Your Health Matters

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi45eY8_Dpq7iXW4oucXHEQB83NARiQA_6Vwwfswz7YFyRBu7-Pss6lcLN4CJBpYmvjWygo2JVc7aOQy7qRsvGJlH26xo7RksoUyYPVBRQBZa3V50KVGgtt5UHTJAcXeODA-DBShu488pJ_/s1600/woman-570883_1920.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Your Health Matters" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi45eY8_Dpq7iXW4oucXHEQB83NARiQA_6Vwwfswz7YFyRBu7-Pss6lcLN4CJBpYmvjWygo2JVc7aOQy7qRsvGJlH26xo7RksoUyYPVBRQBZa3V50KVGgtt5UHTJAcXeODA-DBShu488pJ_/s1600/woman-570883_1920.jpg" title="Your Health Matters" /></a></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /> </span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Our health matters. We know that it does, but too often our emotional and physical well-being are not prioritized among our other responsibilities. We get lost in the routine of extracurriculars, work, social events, household chores, and the lives of our peers. Health matters because it greatly impacts every aspect of our lives. If we aren’t taking care of ourselves, we aren’t living to our fullest potential and highest quality of life. </span></span></div><b id="docs-internal-guid-6c2a7848-f7f4-77f2-0f1a-53bd71ad5db0" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /> </span></b> <br /> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Your health matters because it affects your family, improves interpersonal relationships, and gives you energy and motivation to live happily and fully. </span></span></div><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /> </span></b> <br /> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Mental Clarity & Mental Health</span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Health matters because your overall health can impact your mental and emotional well-being. A sedentary lifestyle and poor nutrition can lead to a brain in slow motion. Emotions that greatly fluctuate and a brain that has trouble focusing can be the result of a bad diet. Health matters because you want to be able to enjoy each day with a clear mental state and make smart choices with confidence. </span></span></div><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /> </span></b> <br /> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Your Family</span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Your health matters because it is important to your family and your loved ones! If you aren’t feeling well or if your energy levels are low due to poor nutrition or inactivity, you won’t be able to enjoy the time spent with your family as much. You might find yourself feeling quickly exhausted or irritable. Create quality memories with your family by remembering that your health matters and that your family’s health matters too!</span></span></div><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /> </span></b> <br /> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">If you take your health matters seriously, your children and spouse will hopefully realize the benefit of being healthy themselves! Creating a positive and exciting feeling around health will make healthy choices for your family easy and routine. Make memories outside of the house by going on family hikes or kicking around the soccer ball, rather than having “family time” in front of the TV. </span></span></div><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /> </span></b> <br /> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Fully Experience Life</span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Lastly, your health matters when you want to fully experience life with energy, optimism, and enjoyment. You want to have the energy to create new memories and new experiences with those you love. Be grateful for a strong, healthy body and treat it well. Ensuring proper nutrition and regular exercise will keep you feeling energized, mentally clear, and ready to tackle the day. </span></span></div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /> <span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If you want to create memories each day, prioritize your well-being and remember that your health matters, I’d love to help you find your motivation. Feel free to </span><a href="http://www.afitnurse.com/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">contact me</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> for inspiration and advice on how to kickstart your healthy lifestyle.</span></span>

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Your Health Matters

Our health matters. We know that it does, but too often our emotional and physical well-being are not prioritized among our other responsib...

