Katrina Law’s Fiercely-Fit Workout

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American actress Katrina Law appeared on Spartacus: Blood and Sand for less than half of the season but she made an impression on fans, and her character Mira made an even bigger impression on Spartacus. Law, best known for an arc on the TV series Legend of the Seeker and the web series The Resistance, is back with Spartacus: Vengeance, which [...]

Beach Boot Camp Anyone? Interval Training Workout That Goes Everywhere You Do

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Heading south for a winter get-a-way? If you are one of the fortunate few traveling to a warmer climate this season you may have some concerns about leaving your normal workout routine behind. No worries! This high energy interval training workout will blast fat and burn calories wherever you go.  Especially to the beach!  And [...]

A Compact Guide to Creating the Fitness Habit

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A new year, a new slate of resolutions. Perhaps the biggest resolution at New Year’s is to get fit — start exercising, start eating right, and all that jazz. But resolutions never last. As you might already know, I’m not a fan of resolutions. Instead of creating a list of resolutions this year, create a new habit. Habits [...]

The Year in Fitness 2011

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Faster, Higher, Stronger!  Fitness for 2012 If all the Phys Ed columns published this year have a single message, it is that now is a fine time to own a body. The diverse exercise-related experiments published in 2011 and covered in this space each week suggest that it’s possible to retain your cognitive powers, muscle [...]

No Excuses – Your Office Fitness Plan – Plus Workout Video

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For those of you who work full time and spend most of your weekday hours confined to a desk and chair, finding time to workout can be frustrating. Take a healing workout break!  Everyone needs to take a lunch break and if you’re not you should! Dividing your lunch break into healthy munching and a [...]

Powerhouse Dec. 5th Class Update (Bonus! Health Tips & Workout Videos For The Holidays)

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For all of you fit and fabulous women who take my 830 am Body Conditioning class on Monday mornings at Powerhouse Gym! I will not be teaching this Monday am Dec. 5th. I will however, be working out with Q on “Get Fit” down at Fox News Detroit at 745 am and 845 am. Also, [...]

Above, Below, Behind And Beyond -The Six Pack

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Is there more to life and your body than a six pack! Are you keeping up with your core training exercises? I certainly hope so! As I told my class this morning, “If you don’t use it regularly – it will get flabby” Profound, hugh? Not really, but, so very true!  Strengthening your core doesn’t take [...]

No Excuses! Keep Yourself Healthy And Fit During The Holidays

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Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.  - Goethe Excuses, excuses, and more excuses! (Not on my watch!) Making a commitment to stay focused on your health and fitness during the holiday season is the best way to avoid the extra five to ten pounds that many of [...]

Power Up Your Life With Core Strength!

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Power, stability and ease emanates from your core (your center) improving nearly every movement you make and most yoga poses you flow in and out from. Your core is both physically and emotionally your center of balance and strength. Plugging into your core abdominal muscles stimulates an attitude of inner strength and confidence and stokes [...]

A Call To Your Core!

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Six pack, twelve pack, washboard abs – they may look great but don’t always equal a healthy, strong and pain-free back. From now until New Years we will be blasting belly fat and building you a strong and healthy core. When talking about complete core strength, the traditional crunch alone is actually not the best choice [...]