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Happy December!!!! A sure way to feel party ready this holiday season is to get those arms ready for any sleeve style, even a fitted long sleeve looks better with shapely triceps. The "tricep-dip" or "reverse push-up" is easy to do at home and requires no equipment. This is a foundation exercise in Barre and can be really effective if done consistently and with the correct form.
To set up:
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I posted a quick picture about the book Melt Method, by Sue Hitzmann a few months ago but now feel that it is in need of a real blog post to do it justice. Melt stands for Myofascial Energetic Length Technique. I never thought I would actually stay focused for 293 pages of a book just dedicated to a foam roller, but I sure did! And happily. I actually found this book fascinating and also truly helpful in reducing pain (and in some areas) actually resolved pain. For example, if you are someone with shin splints.. WOW, give it a try on your shins.
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Breakfast shakes are a staple for me. I incorporated them into my diet about 2-3 years ago when I got serious about losing the weight that I had gained during my pregnancy, and I also just wanted to feel healthier.
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I often get asked from people who have known me pre, during, and post pregnancy: What did I eat to lose the baby weight after having my two children (I gained almost 80lbs .. twice) and how did I get started back into exercising? There are no short answers to these questions and I have no formal education in nutrition, but I love sharing what worked for me. Note: I had a really hard time finding pictures of me post-baby. I would never let anyone take any pictures of me. All of these are of my daughter or son 4 months old or older. Looking back that is just so silly. Every pound was worth it. I would do it a million times over. I just wish I could say that extra weight didn't bother me during such a happy time, but it did. Especially since the weight didn't start coming off until I got serious about my eating and exercise plan once my daughter was 9 months old.
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Now that summer is over (unofficially), it's time to focus on all the things that make fall great. The most important being, your fall wardrobe, and within that, everybody's staple, their jeans. For anyone that knows me, knows that I've never really been a jeans kinda gal... somehow over the last few years, I've gotten away with rocking leggings, skirts and dresses... ok, on occasion, I've donned a pair of jeans, but for the most part, I've been denim free. This year, I have rekindled my love for jeans, I think, partly due to the fact that I've literally gotten my ass into gear this summer thru my barre workouts. And what better way to show off those buns than in a pair of denim beauties.
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