9 Benefits of Strength Training

<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8b45af91-e1e1-d5fa-d491-3c06fba90fd4" style="font-weight: normal;"></b></span></span><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8b45af91-e1e1-d5fa-d491-3c06fba90fd4" style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi889RDWyoM6ZbO0nbuCs2lUssXmPMZGknKRMQot7i0ARFPVw3V-zMoTOeTa8LiUmJcIuvP_rPyoE25CI7rNNjiFftucWeC1s6Ov_liRcIdMDQ5NIXonHFc2f6wiT0jx7k8SEuh_ccbh6p3/s1600/dumbbell-940375_1280+%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img alt="9 Benefits of Strength Training" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi889RDWyoM6ZbO0nbuCs2lUssXmPMZGknKRMQot7i0ARFPVw3V-zMoTOeTa8LiUmJcIuvP_rPyoE25CI7rNNjiFftucWeC1s6Ov_liRcIdMDQ5NIXonHFc2f6wiT0jx7k8SEuh_ccbh6p3/s1600/dumbbell-940375_1280+%25281%2529.jpg" title="9 Benefits of Strength Training" /></a></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8b45af91-e1e1-d5fa-d491-3c06fba90fd4" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14.6667px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strength training can be the cure for a lull in your gym routine! If you’re getting bored with the treadmill and elliptical, it’s time to switch it up. Implement strength training! Strength training provides many benefits to your overall health, your physique, and metabolic rate. Learn about 10 benefits of strength training. You’ll be motivated to start!</span></b></div><b id="docs-internal-guid-8b45af91-e1e1-d5fa-d491-3c06fba90fd4" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /> </b><br /> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8b45af91-e1e1-d5fa-d491-3c06fba90fd4" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14.6667px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1) Boost Your Metabolism</span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8b45af91-e1e1-d5fa-d491-3c06fba90fd4" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14.6667px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">After a few weeks of strength training, individuals notice an increase in their resting metabolic rate. Lean muscle burns more calories than fat tissue. This means you are burning more calories just going about your day, helping you slim down faster. </span></b></div><b id="docs-internal-guid-8b45af91-e1e1-d5fa-d491-3c06fba90fd4" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14.6667px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2) Improve Your Mood</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14.6667px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strength training, like cardio, releases endorphins. Strength training can elevate your mood and energy levels just after one session. It’s proven to de-stress the mind and improve the quality of sleep.</span></div><br /> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14.6667px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">3) Tone Up</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14.6667px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The most obvious benefit of strength training is muscle toning. It allows you to shape and define different muscles that is simply impossible to do that with a treadmill alone. There are varieties of programs for different strength training goals. Whether you want to bulk up, or grow lean and long, there are strength training programs for you!</span></div><br /> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14.6667px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">4) Improve Strength All Over</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14.6667px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strength training isn’t only about muscle development. It strengthens ligaments, tendons, and nerves to prevent injury in your day to day life. After a few weeks of strength training, you will notice that you walk more comfortably, your posture is improving, and you feel great all over.</span></div><br /> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14.6667px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">5) Beat Boredom</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14.6667px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Run on the treadmill. Walk on the elliptical. It can get dull! With strength training, you have the ability to switch it up whenever you want. Work your legs one day, work your arms the next. Target your core, or spend a session on your glutes. With strength training, you can target different parts of the body to keep your routine from getting repetitive!</span></div><br /> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14.6667px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">6) Boost Your Self-Esteem</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14.6667px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Who doesn’t like seeing results in the mirror? We all love that feeling! It’s a great boost in self-confidence to see your hard work paying off. Strength training is one of the fastest ways to see results in muscle tone.</span></div><br /> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14.6667px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">7) No Limitation</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14.6667px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strength training doesn’t require a gym! You can do a variety of resistance and strength training in the comfort of your home. How convenient is that? </span></div><br /> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14.6667px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">8) Disease Prevention</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14.6667px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Studies have shows that strength training leads to overall health and well-being. Strength training can diminish symptoms of arthritis. It can also help prevent diabetes because healthy muscles help regulate glucose levels within the body. </span></div><br /> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14.6667px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">9) Burn More Calories</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14.6667px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">After you have been strength training for a while, you will burn more calories all the time. If you hop on the treadmill, it's will be a more productive cardio session with you newly strengthened muscles! </span></div><br /> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14.6667px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">With these 9 strength training tips, you could be well on your way to a happier and healthier you. If you are working toward your fitness goals, </span><a href="http://www.afitnurse.com/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14.6667px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">contact me!</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14.6667px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> I'd love to help you stay motivated on your fitness journey and help you live a healthy lifestyle!</span></div></b><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /></span></span>

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9 Benefits of Strength Training

Strength training can be the cure for a lull in your gym routine! If you’re getting bored with the treadmill and elliptical, it’s time to s...

