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Episode 93 – Yoga teacher Kathryn Budig on aiming true, goddess Diana, and how she approaches failure.
Woo hoo! I’m interviewing Kathryn Budig in today’s episode. If you haven’t yet heard about Kathryn, then I must tell you: Kathryn is an internationally known Yoga teacher, author and founder of Aim True Yoga. She is the Women’s Health Magazine yoga expert and a contributor for The Huffington Post, Yoga Journal, Gaiam, The Daily Love and MindBodyGreen. She… Read More
Episode 92 – The Star Crunch: Best home exercise for abs.
Even though I usually advise avoiding exercises that target your abs specifically, I do think that if there is one abs exercise you should include in your home or gym workout, then it’s the Star Crunch. I hadn’t really discovered this exercise, until I did 6 sets of it a few weeks ago. The result?… Read More
Episode 91 – Got 30 seconds? Take a moment for you.
Fitness Reloaded episodes are usually kind of fancy…but today is different. This “take a moment for you” episode is super-simple. No fancy DSLR camera, audio recording devices, expensive backdrops, and photographer lights used. Just me taking a moment for myself…with you…using my computer’s webcam. It’s very easy to let life keep us busy. Now is… Read More
Episode 90 – The two major exercise breathing techniques & the one rule you should never break.
[Shh...There is a dirty secret below. But I cannot tell right now.] “Inhale through the nose, expand your lungs, exhale as you push your body back in the starting position….Now repeat again. Inhale though the nose…” I could never understand the emphasis on breathing during exercise. Why all those different breathing techniques? Wasn’t it enough… Read More
Episode 89 – Is your back straight? A simple technique to check whether you have kyphosis or not.
A few weeks ago I would have responded to this question with a big YES! But then I learned this simple kyphosis check, and to my disappointment, I discovered that I too have a rounded upper back. You see all those hours of daily slouching, sitting in front of my computer, take their toll. In… Read More
Episode 88 – How to stop worrying and start living…ninja style.
“Take that worry!” [worry vanishes] [ahhh...you feel relief...and happiness] Boy, does it feel good…to feel good? Why don’t we do it more often? I mean, our natural state is to feel good. When we don’t, it’s because we have negative thoughts distracting us. The queen of negative thoughts? Her name is “worry”. But we can… Read More
Episode 87 – Stiff back? A simple technique to release your back.
So you are spending the whole day sitting? You are not alone. Me too. With the way our lives are structured we can hardly escape sitting too much. And reversing those slouching habits is just hard! So what do you do? Are you doomed to bad posture? No! I learned this upper back release technique… Read More
Episode 86 – Author Dean Dwyer on “Weight loss is not just about diet and exercise”.
Can’t lose weight with just diet and exercise? According to Dean Dwyer, author of “Make shift happen”, there is a good reason for that. Weight loss is indeed not just about diet and exercise. Now you might be wondering… But if weight loss is not just about diet and exercise, then WHAT ELSE is it… Read More
Episode 85 – Splits in 4 months? If I did it, you can do it too with this leg flexibility stretching routine.
I always loved the idea of being flexible but it just didn’t seem possible for me. Even though I could so splits when I was still in school, a thigh injury took my flexibility away. I went from flexible to stiff in an instant! For years even the idea of splits caused me pain. Every… Read More
Episode 84 – Find time to work out…without having to mess with your schedule first.
Sometimes, I just have to stop and praise the sweet heavens above that science has evolved and one of the most common exercise myths…is finally busted. This myth holds people back. Even though they want to feel empowered, they want more energy and vitality, they want to live longer, enjoy themselves more, look good…this myth… Read More