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How to achieve toned arms worthy of a sleeveless little black dress
Summer is officially over. Here in California (unlike sane states like Arizona), we turned back the clocks an hour last weekend. So once again we all suffer from the bi-annual “It’s only 8:00 but feels like 9:00 because we set the clocks back and that’s why I’m going...
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How to stay on track when it seems totally impossible
THE HOLIDAYS. Say these two, seemingly harmless, words to someone and you’ll get one of three reactions: “Oh, I just LOVE this time of year!” while spraying pine scented air freshener “Wait, what? Wasn’t it just the Fourth of July?” Screaming in abject horror and...
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How a Halloween fright can scare off the pounds
October 31 is the scariest day of the year, and it has nothing to do with Halloween. Sure, you're 10x more likely to be attacked by a zombie, scared by a ghost or bitten by a werewolf. But those incidences pale in comparison to the fright you'll get on November 1...
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How to pump up your planks
The biggest, the highest, the loudest, the weirdest… World records amaze, repulse, stagger the imagination and more often than not make a person say, “Why would you even want to do such a thing??” Fun ones are fine, such as an English bulldog named Otto who coasted...
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ONE thing no one tells you about getting in shape
From the truth about the Loch Ness monster, whether or not Pluto is a real planet or just a giant rock circling the sun, or why certain celebrities make millions yet you don’t know a single person who likes them... we all crave the inside scoop. Someone somewhere...
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3 Reality checks you must cash in if you want results
When I started working as a trainer in the mid-90s (a.k.a. the mood ring and leg warmer era), I was a mere child of 36. Armed with my first personal training certification, portable bench and fitness tubing, I was on a quest to get the world in shape. Like all naive...
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3 surefire ways to speed up results
I went to the doctor’s for a check-up this week. Apparently at my age (59), the annual checkup happens every six months. This may be for one of several reasons: My doctor uses a Mayan calendar I’m on borrowed time and my doctor hasn’t yet told me I’m actually going...
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3 Surprising reasons for weight gain after 50 (no one tells you)
I began working as a personal trainer in my mid 30s, in 1995 to be exact. If you’re as bad at math as me, you may be thinking that was like, what -- 15 years ago? In reality, it’s 23 years ago. The 19-year old who works the front desk at my gym wasn’t even BORN when I...
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3 Best lower belly firming exercises
I watched a documentary about frozen people the other night. No, not those living in Siberia or Antarctica, but real deal frozen-like-a-Snow-Cone people who voluntarily opt to freeze their bodies after death in the hopes of coming back once a cure is found for...
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