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How to Make Your New Year’s Resolution

January 2, 2011 Fitness, MotivationalRhea1 Comment

It’s that time again when we make our New Years resolutions to shed off those extra pounds we gained from the holiday festivities. This is also the time that we decide to take better care of ourselves this year. But losing weight is not easily done on a whim. Every year, many people make the choice to lose weight in January. By March, a very small percentage stick to their resolution. It is one thing to make the choice to lose the weight, but doing it is another matter. This requires proper goal setting and planning. After all, twenty pounds…

How to Raise Your Metabolism (and keep the weight off for life)

January 2, 2011 FitnessRhea15 Comments

TweetMaking the resolution to raise your metabolism is a great idea. This lifestyle change can help keep weight off for the rest of your life. As a fitness professional, I find that the greatest mistake people make is to crash diet or lose weight without exercising. This can be disastrous to one’s metabolism. Taking extreme measures to lose weight leads to self-deprivation and ultimate failure. Self starvation puts the body into survival mode. This leads to a lowered metabolism. The body will react by storing fat and burning off muscle and bone. This is the reason why careless dieting can…

Exercise for Stress Relief

January 2, 2011 Fitness, YogaRheaLeave a comment

Tweet Exercise for Stress Relief Stress relief through exercise is not a new trend. It may seem this way with all of the mind body movements that have made their way into the industry such as yoga, pilates and tai chi. Keep in mind, however, that yoga and tai chi have been around for thousands of years. Although, incorporating mindful awareness and breath to physical activity seems new to westerners, exercise has always been a form of stress release. The mere act lifting weights requires much focus and breath work. One does not need to be consciously meditating during exercise…

Plateauing

November 30, 2010 FitnessRhea9 Comments

I mention plateaus a lot in my intense classes such as interval challenge and body blast because most of the people who take those classes are looking to change their bodies. In order to change your body, you must do things that the body is not used to. The body will make adjustments such as fat loss and muscle gain in order to adapt to the new stressor. Usually, when people work very hard to lose weight, their body changes. They also become fitter which is a positive thing as fit people have less incidences of heart disease, diabetes and…

Why women should strength train

November 29, 2010 FitnessRhea4 Comments

“Why should I strength train? I don’t want to get big.” I hear this misconception over and over again. Many women are so fearful of increasing muscle mass that they miss out on the benefits of strength training. Some never get the results they want. How can you change the shape of your body and fight flab if you don’t strength train? We live in a society obsessed with size. Women want to be really small and men want to be really big. The awesome presence of some body builders intimidate women who want to get in shape but do…

Are you still living in the dark ages?

November 29, 2010 FitnessRhea7 Comments

As a fitness professional, I have to renew my certification every two years. During those two years I am going to conferences, learning new formats, getting more certifications, or studying more books. I am constantly updating my knowledge with the latest studies and findings. I find, however, that many people are still living in the dark ages in terms of keeping themselves healthy. This can be a real problem as what we don’t know can hurt us. In this article I will address many popular misconceptions regarding diet, exercise, and food supplements. THE FOOD PYRAMID HAS CHANGED Most of us…