Entries from January 2010
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Marc, January 28th, 2010
How many times do I have to tell you that your scale is a dirty rotten liar??!!
Get off the scale and stop managing your fitness health success by your body weight. Most people measure their success or failure based on gained or lost weight. This is by far the worst way to measure your fitness [...]
Categories: Evaluating Tags: body fat, Evaluating, marc mason, Personal Training, wellness
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Marc, January 25th, 2010
Physically inactive people have just as much free time as exercisers, so you can chuck this excuse.
Categories: Eating, Evaluating, Exercising, Offers and Events Tags: E3, Eating, Evaluating, Exercising, marc mason, wellness
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Marc, January 23rd, 2010
Cooling down should be part of every workout routine. A cool down helps your body recover from the stress of exercise and helps the circulatory system return to a resting state. Not cooling down can lead to dizziness and fainting… not a good idea with sharp metal objects typically found in gyms! A typical cool [...]
Categories: Exercising Tags: cool down
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Marc, January 18th, 2010
The answer to your three questions is yes.
* Tight muscles and stiff joints contribute to post-activity pain.
* Also fatigue is a big factor.
* And I’m always happy to help.
Categories: Exercising Tags: disc golf, marc mason, walking
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Marc, January 17th, 2010
Muscles-in-Motion Boot Camp classes start this week. Be there and get boot camp fit!
Categories: Eating, Evaluating, Exercising, Offers and Events Tags: accidental pedestrian, best Exercise, craving strategies, Diet, Evaluating, Legs, lose fat, marc mason, Squat, temptation, wellness
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Marc, January 14th, 2010
At some level what you are doing should seem like work. Don’t get me wrong, monotonous drudgery is not the goal. It means that your body should feel like it is outside its comfort zone. You want to expand your capacity.
Categories: Evaluating, Exercising Tags: best Exercise, hear rate, intensity, lose weight, monitor, Personal Training, weight loss
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Marc, January 11th, 2010
Nothing beats a hot breakfast before taking on the cold and hitting the icy roads.
Here’s how I handle mornings like this and bypass the drive-thru window:
Patti’s Breakfast Sandwich
(this and other recipes are located on Marc Mason Wellness Online. Members get access to the entire database.)
1 Egg
1 Slice of oven roasted low sodium turkey breast, diced
½ [...]
Categories: Eating, Recipes Tags: Diet, lose weight, marc mason, nutrient levels, Problem eating, recipe
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Marc, January 10th, 2010
Take a picture of yourself – and have it “morphed” at a photo shop. Wanna see how you look 10, 20, 30 pounds lighter? Have the picture people edit the picture in the image you like, then take home copies of it and hang them everywhere you can see it. Harness the power of visualization.
Don’t [...]
Categories: Evaluating Tags: Evaluating, marc mason, photography, vision
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Marc, January 7th, 2010
Sleep.
It’s one of the most important ingredients in your wellness montage. We all know about eating right and exercising but what about this very important and often overlooked component? People who don’t get enough sleep tend to become overweight.
A couple of reasons have been uncovered. Researchers have found that sleep deprivation creates hormonal imbalances that [...]
Categories: Offers and Events, Relaxing Tags: craving strategies, Evaluating, lose weight, rest, sleep, stress eating, wellness
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