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Forget The All Or Nothing Approach. Small Steps Are The Key To Lasting Results!
"When you aim for all or nothing, you usually get nothing." Stop the all or nothing approach and learn a better way to approach your health goals for long-term results.
How To Stop Making Excuses And Start Achieving Your Goals!
Do you have health and fitness goals but find yourself making excuses instead of following through? Here’s some advice for dealing with an excuse habit.
Muscle Soreness: What It Is and How To Get Rid Of It
Feeling sore the day or two after your workout? Find out why, and what you can do to prevent or decrease it.
What Does Healthy Eating Really Mean?
Confused about how to eat healthy? Here are the basic guidelines of a healthy eating pattern. The basics are all you need.
Why You Should Train Movements, Not Muscles
Forget training individual muscles. Here's a better way.
How To Strengthen Your Core
You probably know that strengthening your core is important, but do you know how to activate your core properly? Find out.
Don’t Be Fooled By The Word “Natural” On A Food Label. It Doesn’t Mean Healthy.
Food companies can write pretty much whatever they want on the front of their packages. Lately, they've been using the word "natural" to try to convince people that their products are healthy. Here's what's really going on.
Why Food Quality Is More Important Than Cutting Calories: The Energy Balance Equation
Conventional wisdom about cutting calories to lose weight is wrong. Here's why, and how you can take a different approach that works with your body to help you regulate your weight without focusing on calories.
How to Stop Falling Off The Fitness Wagon
Stop "falling off the wagon"! A simple mindset shift to help you stay on track and achieve your goals permanently.
How To Do The Squat Exercise The Right Way
The squat is a common but deceptively tricky exercise. Here's how to do it right.
Want To Be More Active? Build An Active Self-Identity.
If you want to exercise more, the key is to start thinking of yourself as an exerciser. This article explains why that's so important and how to get it done.
Are You Really Ready To Make A Change?
If you've tried and failed to make healthy changes before, you may not have been ready. Find out what it takes to make a change so you can set yourself up for success.
Healthy Eating Goal: Cook More At Home
How You Think About Exercise Matters: What “Counts” As Exercise
We’re bombarded with messages about how exercise can help us lose weight and get the body we want by burning calories and sculpting our muscles. That’s not what exercise is for. Exercise is a way to make your life better.
How to Form a Foundation of Strength: Practice Quality Movement
It's so important to focus on your form during your exercises and not simply go through the motions.
How To Do A Pull Up
Getting my first pull up was one of my proudest moments. Here's how to get yours.
How To Get Better At Push Ups
Get your first full push up from the floor!
How Taking Control of Your Exercise Choices Can Help You Become a Consistent Exerciser
If you're going to stick to exercise, it's important that you like it. But what if you don't naturally like to exercise? There is hope! Find out how you can enjoy your exercise a little more with a simple mindset shift.
All Diets Are Pretty Much The Same, And You Don't Need A Diet Anyway
The diet industry wants you to buy books and diet programs. Here's why you don't need to do that, and still be healthy and manage your weight.
How To Eat More Whole Grains
Many popular diets claim that eating grains is bad for your health and can sabotage your weight loss efforts.