Lift Like a Girl: Be More, Not Less
My body is not your measuring stick. My body shouldn’t make you feel worse about yourself. My body shouldn’t make you feel better about yourself. Your body is not my measuring stick. Your body shouldn’t make me feel worse, or better, about myself. The same can be said for any woman’s body -- no body should be your measuring stick. …
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Would you rather listen to this article? Use the player below to listen here or listen to the article on iTunes. If there's an industry plagued with profuse amounts of bullshit, it's health and fitness. Know what it is so you can avoid it and spend your time doing what actually works. While there's more bullshit than I can list here, these are some of the most common culprits. The Expert A …
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If your strength training workouts don’t make you feel great or, worse, leave you feeling achy or beat up, then you need to change things. Now. Here's how. Below you’ll find four tips I use with clients (and myself) who complained that lifting weights didn’t “feel good” or left them feeling achy. Whether you’re an older lifter and want to strength train as safely as possible, you have previous …
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Forget what you think you know about Brussels sprouts, and if you've never had a Brussels sprout in your mouth and enjoyed it, you must give this super easy recipe a try. Even people who claim to hate Brussels sprouts end up loving this recipe. I can't take credit for this delightful cruciferous vegetable goodness; my wife got this recipe from one of her coworkers, and we've made it several times …
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One reason we have heroes is because we admire their actions and characteristics that we assume we could never do or possess. After all, if those characteristics were common, there wouldn't be heroes because everyone would do the right things. The challenging things. The, often, unpopular things. Our heroes are not flawless or perfect, but that certainly doesn't stop us from looking up to them. …
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Introducing one of the most versatile and effective strength training workout templates. While this ultimate Lift Like a Girl workout template shouldn’t be labeled as a holy grail or top secret program (because, as you know, no such thing exists), it is beautifully effective and versatile. Use this template and follow the accompanying guidelines and you'll definitely achieve some incredible …
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There's no shortage of information trying to convince you that your sole purpose as a woman is to value yourself based on how you look. ("Hey, woman! Do you hate how you look? Of course you do -- every woman hates something about herself and won't be happy until it's fixed. Here's a solution for your flaws.") Media and magazines prey on our insecurities, and create ones we didn't have in the …
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From what we order at a restaurant to the workout we do in the gym, sometimes we care too much about what other people think, and adjust our actions accordingly. Will they judge me or think I look stupid we wonder, and we may do something other than what we want based on what we assume they'll think. You’ve done it, and so have I. I’ve had clients tell me they didn’t want to deadlift at the gym …
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