Lift Like a Girl: Be More, Not Less
You can listen to this article. Use the player below, download the MP3, or use iTunes. I enjoy looking through years of workout logs to see the progress I’ve made, the personal records I set, the grueling sets of high-rep squats and deadlifts I’ve endured. Performance improvement is a critical component of any strength training program if you want to reap results from your efforts. But …
[Read more...] about Food and Fitness No Longer Dominate My Life
You can listen to this article. Use the player below, download the MP3, or use iTunes. Too many women have struggled, and depleted their sanity and happiness, from disliking their bodies and fighting the number on the scale. They’ve used exercise as punishment for overeating, to “fix” body parts they don’t like, to “earn” the right to eat dessert. And I have done all those things too. I have …
[Read more...] about When Was the Last Time You Weren’t Trying to Lose Fat?
You can listen to this article: Use the player below, download the MP3, or use iTunes. It began the moment gyms were forced to close their doors: People became concerned that they would lose the results they worked so hard to achieve since they could no longer adhere to their normal workout routine. Many don’t have the luxury of a home gym (those of us who do were, perhaps, more grateful …
Image credit: TotalShape You can listen to this article. Use the player below, download the MP3, or use iTunes. To be clear, this is not an argument against pursuing fat loss to improve your health, or confidence, or because you want to increase muscle definition. Problems arise, however, when fat loss turns into a dominating obsession. When it’s the only reason you exercise and make …
[Read more...] about 9 Ways to Know You Should Stop Focusing on Fat Loss
You can listen to this article. Use the player below, download the MP3, or listen on iTunes. This is not the typical Lose Weight Fast! or Finally Get in the Best Shape of Your Life! how-to New Year’s resolutions article. Haven’t you done something similar, perhaps numerous times before, for a New Year’s resolution? If you’ve tried the usual resolutions -- lose weight, get “bikini ready” by …
[Read more...] about 6 Unpopular Truths about Fitness-Focused New Year’s Resolutions
Would you rather listen to this article? Use the player below, download it, or use iTunes. I used to hate doing cardio. The reason cardio was a loathsome drudgery is now blatantly clear: it was once done for the sole purpose of burning calories. I wanted to burn calories to lose fat. I wanted to lose fat so I'd like my body more (or at least, hopefully, dislike it less). If the only …
Would you rather listen to this article? Use the player below or download on iTunes. Does it ever feel like you spend way more time than you should have to thinking about food? What you should eat and shouldn’t eat; how many meals you should eat; are any foods best for fat loss; what’s best for improving overall health; is there such a thing as an all-you-can-eat peanut butter diet; are …
[Read more...] about Here’s the Simple Guide That Shows You How to Eat Healthy
Would you prefer to listen to this article? Use the player below or download on iTunes. The goal of fat loss isn't (usually) the problem. It's the mindset that often evolves from a seemingly never-ending fat loss pursuit. Fat loss isn’t executed as a simple objective, structured process that lasts for a designated time -- it gradually morphs into a definitive, emotionally-fueled, …
