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Transforming Fitness: Make Exercise Fun Again

I know when most people think of exercise, the worst images of it come to mind. The worst case workout memory or scenario is conjured up and that’s the association with fitness, and thus the aversion to it. Whoever made a rule that fitness didn’t have to be fun or be something you enjoy? It’s probably societal conditioning that makes it so we associate anything involving self-improvement must…

#exercise #fitness #opinion #Personal Training #self improvement

Flash Someone Today

I remember walking along a sidewalk in Petoskey, Michigan in the Spring of 2022 in a state of depression. As I was walking along the sidewalk which had an uphill grade I saw an older guy making his way down towards me, his body slightly twisted as he shuffled mindfully along. It seemed his posture was the result of a combination of years of physical labor that had worn him down, but he also had…

#dailyprompt #dailyprompt-1912

New Study Finds Ability to do 40 Push Up's Reduces Heart Disease by 96%

New Study Finds Ability to do 40 Push Up’s Reduces Heart Disease by 96%

I’ve often told training clients that out of all the exercises available to the human body, if only one could be chosen, the choice would easily be the push up, for all the muscles it works, all within one simple movement-all the while not needing any special equipment-just the human body and a flat surface.

It’s always been the first exercise they are tasked with perfecting and building upon, as…

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#Bodyweight Exercises #health #Healthy tips #Heart Disease #motivation #Personal Training #Push Ups #Weight Loss

Best Black Bean Burger Recipe Ever

Over the past few years I’ve experimented with a half dozen different black bean burger recipes, and though they’ve all been good, and slightly different from one another, I recently came across the best Black Bean Burger recipe to date!

This black bean burger recipe journey started few years ago after I tried a bite from a dining companion who had ordered one from a restaurant, and was surprised…

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#Best Black Bean Burger Recipe #Black Bean Burger #Black Bean Burger Recipe #Black Beans #Eat clean #eat clean diet #Eat clean recipe #Vegan #vegetarian

A Miracle - CBD Oil

A Miracle – CBD Oil

I had to share the amazing experience I’ve recently had with CBD oil. It’s a relatively new product in the Minnesota market, just arriving in the past year and a half.

I was first exposed to it while working at the health and wellness department of the Mississippi Market co-op a year and a half ago when it first arrived in the store, placed in a glass case under lock and key at the wellness…

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#Anxiety #CBD #CBD Oil #health #Hemp Oil #Insomnia

Diet Changes lead to Huge Improvement for NBA Player

I just read the article, “The Real-Life Diet of Victor Oladipo, the Pacers’ Newly-Jacked Franchise Player” about how NBA player Victor Oladipo, (along with an improved workout regimen,) changed his diet over the offseason, and how much his physique and energy levels improved, along with much improved play on the court (he should easily win the NBA’s “Most Improved Player,” award when it’s awarded…

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#diet #Diet Changes #Eat clean #Inspiration #NBA #self improvement #Victor Oladipo

7 Super Simple Eat Clean Shopping Thrift Tip's

7 Super Simple Eat Clean Shopping Thrift Tip’s

I was at my best buddies house the other day, and he was relaying the latest misinformation he had heard regarding healthy food consumption. After debunking the information, (via an angry rant) he said with exasperation, “it’s so confusing with all the conflicting information.” Laid out below are some tips I mentioned to simplify the confusion, and then some other things thought about while…

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#Clean eating #Eat clean #eat clean diet #Eat Clean Shopping Tip&039;s #health #Healthy tips

Top 5 New Eat Clean Foods

Discovering (or rediscovering) a new food of the eat clean variety, is kind of like discovering a new book, or hearing a piece of information that you wonder in hindsight what you would have done without because it added so much to your life. In the case of food, it’s more that it added so much increased energy to your life, and/or reduced pain, sped up healing, or just made food tastier!

These…

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#Apple Cider Vinegar #Brussels Sprouts #Coconut Oil #Eat clean #eat clean diet #Ginger #Kombucha #Millet #Quinoa #Top 5 Eat Clean Foods #Turmeric #Winter Squash

After reading a post earlier from TMH earlier involving Butternut Squash Soup, an immediate craving for it ensued.

With Spring fast approaching, and with prime soup season dissipating along with the melting snow, the craving was heightened, and on the way home a few ingredients were picked up to try the recipe he had linked.

Even though I also didn’t follow the recipe exactly either, it was a good base to work from, and was the first time I had added ginger to Squash soup. The only thing that was really switched up was adding two carrrots as a replacement for the tbs brown sugar, (which was added anyway later,) along with a hint of pumpkin pie spice.

