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Protein Shakes Can Help You Lose Weight

Protein shakes can help you lose weight by helping you to feel full longer and helping you to maintain and build muscle mass. They are also low in calorie which helps when you want to stay within calorie goals. Scroll down to read this article from freelance writer Elizabeth Millard. […]

Protein Shakes Can Help You Lose Weight

Best Supplements for Building Muscle

The best supplements for muscle building include a protein powder, creatine, beta-alanine, and HMB for age-related muscle loss. I currently use Shakeology for my protein powder, creatine, and beta-alanine and just learned about HMB in this article. Scroll down to learn more about each.   When it comes to finding […]

Best Supplements for Building Muscle

Use a Vision to Achieve Your Goals

To use a vision board to achieve your goals, check out these five steps to make an effective one that inspires you every day. Author Chelsea Frank explains each of the steps in her article below.   No matter how motivated you are to achieve your goals — whether it’s […]

Use a Vision Board to Achieve Your Goals

My First Boston Marathon

On April 16th, 1984 I ran the Boston Marathon. The longest race I had run prior to that was the Nike New Jersey 10 Miler in March 1984. I met a woman at the race who had qualified for Boston and was running it on April 16th. We drove up […]

My First (and only) Boston Marathon

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Avoiding Common Workout Mistakes

Avoiding common workout mistakes is easier if you follow the advice from Stephanie Romine and Julie Stewart in their post in the BODi Blog. They asked six fitness and nutrition experts for their tips to avoid some of the most common workout mistakes and you can learn what they found […]

Avoiding Common Workout Mistakes

Yoga Fifty Two

Yoga Fifty Two is now in the BODi Library. BODi handpicked five world-class certified instructors and created three flexible schedules. You can try or buy Yoga Fifty Two and stream it with no subscription necessary. It is free to try for 14 days and $59.95 to buy it – https://bit.ly/yoga-fifty-two-try-it-or-buy-it. […]

Yoga Fifty Two Will Transform Your Life

Power Yoga Improves Cardio and Strength

Power yoga improves cardio and strength with its pace and movements, which are more challenging than in a traditional yoga practice. In her article for BODi, Stepfanie Romine explains how programs like BODi LAVA will improve your cardio and strength. I completed the program and it is indeed a challenging […]

Power Yoga Improves Cardio and Strength

Hannah Lost 117 Pounds in One Year

Hannah lost 117 pounds in one year with 21 Day Fix, Portion Fix, and Shakeology and is now the mom that she always wanted to be. Scroll down to Read “Hannah’s Story”.   Hannah’s story At 237 pounds, 31-year-old Hannah D. felt like a stranger in her own body. Depressed, […]

Hannah Lost 117 Pounds in One Year

Best Ways to Combine Yoga and Running

The best ways to combine yoga and running are the ones that will enhance your flexibility and speed your recovery. In the article by Brit Yeager in the BODi Blog, she provides some great tips that will improve your running. Yoga and running are like two peas in a pod. Runners […]

Best Ways to Combine Yoga and Running

Inexpensive Self-Care Practices

These 10 inexpensive self-care practices can easily be added to your daily routine and are very easy on the budget. Page Grossman says, “For most of us, the phrase “self-care” calls to mind perfectly crafted Instagram posts of toes in white sand beaches, glowing skin from a professional facial, or […]

Inexpensive Self-Care Practices

Save Money With At Home Workouts

Save money with at home workouts and nutrition programs. Get fit and healthy at home with your own personal library of programs. With the Total Solution Bundle, you save 60% and you get: A full-year subscription to BODi Fitness – with 140+ programs to stream 1000’s of workouts on any […]

Save Money With At Home Workouts

Morning Meditation Tips

These nine morning meditation tips will kickstart your day with focus and energy and create an overall sense of calm and well-being. To learn what they are, scroll down to read this post from Cemile Kavountzis in the BODi Blog.   Your alarm goes off and your mind immediately revs […]

