In Pilates the quality of movement is more important than the exact amount of repetitions. Proper breathing is essential, and helps you execute movements while working towards proper muscle memory starting at the core. With each muscle contraction you exhale and target the deep inner core muscles. The foundation of exercise is to develop a …
Author Archives: Julia Karlstad
Tabata Training
Contributed by Dani Barbosa Health & Fitness Professional Tabata Training Traveling? Short on time? No equipment? NO PROBLEM. Tabata is the workout style you never knew you needed. Tabata is a variation of HIIT training designed in the late 1990s by a Japanese research team seeking to find a more efficient training method for Olympic …
The Authorship of Bariatric Fitness For Your New Life
Written by: Julia Karlstad, M.Ed., CSCS, SFN-ISSA In the spring of 2017 I received a call from Ulysses Press asking if I’d be interested in writing a book about fitness specific to the bariatric population. Considering that I told myself and many others after the authorship of my first book in 2009, Rx Fitness for …
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Why Do Our Muscles Cramp Up at Night?
Why Do Our Muscles Cramp Up at Night? Muscle cramping is an over-activation or contraction of a muscle. Although it can happen anywhere it typically occurs in the calves because these are the muscles that use the most energy in the body. While it’s easy to know when you’re having a muscle cramp, it can …
Should you? Or Should you not IMF?
Contributed by: Dustin Gonzales, M.S., NASM-CPT Intermittent Fasting Intermittent fasting! Should you do it? Intermittent fasting is more about when you eat rather than what you eat. A typical plan puts you on a scheduled fasting phase (ex. 16 hours) followed by a non-fasting phase The former is where you may skip meals or eat …
Why you don’t have to be “ALL IN” to get results
Contributed by: Michelle Baglio, RD, LD Why You Don’t Have To Be “ALL IN” To Get Results “It’s been too hot to walk so I didn’t exercise at all this week.” “I went out to dinner on Wednesday instead of eating what I planned, and I just couldn’t pass up the burger and fries.” “I’ve …
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Healthy Tip for Dining Out
Contributed by: Bethany Reynolds, AFAA- CPT Healthy Dining Tips When you are headed to dinner….by the time you get seated, place the order, and receive your dish, it might be over an hour since you left the house. You might feel ravenous if you haven’t eaten since lunch. My advice is, avoid going out when …
Your Brain Needs Exercise Too!
Your Brain Needs Exercise Too! Contributed by: Dustin Gonzales, M.S., NASM-CPT Mental health is often viewed as unimportant or as an individual’s chosen mood or behavior. However, those individuals that do not suffer from anxiety or depression (just to name a few) do not understand how difficult these issues are to manage without the proper …
Have a FRUITful Summer
Have a FRUITful Summer Contributed by: Ciara Floyd, M.S., NSCF-CPT, NSCA-CSCS Fruit is often excluded from diets do to their high carbohydrate content. Although some fruits are high in carbohydrates eating fruit in moderation can fit into a healthy lifestyle. Many fruits are in season during the summer, and many of these can be included …
Fun on the “GO-GO”
Fun on the “GO-GO” HOW TO STAY HEALTHY & CONSISTENT WHILE TRAVELINGContributed by: Amanda Albiar, B.S., NCSF-CPT Summer and work travels does not have to mean that you completely do away with your clean eating habits and exercise goals….you simply compromise.If you live non-stop in your world that’s one thing, but to take it on …