Something about eating squash more than any other food, (no matter what kind of squash) I always seem to get an extra boost of energy and strength the next day.

We’ll see how the repetition numbers look tomorrow as a result!

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Copycat Post of the Butternut Squash Soup Variety After reading a post earlier from TMH earlier involving Butternut Squash Soup, an immediate craving for it ensued.

#Butternut Squash #Butternut Squash Soup #Eat clean #healthy #Inspiration #Squash Soup #TMH

The Opposite Diet

After that Sunday pie post, I knew redemption was in order with a post highlighting a healthy food that is the antithesis of Coconut Cream Pie. What is the most commonly reviled food for most human beings of any age? Brussels Sprouts! Actually, I’ve been meaning to make Brussel Sprouts since reading a post about how delicious they could be, along with some fun facts in a veggie spotlight post by…

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#Brussels Sprouts #Eat clean #healthy #JCVD #The Opposite Diet

Eating the Finest Piece of Pie in the Midwest

Took a favorite local road trip along the Minnesota/Wisconsin border to the south with my brother yesterday. It’s a really cool drive because you follow the river, and go through a lot of old river and railroad towns that haven’t changed much in over 100 years. We followed the Minnesota side of the river until the town of Wabasha, then crossed the bridge to Wisconsin, (which is the slightly more…

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#Coconut Cream Pie #Stockholm Pie #The Finest Pie in the Midwest #The Stockholm Pie Company

Eat Clean Challenge #4

I was doing some thrifting at Goodwill yesterday; well not actually thrifting, more so browsing the book section, treating it as a library and not planning on buying anything. Sometimes I buy a book for my friend to Plant a Fitness Seed, but yesterday it was just the usual browsing of the books in the cooking and reference section (sometimes I’ll take a picture of a good looking recipe, then…

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#dog food #Eat clean #Eat Clean Challenge #food #Food choices #food myths #health #healthy eating #Processed Food

Diet and Exercise Cults

I rented a book from the library, “Diet Cults,” and started reading it a few nights ago, and it was eye opening and has been hard to put down.

The first few chapters talked about the history of diets, and how people will adopt a particular way of eating as “The One True Way,” and then typically discard any other way. They do this because “it gives them a sense of identity and a feeling of…

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#Atkins #Crossfit #diet #Diet Cults #Exercise Cults #health #healthy eating #paleo #South Beach Diet #Weight Watchers #Whole 30

The Processed Food Matrix

Remember the scene in “The Matrix” where Neo has the choice of taking the red pill to open his eyes to the reality of what actually is, or taking the blue pill and remaining comfortable, but blind to the reality of things?

A similar choice occurs within The Processed Food Matrix we live in today.

We’re like “Neo” except instead of a one time decision, every eating decision of choosing the blue…

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#Eat clean #Eat Clean Challenge #Food choices #Processed Food #The Matrix #The Processed Food Matrix

1,000 Squats Every Day (For 38 years)

I read an ESPN tribute article a few weeks back to Jaromir Jagr, the Methuselah of the NHL recently being out on waivers, likely ending his career at the age of 45 years young. The article was going through some of his amazing career highlights and statistics, and they had a lot of fun, fascinating facts within. One of the things mentioned was that he said he has been doing 1,000 squats every…

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#1 #000 squats #Jaromir Jagr #Squats #Training #Workout

Plant a Knowledge Seed in Someone

I can’t remember the first time a knowledge seed was planted within, but there is a favorite memory of being in Mrs. Roofe’s 2nd grade grade class and being a surprise winner of a book reading contest, which really boosted the learning self esteem, and greatly enhanced a love of reading.

For the contest, the goal was to read as many books as you could within a period of time; it must have been a…

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#Curious George #Goodnght Moon #Inspiration #Learning #Plant a Knowledge Seed #Reading #Teaching

Simple Self Defense Tip's

Simple Self Defense Tip’s

For Valentine’s Day, since women are much more likely to be victims of assault I’m sharing self defense tip’s picked up through the years from self defense drills in the old Chung Moo Day’s, books, classes, etc.

These are the notes that were used when I taught a self defense class at a law firm a few months back that was in a rougher neighborhood:

The first goal of self defense is to survive, the…

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#Assault #Boxing #Eye Gouging #Martial Arts #Personal Training #Personal Training Tips #Self Defense #Self Defense for Women #Simple Self Defense Tips #Valentines Day

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