Toned Arms Exercises

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYyECr6Cdo68l1J1sBUhpBTPfIfvg7SYlXtxGpY6bvbn0Vxv2-nOh4naCMS8oAfOdTegeRg-V34VLG_PK-rQAnDv2x2Jng-CHdFFvwJi33wGc9l0lUaVIcgEbNe1peWLL5YWVlmW2huqq1/s1600/TonedArmsExercisesBLOG.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Toned arms exercises being done outdoors" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYyECr6Cdo68l1J1sBUhpBTPfIfvg7SYlXtxGpY6bvbn0Vxv2-nOh4naCMS8oAfOdTegeRg-V34VLG_PK-rQAnDv2x2Jng-CHdFFvwJi33wGc9l0lUaVIcgEbNe1peWLL5YWVlmW2huqq1/s1600/TonedArmsExercisesBLOG.jpg" title="" /></a></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 4pt; margin-top: 4pt;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Toned arms are one of the best accessories to have, especially in the summer! Having toned arms means you look amazing in your favorite clothes, and you will also notice a big difference in how you feel. While you may normally think of toned arms as something that requires hours of work in the gym, I’ve got some easy exercises that you can do at home!</span></span></div> <b id="docs-internal-guid-4c844851-96b4-b82f-dd1a-61b4b1702c0c" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></b> <br /> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 4pt; margin-top: 4pt;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Arm circles: standing up tall and straight, extend your arms straight out to your sides (so you’re in a “T” shape). With your palms facing the floor, move your arms in quick, tight circles. These circles may not sound like a very intense workout, but they will help tone your upper arms.</span></span></div> <b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></b> <br /> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 4pt; margin-top: 4pt;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Push-ups: push-ups are simple, but they’re a great exercise to give you toned arms. The key is to make sure you’re doing your push ups with the right form. Use the same straight, tall posture you would if you were standing standing up and hold a nice line through your body. Make sure you’re holding this form even when you’re in the lower position of your push-up. </span></span></div> <b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></b> <br /> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 4pt; margin-top: 4pt;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Planks: like push-ups, planks are going to help you get nicely toned arms while also working your legs and core. Get even more out of the standard plank by raising one arm and touching it to your shoulder on the opposite side of your body. Repeat this for the other arm, and continue alternating until you are done.</span></span></div> <b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></b> <br /> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 4pt; margin-top: 4pt;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Weights: if you have some dumbbells at home, try adding in a few weight exercises as well. Bicep curls are a nice way to sculpt toned arms. Hold a pair of dumbbells, letting your arms hang slightly. In a slow, steady motion, bend at your elbow to lift the weight, bringing your forearm to your chest. With the same motion, lower the weight back down until it returns to the starting position. Bicep curls are a simple way to start doing weight lifting exercises.</span></span></div> <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">By adding these easy exercises to your existing routine, you’ll have toned arms before you know it! What I like most about these exercises is that you can do them just about anywhere, and most of them don’t require any equipment. That means you can squeeze in a quick workout on even the most hectic day! Whether you want toned arms or just want to learn more about nutrition, I’m here to help. Please feel free to </span><a href="http://www.afitnurse.com/p/schedule-appointment-to-chat-with-me.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: 15px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">contact me</span></a><span style="font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> to find out how I can help you start your fitness journey!</span></span>

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Toned Arms Exercises

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Do Your Workouts Feel Like a Chore?

