Preserving muscle improves your appearance as you age.

Preserving muscle improves your appearance as you age.

Mar 23, 2018 | Workouts

Regular strength training helps to preserve your lean muscle.  If you do nothing to preserve or enhance your muscle your body fat will increase. An increase in body fat can be detrimental to your health and wellbeing especially as you age. In fact, the Department of...
What you need to create a studio experience at home.

What you need to create a studio experience at home.

Mar 6, 2018 | Gear, Workouts

How to create a workout studio experience at home. Creating a workout studio experience at home will help motivate to workout on your own. Plus mind body workouts such as Pilates and yoga are practices that should be done regularly. Developing a home practice gives...
Four tips to intrinsically motivate yourself to workout

Four tips to intrinsically motivate yourself to workout

Feb 14, 2018 | Goals, Workouts

Learn how to use the principles of intrinsic motivation to achieve more.  I read the book Drive by Daniel Pink recently. The book is about motivation – what motivates us and how to direct our own lives to learn, create new things and do better for ourselves and...
Five breakfasts with the right balance of carbs, protein and fat.

Five breakfasts with the right balance of carbs, protein and fat.

Jan 21, 2018 | Food

Five breakfasts for maintaining a healthy weight.   Five breakfasts with the right balance of carbs, protein and fat that will help you maintain a healthy weight. Breakfast shouldn’t be difficult but it is more difficult than most people realize. Many breakfast...
Five types of yoga poses that will enhance your health.

Five types of yoga poses that will enhance your health.

Jan 14, 2018 | Workouts

Open your heart, calm your mind and reduce pain. There are a lot of aspiring yogis sitting on the side lines. In fact, 47% of them are men. If you’re one of them, this post just might convince you to give yoga a try. Practicing yogis will also find the post...
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