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Jul 15 2016

2 Reasons Your Cardio’s Not Working for You Anymore

by Marilyn McKenna

We are such creatures of habit, aren’t we? I see the same people on the same cardio machines day after day at my gym. (And I don’t just mean they’re always on the elliptical or whatever; they’re literally on the same machine! As in, the woman with the purple running shorts is always on the […]

Filed Under: Cardio, Fitness, Weight Loss Tagged With: Calorie Burn, Cardio, Heart Rate Monitor, Weight Loss, Weight Loss Plateau

Feb 2 2016

The 2 ways exercise makes weight loss not just possible, but permanent (and it’s not what you think!)

by Marilyn McKenna

    We’re all obsessed with the number of calories we burn during our workouts. Every cardio machine at the gym has a calorie counter on it (never mind that they’re wildly inaccurate). All the popular weight loss apps have an exercise component that will “credit” your workout and magically award you more calories to […]

Filed Under: Fitness, Weight Loss Tagged With: Bodybuilding, Calorie Burn, Cardio, Competitive Bodybuilding, Emotional Eating, Heart Rate Monitor, Nutrition for Athletes, Running, Yoga

May 23 2015

I can see your future…

by Marilyn McKenna

…and in it you’re wearing a Polar FT4 heart rate monitor. If you haven’t entered my giveaway to WIN a FREE heart rate monitor then today’s your lucky day! This is the same monitor that I wear for all of my workouts, and it’s the greatest thing since … well, I don’t eat sliced bread, […]

Filed Under: Newsletters Tagged With: Giveaway, Heart Rate Monitor, Newsletter

May 16 2015

What gets YOUR heart racing?

by Marilyn McKenna

So, what does get your heart racing? Watching a scary movie? Getting whipped around on a roller coaster? Maybe the adrenalin rush of driving fast does it (though most certainly not on I-405, which almost always moves at a snail’s pace). In this case though, I’m talking about exercise. If you’re trying to lose weight, […]

Filed Under: Newsletters Tagged With: Heart Rate Monitor, Newsletter

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