Hi everyone! Over the years as a fitness professional and also recently from my Team Beachbody members, there have been a few recurring questions that I have been getting from different people. So I guessed that if so many people keep asking me the same questions, it might be a […]
p90x
Happy Monday! I was so excited when I opened my April issue of Health Magazine and found that they featured a workout by Tony Horton, creator of P90X, 10 Minute Trainer , Power 90 and other Beach Body workouts. The Health Magazine featured workout borrows some of the […]
Hopefully, not this, but if that is the direction your body is going right now, will you do something about it? What happened to pride? Wasn’t there a time when we took pride in our values, pride in our appearance, pride in what we did or the futures we […]
I am right in the middle of week 3 of the P90X Classic routine. As a mom of 4 and fitness instructor, my life is pretty busy. Mostly with kid stuff. I only teach bootcamp 2 times per week because of the kids. For a few months that was it […]
Okay, so some of you probably have seen the infomercials for P90X. If not let me fill you in. it’s a workout that was designed by Tony Horton at BeachBody. The main principles are that it is intense, it is based on muscle confusion, and its fun. Its “extreme home […]
So many people tend to look at stretching with dread. But as Tony Horton says in his P90X Yoga X disc, he does the things he can do at his age, not because of pull-ups but because of yoga. He knows that gaining flexibility is an important key […]
Hi everyone! Hope all of my NJ area followers are enjoying this beautiful day! This weather is really what we needed to get us out of the winter blues and blahs. Now if you’re like me, the approaching spring season really puts a fire under me and motivates […]
This is an oft repeated question and here is the perfect answer: “You can’t get the guides separately because there is a bootleg operation in China that is selling the DVD’s only. People are saving $40.00 on eBay but getting ripped off and supporting the Chinese economy. To get the […]
Until a couple of weeks ago, I was blogging almost every day. Then on a run one morning, I started thinking about the Whole Foods marketing campaign (I run on trails in front of their store – this is Albuquerque remember) that says, “Buy Local, Support Local” and embarked […]
This isn’t going to be one of those, “In my day” rants, but honestly, years ago, people prided themselves in never giving up and never quitting. I don’t live in some parallel universe and come up with these commentaries. I see people give up, I hear about people […]
Let’s face it, we’re all just like fish in the sea of fitness, and just like all people who work out, we thrive in different environments. Basically, we can be divided into the people who go to the gym and the people who would never work out at the […]
There is so much to say when you are ceaselessly promoting the benefits of health and fitness, but there are also so many places to say. I post to my friends on Facebook, am gathering a following on Twitter and use the Beachbody Message Boards to support my members […]
I am always thrilled to be able to fellowship with so many members and to be able to answer questions, provide advice and motivate in words and by example. This morning was no exception and I got an email that was typical of so many, that I wanted to share […]
The Past Prior to May 1985, I was super fit and super healthy, routinely running between 50 and 70 miles a week. That was how I measured success. Between March 16th and May 5th 1985, I ran 34:32 for 10K, 57:46 for 10 miles, 53:20 for 15K, 27:38 […]
On March 25th, 2001 at this time, I was cooling down after the Land of Enchantment 15K with a woman who was on the same racing team as I was here in Albuquerque. Yes, she did beat me (she was 30 and I was 50) and no, I was […]
Most of you have figured out by now that I work out virtually every day thanks to the fact the I have successfully recovered from a chronic illness that took away my confidence in my health. The new found confidence that I have in my health came as a […]
A recent study of adolescents with high blood pressure found that those teens who practiced transcendental meditation for 8 months improved the ability of their blood vessels to relax and dilate by 21 percent. That’s about the same improvement expected from taking antihypertensive drugs. Dr. Vernon A. Barnes is a […]
My workouts revolve around P90X, but in the late afternoon on Sunday, I go for a good run. I paused at my turn around point because the view was so extraordinary with the Sandia Mountains standing majestically to the East. I was thinking of the words to say to express […]
Have you ever written an email and wished that more people could read it than just the recipient? Such is the case with an email that I just wrote to someone in response to them saying that a certain workout program was a little overwhelming now because of changes that […]