Caution: Hot Weather Workouts

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Well, it’s about time the sunshine and warmer temperatures made it to Michigan. Like me, most fitness minded mid-westerners have been waiting months for outdoor exercise; bootcamp, swimming, biking, hiking, walking or running club – basically anything that happens outside to workout and energize our body and mind.  To avoid being side-lined during your outdoor [...]

Workouts Got You down? Time To Make A Change!

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Are you training to hard, feeling warn-out and perhaps putting yourself at risk of injury or illness? I believe the vast majority of exercisers prefer the benefits of a healthy exercise program to the potential risks from working out to hard and to often. According to a recent study published in the Journal of the [...]

MOVE IT LADIES! Not Your Ordinary Walk Around the Block

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You say you only have 20-30 minutes for exercise? Here is a quick cardio, fat burning and bone building workout! Get on your walking shoes, ladies! What you need: Walking or running shoes A sidewalk, quiet street or parking lot Great Music/Ipod The workout: 5 minutes walking warmup…move your arms! Power walk the length of [...]