Monthly Archives: August 2010

Athletes and the Glycemic Index

August 30, 2010
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As a life long runner, I would never have something to eat that was high on the glycemic index (GI) before I ran.  I want something low on the index for sustained energy.  On the site, Oztrack.com, it explains it this way: “There are times when low G.I. foods provide an advantage and times...

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Exercise & Pregnancy

August 25, 2010
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Exercise and pregnancy. Oh, I’m an expert on this one. Well,I guess having 4 pregnancies and delivering 4 healthy babies, plus exercising through all of those pregnancies would make me somewhat of an expert.  I’ve also trained a lot of pregnant women and taught Pilates and Yoga for pregnancy. If your OB/GYN or midwife...

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Generation X & Xercise

August 22, 2010
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Typically Generation X are those who were born between 1965 and 1979.  That would make the oldest GenXer’s 45 years old now and the youngest ones 31. Its hard to believe that some of my fellow GenXer’s are even grandparents!  Shocking!  I guess I find that one hard to grasp because I am still in...

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10 Reasons To Fast

August 22, 2010
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Team Beachbody has a wonderful praise and worship workout program that combines the power of your faith with your desire to lose weight and get fit. But what do you do when your faith is being challenged and you need something more than a workout? Friday night and Saturday were so challenging to me...

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Two Principals for Financial Success by Brian Tracy

August 19, 2010
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As Team Beachbody Coaches, we help other people achieve their health and fitness goals, while we achieve or maintain our own goals.  It is as simple as that and you could say that is our job description or our mission statement or simply, “This is what we do”. But we are also working toward...

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Dealing With So Called Failure

August 17, 2010
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Here is an excellent article by Jeffery Combs – President of Golden Mastermind Seminars Inc – about how to view failure: “What makes the difference between ordinary and extraordinary, between average and excellent, mediocre and superb? Is it family background? Are achievers born into wealth? Is it better opportunities for certain people? Opportunity is...

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Leap of Faith For the Love of Our Family

August 11, 2010
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Today marks a landmark in our family when we make the leap of faith from my wife, Christy, teaching and being a Team Beachbody Coach to being a full time stay at home and work at home mom and a full time Team Beachbody coach. Our daughter Grace is starting kindergarten and Christy will...

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Shakeology Certified Low Glycemic

August 2, 2010
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You know about the awesomeness of Shakeology® – the ultra-premium health shake that Carl Daikeler’s wife helped formulate when she saw that her husband couldn’t eat a vegetable unless it was deep fried. Shakeology® was recently tested and measured for its Glycemic Index (GI) and received the amazing score of 24 by Glycemic Index...

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