<h1 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; direction: ltr; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"> <span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="line-height: 11px;">by Mark Sisson @ marksdailyappple.com</span></span></h1> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"> <img alt="todolist2" class="alignright" height="260" src="http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA%202012/todolist2.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; float: right; height: auto; margin: 0px 0px 2px 7px; max-width: 100%; padding: 4px;" title="Do Your Workouts Feel Like a Chore?" width="320" />Evolution tends to reinforce healthy, beneficial behaviors that improve the survival of members of a species by making them enjoyable. <a href="http://www.marksdailyapple.com/sex-health-benefits/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #668318; line-height: inherit; outline: none;" title="8 Health Reasons to Have Sex (As If You Needed Them)">Sex</a>, <a href="http://www.marksdailyapple.com/how-to-manufacture-the-best-night-of-sleep-in-your-life/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #668318; line-height: inherit; outline: none;" title="How to Manufacture the Best Night of Sleep in Your Life">sleep</a>, socializing, and <a href="http://www.marksdailyapple.com/yet-another-primal-primer-animal-fats/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #668318; line-height: inherit; outline: none;" title="A Primal Primer: Animal Fats">animal fat</a> either feel good, taste good, and sometimes feel <em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">and </em>taste good at the same time not “just because” but because they are necessary components of a healthy, (re)productive lifestyle. And it’s not just the act that feels good. Evolution has also reinforced the anticipation of the behavior. At the prospect of <a href="http://www.marksdailyapple.com/a-guide-to-maintaining-a-healthy-sex-drive/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #668318; line-height: inherit; outline: none;" title="A Guide to Maintaining a Healthy Sex Drive">sex</a>, we become aroused, horny, randy, or whatever you want to call the pleasure of anticipation. Those long, delicious yawns that herald the surge of melatonin and promise excellent sleep as we slip beneath the cool covers with a good book? Nothing better. And I still get happy stomach butterflies when friends are coming for dinner and the scent of crackling <a href="http://www.marksdailyapple.com/pork-belly-croutons-with-kale-salad/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #668318; line-height: inherit; outline: none;" title="Pork Belly Croutons with Kale Salad">pork skins</a> fills the kitchen.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"> <span id="more-50238" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"> Okay, but what about exercise? There’s the <a href="http://www.marksdailyapple.com/how-to-get-high-naturally/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #668318; line-height: inherit; outline: none;" title="How to Get High on Life: 10 Natural Ways to Feel on Top of the World">endorphin and endocannabinoid high</a> from exercising intensely, but that exists to keep us moving during an activity as we near the physiological breaking point. It doesn’t get us off our butts in the first place. <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">If exercise is so good for us – and it is – why doesn’t everyone crave it? Why does it feel like a chore?</strong> Why do many people dread it so much?</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"> <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">Here’s the thing: exercise wasn’t always optional.</strong> If we didn’t chase down the antelope, we wouldn’t have dinner. If we didn’t climb that forty foot acacia tree, our glycogen-starved muscles wouldn’t get the <a href="http://www.marksdailyapple.com/is-honey-a-safer-sweetener/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #668318; line-height: inherit; outline: none;" title="Is Honey a Safe(r) Sweetener?">honey</a>. If we didn’t make the six mile walk to the spring, we wouldn’t have water to drink. We <em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">had</em> to do these “exercises” if we wanted to survive on a day-to-day basis. There was no “Oh, I’ll just sit on this couch and eat microwaved pot pies and go to the gym some other time.” <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">There was no selective pressure to evolve a love of exercise because we were gonna do it anyway</strong>.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"> Today, exercise is in a weird place. Exercise is optional, but it’s also not. Though being sedentary remains disastrous to our health, circumstance no longer compels us to move. There’s no trench-coated goon pointing a gun at us and nodding toward the treadmill, but plenty of “authorities” point their fingers and strongly recommend exercise on pain of disease. We’re buried in studies proclaiming the essentiality of exercise for good health. The message is clear and overwhelming: we’d better work out if we want to be healthy and live long. Just like they tell us we need to work the crappy soul-sucking job to pay the bills, they tell us we need to exercise for thirty minutes a day to stave off disease. <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">For most people living in the first world…</strong></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"> <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">Exercise is something you do to lose weight. It’s a mechanistic way to churn through the calories you’ve eaten and make room for the <a href="http://www.marksdailyapple.com/dear-mark-maximum-4000-calories-a-week-of-exercise/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #668318; line-height: inherit; outline: none;" title="Dear Mark: Maximum 4,000 Calories a Week of Exercise?">calories</a> you want to eat.