Sage Rountree (http://www.yogabasics.com/explore/the-athletes-pocket-guide-to-yoga.html) to give to our lucky…



What are your favorite workouts?

July 17th, 2009 at 4:20 am » Comments Off

I love shaking up my routine every week with different workouts and, this week, my focus has been endurance, flexibility and core strength. With that in mind, these are…



The Athlete’s Pocket Guide to Yoga

July 16th, 2009 at 3:00 pm » Comments Off

This sweet little book is a delightful and abundant source of yoga pose sequences. Most of the 50 sequence routines…



Exercise for Depression

July 16th, 2009 at 4:14 am » Comments Off

I read a couple of interesting studies recently about how exercise can affect our moods. One study, presented at an annual meeting of the ACSM (American College of Sports…



Exercise of the Week - Medicine Ball Curl and Press

July 14th, 2009 at 4:06 am » Comments Off

The medicine ball is a great exercise tool, but it’s hard to know exactly what to do with it. Today, I’m highlighting a new move to try, the medicine…



Vote in This Week’s Poll: Should we limit the display of nutritional values in restaurants and schools?

July 13th, 2009 at 2:00 am » Comments Off

In a recent and thought-provoking article, our Eating Disorders Guide, Matt, posed an interesting question: Should we limit the display of nutritional values in restaurants or schools?
The…



Vitiligo repigmentation photos

July 11th, 2009 at 9:19 pm » Comments Off

Lately, quite a few people have been leaving comments asking about my excimer xtrac laser treatments, so I thought I would post some new comparison photos.
I edited the coloring in photoshop to make the newly pigmented areas more obvious; however, this in no way effected the true results. The darker areas show where there is pigment.
The first photo gives my hand a distorted look, but this is due to rotating it so my hand would be facing upwards. I don’t have an exact date which photo 1 was taken, …



Fit Fact: Exercise is a Must for Strong Bones

July 10th, 2009 at 2:00 am » Comments Off

Most of us probably don’t think about how strong our bones are - they seem to take good care of themselves without much interference on our end, don’t they?
Unfortunately, that…