Have you heard of ClassPass yet? It's is an app-based membership program that gives you access to a wide variety of gyms, fitness, barre and yoga studios in your local area for a flat monthly fee. At this point, ClassPass is active in most major cities in the US and Canada and their monthly rate starts at $9 and goes up to $139 a month, depending on where you're located and how many classes a ...
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Meal Planning: The No-Brainer That Saves Time, Calories and Money (Downloadable Template)
Are you guys meal prepping on the weekends? I swear, if there's one habit to master that could move the dial the most on your health and money savings, it would be meal planning and prepping. Is it a struggle for you to plan meals in advance? Well, you're in good company. Most people don't think ahead about weekly grocery lists, recipe planning and food prepping. No wonder food and groceries ...
Social Anxiety & Eating Habits: How to Control What You Eat at Parties
I came across some interesting research this morning about social anxiety and eating habits. Like many psychological studies, the end results aren’t rocket science, but they do remind us of the logical order of things and that we can control our environments much more than we think. This study talks about social norms and how even the perception of others consuming more around ...
The single most important life-changing thing you can do to get lean (or accomplish any goal).
What is the single most effective thing you can do to achieve lifelong leanness? Short Answer: Focus on behavior goals and set the outcome-based goals aside. Let me unpack that for you.Say you want to lose 20lbs, so you buy a workout video series to get you to that outcome because you see all these super fit people on the infomercial and that’s the body you want to have. So, you ...
Xtend Barre: Lean and Chiseled: DVD Review
Okay, it’s rare that I feel as feminine as I do when I 'm working out to this DVD. Toes are pointed, back is straight and hands are positioned in ballerina pose for the majority of the 40 minutes it takes to get through this workout.Personally, I love Lean and Chiseled because it's varied enough that I don't get bored, it's challenging enough that I feel like I've had a good workout, ...
Is it possible to get really fit without going to a gym?
Of course! Your fitness isn't determined by where you workout or even what equipment you use. You can get crazy fit just doing bodyweight workouts in your bedroom. No matter what your goals are, you don't need a gym membership to get there. It can help, if that's what you enjoy, but if you hate the atmosphere of a gym (<- yep), then forcing yourself to go to one ...