Legs Day!!

February 24, 2009
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Used to be a time when I really dreaded Legs Day in the gym.  My favorite body part to train was my back, and my legs workout loomed ahead, weekly, like an insurmountable challenge.   After a year or so, I got tired of the mental drama, allowed that I had a very strong back, […]

Barefoot Running: Sole Survivor

February 13, 2009
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Jamie Lynn located this story about barefoot running in the the API: Sole survivor: Missouri marathoner shuns shoes Training goes on outside even when weather is frigid By MARIA SUDEKUM FISHER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS KANSAS CITY, Mo. — When winter temperatures in the Midwest head into their single-digit death spiral, Rick Roeber goes for a […]

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Sheri’s Rants #8

February 10, 2009
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This last weekend I joined my buddy Gayle in Sedona, AZ for a race she was running called The Sedona Marathon.  Gayle is preparing to run the Boston Marathon and so was entered in the half-marathon (as a training run).  I was there to hang out with her, provide support, swagger around acting like a […]

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Torso Training

February 5, 2009
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I like to throw a full torso routine in the mix every once in a while to train my entire core with weights and really get in touch with how I’m using my torso.  I do this several ways, and the routine below is one of them.  This time, I’m using a quad set – […]

It All Begins With the Feet… an answer to back pain

February 5, 2009
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Article written by Jamie Lynn Are you one of the many Americans that suffer from back or neck pain, maybe hip or knee pain?  You are not alone.  Between 1997 and 2005, a 65% increase in medical cost related to neck and back pain, an estimated $86 million per year (Salynn Boyles, 2/12/2008), and most […]

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3 EZ Main Meals

February 5, 2009
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One of the primary ‘easy’ meals people miss when they clean up their diets is PIZZA! I include a very easy, clean version here that I came up with one evening.  It’s important to use raw cheese, available in most health food stores.  Why raw?  Because the enzymes that enable dairy to be processed in […]

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The Snacking-Sleeping Connection; Aging, Depression & Visceral Fat

February 5, 2009
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This following two articles were discovered by Vicki Bernstein in a newsletter from the American Fitness Association – an association for older adults. The Snacking-Sleeping Connection The amount one snacks appears to be related to the amount of sleep one gets. That is the finding of University of Chicago and University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers, as […]

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Fun with Chopped Salads

February 2, 2009
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Chopped salads are a fun way to play with texture and tastes – and are very easy to make. You’ll need a big chopping board and a large sharp knife.  It’s best to start by chopping the harder, crunchy veggies first, slicing the big stuff (like cucumbers) before chopping.  Then, as you add more veggies […]

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Genesis Coach Training Level 1 2009

January 31, 2009
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Team Genesis hosted the inaugural Genesis Coach Training at the C.O.D. Ranch in Oracle, AZ January 21-25.   15 attendees arrived from California, Colorado, Oregon, New Mexico and Montana. Team Genesis arrived on Tuesday and enjoyed a gorgeous hike on the Arizona Trail before settling into an afternoon meeting and preparation for the arrival of the […]

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Glute & Shoulder Training

January 31, 2009
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I just returned from the gym, and today was a great training day.  Diamond’s Gym caters more to amateur boxers, policemen, and swarthy men rather than the matching-gym-outfit types – I mean, this is no social club.  The equipment is old, the same posters have been on the wall for a decade, the floor is […]