</strong></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"> <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">Exercise is something you do even though it’s unpleasant. It’s like brushing your <a href="http://www.marksdailyapple.com/nutritional-cures-for-damaged-teeth/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #668318; line-height: inherit; outline: none;" title="Beyond Sugar and Soda: Nutritional Cures for Damaged Teeth">teeth</a>, taking out the trash, and emptying the cat litter.</strong></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"> <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">Exercise is about attaining a far-off goal.</strong></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"> <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">Meanwhile, the journey – the actual experience of exercising, of moving your body through space and time, of challenging your physical capabilities – is forgotten.</strong> It’s not just forgotten, it’s willfully ignored. We actually try to shut it out, because the act of exercising is all pain and suffering and drudgery. It’s the goal that matters to us, the weight lost, the<a href="http://www.marksdailyapple.com/gain-weight-build-muscle/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #668318; line-height: inherit; outline: none;" title="How to Gain Weight and Build Muscle">weight lifted</a>, the miles logged, the calories burned, the <a href="http://www.marksdailyapple.com/health-vanity/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #668318; line-height: inherit; outline: none;" title="Mirror, Mirror on the Wall">beach body attained</a>, the tickets to the gun show redeemed.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"> <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">The evidence suggests that this paradigm doesn’t work all that well.</strong> A <a href="http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11002-014-9301-6" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #668318; line-height: inherit; outline: none;" target="_blank" title="Is it fun or exercise? The framing of physical activity biases subsequent snacking">series of three recent studies</a> illustrates this. In the first, researchers gave healthy adult women (most of them overweight) a map of a mile-long outdoor walking course and told them to walk it for half an hour. Half were told to treat the walk as exercise and monitor their exertion, half were told to enjoy the walk and listen to music. Both groups spent the same 30 minutes <a href="http://www.marksdailyapple.com/the-definitive-guide-to-walking/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #668318; line-height: inherit; outline: none;" title="The Definitive Guide to Walking">walking</a> the same course, but only the exercising group felt grumpy and fatigued. And when they had lunch, the group who’d “exercised” consistently chose soda over water, pudding over applesauce, and ate far more calories than the “fun” group.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"> The second study placed a group of men on the same mile loop. Half “exercised,” half walked for fun. After the walk, they were given plastic baggies, access to an unlimited bowl of M&Ms, and instructions to fill the bags with as many as they desired. The exercise group filled their bags with twice as much candy as the fun group.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"> Finally, the researchers approached runners as they finished a relay marathon race and offered them a choice of snacks: a gooey chocolate bar or a “healthy” granola bar. Those who said the race had been difficult and unpleasant were more likely to choose the chocolate, while those who’d enjoyed the race usually chose the granola bar.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"> <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">When working out feels like a chore, we demand compensation upon completion, often in the form of junk food.</strong> This can derail weight loss efforts, but it also perpetuates an abusive relationship with physical activity. There’s also evidence, at least in non-human animals, that <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0016643" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #668318; line-height: inherit; outline: none;" target="_blank" title="The Effects of Voluntary, Involuntary, and Forced Exercises on Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor and Motor Function Recovery: A Rat Brain Ischemia Model">voluntary exercise is less stressful than involuntary or forced exercise</a>. If that’s the case, workouts that feel like chores heap additional systemic <a href="http://www.marksdailyapple.com/rethinking-stress-it-could-save-your-life/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #668318; line-height: inherit; outline: none;" title="Rethinking Stress: It Could Save Your Life">stress</a> on top of the local stress the exercise already applies to the muscles. This could make it harder to <a href="http://www.marksdailyapple.com/7-things-impair-workout-recovery/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #668318; line-height: inherit; outline: none;" title="7 Things You May Be Doing That Impair Workout Recovery">recover from exercise</a> and easier to recover from <a href="http://www.marksdailyapple.com/15-concrete-ways-to-play/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #668318; line-height: inherit; outline: none;" title="15 Concrete Ways to Play">play</a> – even if the total work done for each was identical.