Mojo Friends, Want to maximize your energy and fat burning potential during the holiday time crunch? You gotta workout smarter. Maximize your burn Though we have lots of fun and we’re of all exercise levels, Mojo is a no-nonsense HIIT workout. HIIT (high intensity interval training) is a training technique in which we give all-out 100% effort through quick intense bursts […]
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Mojo Friends, Brave-ing it: Last Wednesday,Tricia Zervanos brought her honey, Atlanta Braves Manager, Fredi Gonzales, for a little Mojo. What a sport! Savvy blogger (and Mojo friend) Caroline O’Halloran wrote about it this week (cute picture included) https://savvymainline.com/…/savvy-shorts-my-big-screen-debu…/ After Thanksgiving, it’s a caloric free fall till January. It doesn’t have to be that way! Keep your metabolic engine revving through interval […]
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If you’ve ever cranked-up your workout only to be “dissed” by the scale, this is for you: The scale is not an effective way to measure your progress. Seeing a lower number on the scale always feels good, but lasting success is muscle accrued and inches lost. Since muscle weighs more than fat, it’s more […]
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Fatigue isn’t the result of exercise, it’s the goal. The moment your body feels fatigue is the when your muscles start building, your heart rate perks up and fat starts to sizzle off. Has your body has become complacent? Weight creeping up? Surprising your workout with bursts of higher intensity (anaerobic) movements dramatically spikes metabolism and weight loss, and […]
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Recently, Leah Raup (one of our low impact side kicks), had her first article published in MOPS.org. It’s about a special fitness class that helped her find herself again (wink, wink). I wonder how many of you can relate to her experience… This is a short excerpt: “I forced myself to make it through each song. My chest ached […]
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Are you a yo-yo? As a former Navy soldier, being healthy and fit was a natural part Stephanie Max’s lifestyle. It was common to jump rope first thing in the morning and run with fellow soldiers after hours. When Stephanie’s Navy career ended, so did her accountability and she gained over 60lbs, “In the Navy […]
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According to Men’s Health magazine, varying training intensity with intervals ALWAYS beats out steady pace jogging. Workouts incorporating short spurts of cardio with periods of strength-building, enhances endurance and trains your body to recruit more muscle, boosting your metabolism and burning more calories all week long. Australian researchers found that women who alternated just 8 […]
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A few weeks ago, Marie-Pierre Crowe came back to Mojo after a 2 year hiatus. Though she had been active with various classes, she found that she had been slowly gaining weight because she wasn’t getting enough intensity. After only three weeks of notching up her intensity level, she could already see her youthful shape […]
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