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Cardio for Weight Loss: does it work?

Cardio for Weight Loss: does it work?

Cardiovascular exercise is important. Period. It helps to: strengthen our heart reduce stress stimulate our creativity boost productivity keep hormones in check ...but does it help to promote weight loss? Sometimes, but not always. Starting from zero If you're...
Workout Happy: Traci’s Top 10 Endorphin Boosters

Workout Happy: Traci’s Top 10 Endorphin Boosters

Love and pain are forever intertwined thanks to neurotransmitters called endorphins. Endorphins are produced in the brain and, when in love, well...gives us such amazing lovey-dove feelings that, even if they sky fell,  everything would be ok. They're also produced in...
Eat Right for Your Body Type: the dinner edition

Eat Right for Your Body Type: the dinner edition

        Over the last couple days, I've written about foods that are right for your body type. Today I'm moving onto dinnertime. Need a recap? You can always jump back to the breakfast edition and the lunch edition. Here are a couple ideas for...
The Two Week Goal: Put a dent in your fitness before Turkey Day!

The Two Week Goal: Put a dent in your fitness before Turkey Day!

Thanksgiving is officially two weeks away. Before the stress of the holidays hit, give yourself an assignment, a task or a goal to do each and every day for the next two weeks. It can be anything as long as it will result in something better for your body. What you do...
No Excuses (Rowing) Workout #22

No Excuses (Rowing) Workout #22

If you've never worked out on an indoor rower, you should give it a try. As we head into the winter months, there is no greater way to lose your motivation to workout than getting bored with exercise. Rowing is the perfect solution to doing the same-old same-old day...
No Excuses (Shred-like) Workout #21

No Excuses (Shred-like) Workout #21

If you can dish it out, you better be able to take it - right? I was certainly put to the test over the weekend at Chicago's Shred415, a treadmill/strength interval fitness studio on the north side of the city. The workout was probably a little more intense than the...