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  • General,  Training

    Why You Need an Exercise Log

    December 27, 2020 / No Comments

    An exercise log has three primary functions: it should contain a pre-written daily workout or workout of the day (WOD, as CrossFitters say); it can be used to track training output per training session; and it’s a way to compare weekly and monthly training progress. Although a written exercise log…

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    March 6, 2017

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    January 3, 2017

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    January 24, 2021
  • General,  in-home,  Training,  Women's fitness

    Do You Need a Gym for an Effective Workout? – A Fit Mom’s Experience

    July 25, 2020 / No Comments

    As a young, broke mom, I worked out at home for five years before ever joining a gym. I developed a six-pack for the first time a month after giving birth to my son, and a few months later, my legs were toned for the first time. I had my…

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    January 24, 2021
  • Arms,  Bodybuilding,  Do-It-Yourself,  Exercises,  Fat Loss,  Fitness Equipment,  in-home,  Reviews,  Strength,  Workout Gear

    Best Home Gym Equipment for COVID-19 Lockdown & Beyond

    March 25, 2020 / No Comments

    Spurred into a fitness equipment shopping frenzy by COVID-19 self-isolation orders, I’ve narrowed down some of the best equipment to purchase for living room, garage, or bedroom fitness. I stopped training exclusively at home over 10 years ago, and I sold all my equipment back then. But now that all…

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    Why Women Should Build Muscle

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    Want Developed Shoulders? Practice Handstands.

    July 25, 2019
  • Broke Mom Solutions,  Calisthenics | Gymnastics,  Lifestyle,  Sylvia Petro,  Training,  Women's fitness

    Bodyweight Training: Save Money, Prevent Injuries, and Stay Fit for Life

    March 15, 2020 / No Comments

    Bodyweight training is surging in popularity. This trend can be seen in the form of the calisthenics fitness movement and is the foundation of CrossFit training. If you follow any fitness tags on IG, Snapchat, or TikTok, you’ve surely seen posts of people performing gravity-defying yoga stands or difficult strength…

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  • Bodybuilding,  Cardio,  Do-It-Yourself,  Exercises,  Fat Loss

    How Many Days/Week Should You Work Out?

    September 2, 2019 / No Comments
    How Many Days a Week Should You Train Per Goal

    Your body is a reflection of your habits. For results, you must expose yourself to the right exercises for your goal at a frequency that tells your body it’s time to adapt. In other words, shake up what your body is used to and introduce it to a new norm…

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  • Beauty,  Do-It-Yourself,  in-home,  Lifestyle,  Reviews

    Baby Foot Exfoliating Foot Peel Review

    September 4, 2018 / No Comments
    Shop Now - Original Baby Foot Skin Peel

    As a busy, working single mom and college student, I can’t always make it to a spa, much less afford it. I’m all about in-home beauty treatments, and foot peels are a treatment I keep up with. I discovered the Baby Foot exfoliating foot peel via a video review on…

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  • Exercise DVDs,  Exercise Videos,  Reviews,  Training

    Not Ready for a Public Gym? No Problem.

    June 8, 2018 / 1 Comment
    Home workout videos

    Believe it or not, you don’t have to join a gym to get in shape and stay that way. Before I joined a gym, I exercised in my living room every day for five years. I never wanted membership at a public gym. I can be myself at home and…

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    Sylvia
  • Exercises,  Training,  Women's fitness

    Women’s Beginner Upper Body Strength Workout

    June 6, 2017 / No Comments

    Exercise Type: Strength/Resistance Level: Beginner Goal: Muscle development & endurance Baseline set & rep schemes for strength exercise: 8-10 reps – This rep range stimulates muscle growth if performed with a challenging weight. To maximize muscle stimulation, lift a weight or choose a resistance level that is challenging enough that you’re physically unable…

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    March 6, 2017
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    May 8, 2018

    New Skill Saturday: Elbow Carts

    January 26, 2020
  • Bodybuilding,  Calisthenics | Gymnastics,  Exercises,  Women's fitness

    3 Rules to Push-Up Mastery

    May 17, 2017 / No Comments

    A proper push-up (knees off the floor) is a basic upper body exercise. But for many, the movement is strenuous and difficult to learn. Women especially often struggle with how taxing the exercise can be. But, believe me, performing a correct, no-knees push-up has nothing to do with gender and…

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    Sample Weekly Workout Schedule

    June 3, 2017

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  • Bodybuilding,  Calisthenics | Gymnastics,  Cardio,  Exercises,  Functional Exercise,  General

    Muscle Fibers 101 & Goal-specific Training

    February 1, 2021 / No Comments

    Our bodies are composed of three types of skeletal muscle fibers: (1) Type I: slow-twitch, high endurance capacity; (2) Type IIa: fast-twitch, large, powerful, medium endurance capacity; and (3) Type IIb: fast-twitch, large, powerful, and easy-to-fatigue (sometimes called fight-or-flight muscle fibers). Your muscle fiber composition ratio is dependent on a…

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  • Bodybuilding,  Exercises,  General,  Lifestyle,  Strength

    Exercise, Training, or Ritual

    January 29, 2021 / No Comments

    Are you exercising, training, or performing rituals? You might consider the first two to be synonymous and the third, esoteric and totally foreign. However, I would argue that the first two are similar but distinct, and a lot of people might unintentionally be engaged in the third. Either way, I…

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  • Do-It-Yourself,  Fat Loss,  General,  Health,  Lifestyle,  Nutrition

    Understanding and Manipulating Macronutrients

    January 24, 2021 / No Comments

    Our bodies require three types of macronutrients: carbohydrates, proteins, and fats. These nutritional categories are further subdivided based on variations in composition and nutritional content. Through understanding these variations, you can adjust your choices to better fuel and recover from workouts and improve your overall health. Calories per gram/macronutrient: Carbohydrates:…

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    7 Ways to Revamp Mental Clarity

    October 22, 2020
  • Health,  How-To,  Supplements

    It’s Tonic Time: Herbal Tonics for Health + Wellness

    November 8, 2020 / No Comments

    I am a huge fan of herbal tonics! Tonics are ancient medicines that can be traced back several millennia. If you search the internet, you might find that many sites make a common claim that tonics originated in specific areas of the world, which might very well be true. However,…

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  • Do-It-Yourself,  Lifestyle

    7 Ways to Revamp Mental Clarity

    October 22, 2020 / No Comments

    “It’s a lack of clarity that causes chaos and frustration. Those emotions are poison to any living goal”  Steve Maraboli wrote in Life, the Truth, and Being Free and the quote seems fitting. Under the sustained pressure and stress of our busy, modern lives, our minds can get congested, leading…

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  • Bodybuilding,  Calisthenics | Gymnastics,  Exercises,  Fat Loss,  Flexibility,  Functional Exercise,  Strength

    Cycling Will Not Make You Physically Fit

    September 24, 2020 / No Comments

    As cycling explodes in popularity, reflected by Peloton’s IPO, SoulCycle’s intended IPO, and Amazon semi-joining in, it’s important to know that cycling in itself does not build a well-rounded body. In fact, it does the opposite. Cycling is an example of exercises that break the body down, rather than build…

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    March 12, 2013
  • Beauty,  Lifestyle,  Reviews

    EndyMed Laser Treatment Review

    September 19, 2020 / No Comments

    Earlier this year, I underwent six EndyMed sessions at a reputable medspa in my area. During a prior consultation with an aesthetic technician, I told her I had concerns about the scar across my eyebrow, which was self-inflicted from piercing myself as a teenager; it was a cool idea then,…

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