strength training

10-Minute Butt Lifitng Workout

January 25, 2012

I have a confession to make. At the gym, if I see someone who I think has a killer body, I’ll watch what they do at the gym. Sometimes I create stories for the “characters” I see on a regular basis. I like to guess if they played a sport in college, recently lost weight [...]

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A Total Body Gym Workout To Pin!

January 24, 2012

Fitfuential has secured a few partnerships with a variety of online publications. I’m so excited to have the opportunity to audition to write for one of them. I can’t share with you the name of the publications yet, but I’m in the final rounds! They’d like to see what I bring to the table so [...]

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Fastest Way To Lose 5 lbs & Green Melonster Smoothie

September 2, 2011

This morning I had a mini protein pancake before the gym.  Typically, I wait to have it after but I knew I wanted to work hard so breaky was necessary.  At the gym, I tried out this workout from Women’s Health Magazine I got in my inbox yesterday. It was titled, “The Fastest Way to [...]

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Lean & Strong Simple Total Body Workout

August 19, 2011

This morning, I woke up early to drive roomie to a golf tournament.  I’ve been trying to follow the TIU Booty Call protocol of not eating before 30 minutes of working out, but since I wasn’t sure how long my errand would take I had a scoop of protein powder mixed with water and almond [...]

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Now What?! What To Do Once You Reach Your Goal Weight

August 1, 2011

I reached my goal weight in January of 2010.  I know it was the strength training that helped me get there.  I lost 7 lbs of fat but actually gained one pounds of muscle.  I remember thinking that I didn’t want to gain any more muscle, as I have enough as it is, but if [...]

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How To Get Rid Of Arm Pit Fat

July 27, 2011

Many YouTube viewers have asked me, “How do I get rid of arm pit fat?”  I finally decided to create a video to answer this popular query. The problem with arm pit fat is that you cannot get rid of it with exercise.  There are many factors that go into removing excess fat from one [...]

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3 Moves, Total Body Summer Time Workout

July 5, 2011

I love this workout!  It’s super challenging so if you want (or need) a good sweaty strength training routine. It only involved 3 moves but each one has a few elements to it making the workout a total body tone up.  The giveaway is over but maybe Rich from Dick’s Cottons will donate another pair, [...]

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My New Strength Training Program!

July 1, 2011

As part of my training for the Urbanathlon, Joe Dowdell gave me a program to follow that has me in the gym pumping iron on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.  On Tuesday and Thursday I follow an intense cardio interval workout that requires me to stay within a specific target heart rate zone. When I first [...]

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