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"> <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">How do we change our relationship with physical activity?</strong> How can we reframe exercise to make it less unpleasant and more effective? How can we train ourselves to appreciate the journey of movement?</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"> Reframing our own activities and appreciating movement for movement’s sake can be tough. You won’t have a guy in a white coat wielding a clipboard and considerable amounts of authority telling you to “enjoy the <a href="http://www.marksdailyapple.com/17-reasons-to-walk-more-this-year/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #668318; line-height: inherit; outline: none;" title="17 Reasons to Walk More This Year">walk</a>” you’re about to take like the people in the studies.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"> You can’t expect to make everything fun and games. Few people think of hill sprints as “fun.” I can’t ever recall seeing a powerlifter rock a Cheshire grin in the power cage. But it has to be rewarding. You have to get something from it immediately. The activity must be its own compensation. <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">The key, I think, is finding immediate value in the activity rather than relying on some far off goal, like weight loss, to motivate you.</strong> The weight loss, the hypertrophy, the fitness gains, all those “bigger” goals will happen anyway, but they’re not enough of a primary motivator for most people. I mean, everyone has those goals. They’re the reason most people decide they need to start exercising and why there are <a href="http://www.ihrsa.org/media-center/2011/4/5/us-health-club-membership-exceeds-50-million-up-108-industry.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #668318; line-height: inherit; outline: none;" target="_blank" title="U.S. Health Club Membership Exceeds 50 Million, Up 10.8%; Industry Revenue Up 4% as New Members Fuel Growth ">over 50 million gym memberships</a> in this country. But by and large, <a href="http://greatist.com/health/exercise-weight-loss-071213" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #668318; line-height: inherit; outline: none;" target="_blank" title="Americans Are Working Out More Than Ever. Why Aren’t We Losing Weight?">they’re not reaching those goals</a>. Something’s gotta give.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"> That’s easier said than done. Undoing a lifetime of acculturation isn’t easy. You have to willingly appreciate the flowers along the sidewalk, the birds in the trees above, the sunlight shining down, the refreshing sensations of unused muscles finally used. You have to realize that our bodies are built to move and need to move. We’ve got these shoulders that rotate almost 360 degrees. We can draw our knees up to our chins and touch our toes with straight legs and do the splits (in theory). It’s a crime not to use them – and you have to <em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">feel </em>that. You have to find something of worth in the exercise as you’re doing it.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"> That could be a PR in the squat, or discovering that <a href="http://www.marksdailyapple.com/15-reasons-to-sprint-more-this-year/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #668318; line-height: inherit; outline: none;" title="15 Reasons to Sprint More This Year">sprinting</a> up the steep hill outside your place is getting a lot easier. It could be the the perfect high-five shared with a <a href="http://www.marksdailyapple.com/p90x-and-crossfit/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #668318; line-height: inherit; outline: none;" title="P90X and CrossFit">CrossFit</a> bro after Fran that seems to make time stop and the universe shudder for a moment. Or maybe it’s the meditative <a href="http://www.marksdailyapple.com/flow/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #668318; line-height: inherit; outline: none;" title="Total Immersion: How to Recognize and Tap Into the Power of Flow">flow state</a> you reach when training, the peace of <a href="http://www.marksdailyapple.com/hiking-around-the-world-what-to-eat/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #668318; line-height: inherit; outline: none;" title="Dear Mark: Hiking Around the World">hiking</a> through an ancient redwood forest, or chatting with your power-walking partner. It can also be the sheer joy we feel doing something we love to do, like play <a href="http://www.marksdailyapple.com/ultimate-frisbee/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #668318; line-height: inherit; outline: none;" title="Ultimate Frisbee">Ultimate Frisbee</a> (winning doesn’t hurt).</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"> <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">It took me a long time to reach that place, but I wouldn’t trade it for anything. I suggest you try to do the same</strong></div> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 13px;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />link to article: <a href="http://www.marksdailyapple.com/do-your-workouts-feel-like-a-chore/#ixzz35RZbS3zh" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #003399; line-height: inherit; outline: none;">http://www.marksdailyapple.com/do-your-workouts-feel-like-a-chore/#ixzz35RZbS3zh</a></span>