Morning Meditation Tips to Kickstart Your Day

Benefits of Being Outside

Spending time outside has mental health benefits in addition to the more obvious benefits of fresh air and sunshine. Your brain will benefit in a number of ways, according to the article by Casey Schreiner in the BODi Blog. Scroll down to learn what they are.   When we think […]

Spending Time Outside Has Mental Health Benefits

National Self-Care Day

National Self-Care Day is observed annually on April 5th in the United States, and International Self-Care Day is July 24th. With all of the uncertainty that we are facing now with the economy, I decided to partner with Talkspace – the #1 rated online therapy company to provide self-care when you […]

National Self Care Day – April 5th

Benefits of Modified Push-Ups

The benefits of modified push-ups include being less intimidating and having similar benefits to traditional push-ups. There are various reasons to do modified push-ups and in my case, it is because I damaged my wrist in a soccer injury and had to have it surgically repaired. Scroll down to read […]

Benefits of Modified Push-Ups

Braised Cabbage

Braised cabbage is another St. Patrick’s Day favorite. This recipe is incredibly simple to make with just four ingredients! It is sometimes the simplest dishes that receive the most praise. We can slave away over complicated sides and the buttered green beans get rave reviews. In the spirit of simple […]

Braised Cabbage

The Team Howtbefit Community

Take Charge of Your Body for Life was created by Howtobefit.com CEO Rich Dafter, a runner for 58 years and a coach for 42 years. Its purpose is to offer support, guidance, and motivation. I will help you every step of the way to your goal and then keep you […]

Take Charge of Your Body for Life

Walk Week With Lacee Green

Walk Week with Lacee Green provides a structured and fun way to help you consistently achieve your step goals. Each workout is designed to integrate seamlessly into daily routines, making it easier to hit the recommended step count and enjoy the myriad health benefits of regular walking. You can stream […]

Walk Week With Lacee Green

Workout to Win Challenge

The BODi Workout to Win Challenge enters you into a pool of qualified entrants to be eligible to win a $10,000 USD prize. Finding the motivation to work out can be tough, which is why we created the Workout to Win – $10,000 Challenge, and you won’t want to miss […]

BODi Workout to Win Challenge

Magnesium Benefits

Magnesium benefits include helping to keep your blood pressure normal, bones strong, and your heart rhythm steady. Magnesium is an essential mineral in athletic performance that helps with hundreds of important functions, including protein synthesis, nerve conduction, and muscle contraction. But research suggests nearly half of us don’t get enough […]

Magnesium Benefits and How You Can Increase Your Intake

Build Shoulders With Ease

Build shoulders with ease with the Arnold press, the variation of the standard shoulder press that targets all three heads of the deltoids.   Despite all the noble reasons to strength train — increasing your bone density, metabolic rate, and mood — it’s OK if you’re motivated by more superficial goals, like […]

Build Shoulders With Ease

Stretches for Lower Back Pain

These 9 stretches to relieve lower back pain and hip pain are yoga poses for anyone who has ever felt a twinge of back pain. This is Sarah Stevenson’s second blog post after she saw how helpful her first blog post, “9 Yoga Poses for Lower Back Pain” was. These […]

Stretches to Relieve Lower Back Pain

Belle Vitale All In Kit

The Belle Vitale All-In Kit from Autumn Calabrese has everything that a woman needs to restore youthful energy and feel like yourself again and now you can save 15% with Code RICHDBODI15! Scroll down to find out what is included in the kit and to learn more.   Belle Vitale […]

Belle Vitale All-In Kit – Save 15%!

Benefits of Walking

The benefits of walking are countless, but these 11 will motivate you to get outside or get on the treadmill and get your steps in! Scroll down to read this article by Linnea Zielinski that describes in detail the most important benefits of walking for your health and wellbeing.   […]

11 Benefits of Walking

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