Posts Tagged ‘Exercise’
What A Registered Dietitian Has To Say About Eggs & Cholesterol
The association between blood cholesterol levels and heart disease is well-researched, with the lowering of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, aka the “less healthy cholesterol”, being the primary preventive step for this disease. However, this does not always mean that cutting out high cholesterol foods is the answer to decreasing risk of heart disease and cholesterol…
Read MoreHow AYB Helps You Achieve Your Best!
Achieving Your Best strives to provide a creative system of training that incorporates all modalities of exercise. The AYB Performance system covers aesthetics, stamina, power, speed, agility, balance, stability, and muscular endurance. To accomplish our client’s goals, we cycle a system of strength and conditioning to ensure a well rounded regimen. All of our performance…
Read MoreNeeding a Simple and Effective Home Workout?
Ideally, it is best to have a routine, in which you prioritize your workout times. Sticking to that routine is the best way to get and maintain desired results. At the same time, we sometimes travel and find ourselves in a hotel or at a family member’s house. So, what can you do to maintain…
Read MoreWhy Women Shouldn’t Be Afraid To Lift Heavy – Part 3
Part 3: Misconceptions: Hormones & Training Models To wrap up the series on women and lifting, (you can read the first post here and the second here) I wanted to briefly touch on one of the most common misconceptions we females tend to have; lifting makes us bulky, too muscular, and manly. This is far from…
Read MoreWORKOUT: Exercises To Keep You Healthy At Work
Research consistently shows that sitting all day shortens life expectancy and increases risk for chronic diseases. But, what do you do if your job requires hours of computer work every day and you know sitting is detrimental to your health? If you think your morning run or evening workout class has you covered, you better…
Read MoreThe Power Of A Disciplined Mind
“MOTIVATION IS FLEETING, DISCIPLINE IS LASTING” I watched this YouTube video interview recently by Tom Bileu and Mel Robbins below about how motivation is garbage. I agree with her impact theory that explains how there is a short five second window where we need to act before our brain comes up with all the excuses…
Read MoreDoes A “Healthy” Pill, Powder, Or Drink Sound Too Good To Be True?
I see lots of advertisements and promotions that promise amazing results from supplements that range from shakes to pills and powders. The diet industry is a $60 billion per year industry and most of the products do not work or have negative side effects. It is so easy to fall prey to these promises and…
Read MoreWhy Women Should Lift Heavy Things – Part 2
Part 2: Confidence/Body Image + Stress relief/Mental health Lifting for women has it’s many benefits, including the two we touched on last time related to the increased rate of the metabolism (therefore more efficient function and fuel usage) as well as the positive effects it has on bone and joint health. If you missed thefirst…
Read MoreTaking Charge Of Your Fitness Routine With Stretching & Balance Exercises
The four main components of fitness training are cardio, strength, stretching, and balance. Of those, the latter two are often overlooked. Cardio and strength training are obviously very important for developing a strong and healthy body. However, overdoing those and skimping on stretching and balance can lead to muscle tightness, imbalance and asymmetry, eventually leading…
Read MoreHow To Incorporate Fitness Outside The Gym
Fitness outside the gym…sounds contradictory, doesn’t it? For most, the idea of working out, getting in shape, being fit, or losing weight is directly tied to being in the gym. Or even further, it’s this idea that it’s 45 long minutes on a treadmill, or trying to figure out weights and machines you’ve never been…
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