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Do Your Workouts Feel Like a Chore?

by Mark Sisson @ marksdailyappple.com Evolution tends to reinforce healthy, beneficial behaviors that improve the survival of members of ...

What is Piyo?

<h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Josefin Slab'; font-size: 30px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative;"> What Is PiYo?</h3> <div class="post-header" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Coming Soon'; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em;"> <div class="post-header-line-1"> </div> </div> <div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-3047489347796086559" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Coming Soon'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 708px;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; border: 1px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: #666666; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 5px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td><a href="http://joannabernhardt.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/10153766_535757656544274_1667949702_n.png" imageanchor="1" style="color: #888888; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="What is Piyo" border="0" height="320" src="http://joannabernhardt.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/10153766_535757656544274_1667949702_n.png" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 0px 0px 0px; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;" title="" width="320" /></a><br /> <div class="pinit-wrapper" style="cursor: pointer; left: 129px; opacity: 0; position: absolute; top: 129px; visibility: visible; z-index: 9999;"> <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=http://melaniemitro.blogspot.com/2014/05/what-is-piyo.html&media=http://joannabernhardt.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/10153766_535757656544274_1667949702_n.png&description=What%20Is%20PiYo?" style="color: #888888; display: block; outline: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img class="pinimg" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfXXyo7bKndheoAlxIdk154ze6nfus2h9Vp4aED76mrKmRUR0j5GX7xkVzg6eUtmW9bwK5rOQhPgxHiWj2QpgxHi0we4BsS-84QF9-3L5Z-2Fp3-KD95OO7gLzS-gJ6AJs3r6kuickRvm-/s1600/pinterestx1_72.png" style="-webkit-box-shadow: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; box-shadow: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;" title="Pin on Pinterest" /></a></div> </td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 14px;">What is Piyo</td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> If you follow Team Beachbody, Chalene Johnson or my fitness journey then you know that I absolutely love and adore Chalene Johnson.  My first experience with Chalene was in Turbofire which is a high intensity, cardio kickboxing, HIIT workout!  I am a cheerleader at heart and this was like a dance party for adults.  Then, I found that Chalean Extreme was a great workout to learn how to incorporate strength training into my life.  The results were off the hook.   So when Beachbody announced that they will be launching another Chalene Johnson home fitness program I was ecstatic.  </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> It's an awesome combination of high intensity, low impact moves to improve your flexibility, stamina, and strength.  It is yoga and pilates inspired but it pulls it all together to actually give you a cardio workout as well.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> The key is that it gives you results such as defined muscles, abs, core strength without the weights, the pounding of your joints and jumping around.  It's the perfect workout for those with mobility, joint and limitations due to injury or past experiences.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <b><span style="font-size: medium;">So why do I think that Piyo is going to be an awesome program to have?  </span></b></div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; border: 1px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: #666666; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 5px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td><a href="http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/b3/da/17/b3da1782f73ab5e998ce20578239e067.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #888888; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="Piyo Exercises" border="0" height="315" src="http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/b3/da/17/b3da1782f73ab5e998ce20578239e067.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 0px 0px 0px; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;" title="" width="320" /></a><br /> <div class="pinit-wrapper" style="cursor: pointer; left: 129px; opacity: 0; position: absolute; top: 126.5px; visibility: hidden; z-index: 9999;"> <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=http://melaniemitro.blogspot.com/2014/05/what-is-piyo.html&media=http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/b3/da/17/b3da1782f73ab5e998ce20578239e067.jpg&description=What%20Is%20PiYo?" style="color: #888888; display: block; outline: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img class="pinimg" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfXXyo7bKndheoAlxIdk154ze6nfus2h9Vp4aED76mrKmRUR0j5GX7xkVzg6eUtmW9bwK5rOQhPgxHiWj2QpgxHi0we4BsS-84QF9-3L5Z-2Fp3-KD95OO7gLzS-gJ6AJs3r6kuickRvm-/s1600/pinterestx1_72.png" style="-webkit-box-shadow: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; box-shadow: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;" title="Pin on Pinterest" /></a></div> </td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 14px;">A move in the Piyo Sweat Workout</td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /> </span></b></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Because it is unlike anything else out there.  