Fitness

Training for Strength Update

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At the beginning of October, I started a three month experiment of lifting very heavy weights for strength without any aesthetic or other reason. Every time I’d done a lifting regimen in the past, it had been to tone up, to train for something, etc, This time, I just wanted to see how quickly I could gain [...]

Lifting Weights for Strength

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I’ve decided to do an experiment over the next three months, and I’d love for you to join me if you are interested! I’ve read so much lately about the many health benefits of lifting heavy weights for women. I’ve done weights before and love kettlebells now, but it has always been about maintaining or [...]

The Keys to Efficient and Effective Home Training [Guest Post]

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[Note from WM: Today, one of the women whose example I looked to when I first started using kettlebells drops in with some suggestions for effective workouts from home! Andrea has trained everyone from professional athletes to doctors to coaches. She is a Master Kettlebell Instructor who travels around the world training instructors in using [...]

Fitness From Home

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Fitness is a vital part of any overall Wellness regimen, though it should follow a healthy diet and lifestyle, rather than take the place of it. There are hundreds of options for fitness, from gyms to marathons, weights to swimming. Sine I have approximately zero hours of free time to drive to a gym, get [...]

Fitness for Healthy Pregnancy- Guest Post By Charlotte Anderson

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[Enjoy this guest post by the awesome Charlotte Anderson of The Great Fitness Experiment and author of The Great Fitness Experiment: One Year of Trying Everything. She is a joy to read, so please check out her great blog!] “You can’t do squats or lunges, it’ll make you go into preterm labor” “I’ve never seen [...]

Mastering the Perfect Pushup

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No longer just an exercise for football and the military! The Push-Up is a great upper body workout to do anywhere. The push-up involves full range of motion in the shoulder and is great at strengthening arms, shoulders, core and back if done with correct form. It tones the arms and helps with lifting heavy [...]

Wellness Mama’s Fitness Overview- How to Get in Shape Without the Treadmill!

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Fitness is a touchy subject for a lot of people these days. Everyone has an opinion and a favorite type of fitness (from none at all to excessive and everything in between). What is truly the best type of exercise? Is it different for men and women? What about moms like me who don’t have [...]