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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During a recent Edinburgh University study on fitness motivation, participants performed four sessions, each consisting of 10 six-second cycle sprints. In-between circuits, they were allowed to self-select a resting time. During the fifth recovery period, however, their rest time was unknowingly reduced by 10% – and all participants were able to push just as hard. This proved […]
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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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Work hard! In our 20’s, we could stop eating for a couple of days, hit the treadmill and be back in fighting shape by the weekend. After age 30, that regimen will only exacerbate the problem and possibly add pounds. We lose 3 to 8 percent of our muscle mass per decade, which is the […]
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