You can still get a cardio workout, without the stress on your joints.  You can have Chalene's awesome motivating and inspirational personality every day for 90 days in the comfort of your own home.  You can feel the burn for days afterwards! </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">  I had the opportunity to test out a Piyo workout myself. Each Elite Coach got a copy of Piyo Sweat as a sneak peak.  Let me just tell you that I left the 35 minute workout sweating, my booty was burning and I could feel it the next day.  But I wasn't bouncing around, jumping or doing crazy complex moves. </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">  It was a controlled movement that left me actually feeling energized vs defeated.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> I am asked quite often why Team Beachbody doesn't have a Yoga Series.  Well this is it! This is going to be a game changer for so many people who love Yoga and want an option to do it from home.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtVqViOn5kAcqnIPxjTCJP1CE1KsfKZ9M2_KndU2X8rvYtOIAs-izjMgVhCojqrU9AxTErv8ZL4zu-rkOAEnpgn_bc-5buv2R9RlCSSGFS_4L2oMohJsYYzlYZPDKj6OD06M_L5R-uLn-A/s1600/piyo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Elite coach sneak peak of Piyo" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtVqViOn5kAcqnIPxjTCJP1CE1KsfKZ9M2_KndU2X8rvYtOIAs-izjMgVhCojqrU9AxTErv8ZL4zu-rkOAEnpgn_bc-5buv2R9RlCSSGFS_4L2oMohJsYYzlYZPDKj6OD06M_L5R-uLn-A/s1600/piyo.jpg" title="" width="240" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elite coach sneak peak of Piyo</td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/originals/80/f7/7b/80f77b6bc7d7473d0beae4fc0a0dbced.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #888888; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="470" src="http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/originals/80/f7/7b/80f77b6bc7d7473d0beae4fc0a0dbced.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; border: 1px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="640" /></a></div> <div class="pinit-wrapper" style="cursor: pointer; left: 318px; opacity: 0; position: absolute; top: 2832.1875px; visibility: hidden; z-index: 9999;"> <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=http://melaniemitro.blogspot.com/2014/05/what-is-piyo.html&media=http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/originals/80/f7/7b/80f77b6bc7d7473d0beae4fc0a0dbced.jpg&description=What%20Is%20PiYo?" style="color: #888888; display: block; outline: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img class="pinimg" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfXXyo7bKndheoAlxIdk154ze6nfus2h9Vp4aED76mrKmRUR0j5GX7xkVzg6eUtmW9bwK5rOQhPgxHiWj2QpgxHi0we4BsS-84QF9-3L5Z-2Fp3-KD95OO7gLzS-gJ6AJs3r6kuickRvm-/s1600/pinterestx1_72.png" style="-webkit-box-shadow: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; box-shadow: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;" title="Pin on Pinterest" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://getfitcanada.com/kellybow/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2014/03/Chalene-PiYo-quote.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #888888; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://getfitcanada.com/kellybow/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2014/03/Chalene-PiYo-quote.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; border: 1px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="320" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://teamleanandfit.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/cjPiYo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #888888; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://teamleanandfit.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/cjPiYo.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; border: 1px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="320" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> So PiYo will be released right after our Coach Summit in June.  My estimated guess for the release is Monday June 23rd.  So keep your eyes out for the official release and how to score your copy.  I will be updating my social media sites with all the latest information so make sure to follow me on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter!</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> So do you want to be in my PiYo test group when this program comes out?  Make sure to reserve your spot on the list of the first people to get their copy!  Complete the form below to be updated on all the news and information about the new workout!</div> </div> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> </div> <iframe allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="1161" scrolling="no" src="https://alyssaschomaker.wufoo.com/embed/mm3lsxj1xvu47f/" style="border: none; width: 100%;"><a href="https://alyssaschomaker.wufoo.com/forms/mm3lsxj1xvu47f/">Fill out my Wufoo form!</a></iframe><br /> <div id="wuf-adv" style="color: #a7a7a7; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: small; text-align: center;"> Online contact and registration forms from <a href="http://www.wufoo.com/">Wufoo</a>.</div>

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What is Piyo?

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