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Batch Cooking: One-Pan Roasted Sausage and Veggies
With the New Year comes a focus on meal planning and prepping in my family. That doesn’t just mean dinner but this also applies to lunches for the kids, as the return to preschool as well as meals for myself and lunches for my husband to Read more
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Quarantine Cooking: White Bean Dip
If you are like me and my family right now you are laying low at home trying to use everything in your pantry and refrigerator to delay trips to the store. Each night in my house Read more
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Protein Shakes: The Secret Weapon to Getting in Shape
When it comes to getting in shape, namely losing body fat and building lean muscle, one of the true "secret weapons" is protein. The vast majority of people simply don't take in enough quality protein on a daily basis, and Read more
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Push-ups for Beginners
I’ve said it before, but it bears repeating: If you asked me to choose one exercise that was my absolute all-time favorite, it would be the push-up. I started doing them at the age of fourteen and have been doing Read more
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Pushups: The Perfect Exercise
There are few exercises as simple and as effective as the pushup. This is why pushups should be a staple of almost everyone's workout routine, regardless of your age, sex or fitness level. Here are just a few reasons why Read more
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Quarantine Cooking: Asian Salad
When it comes to recipes, finding the right ingredients through COVID-19 can be challenging. Sometimes, we simply have to create dishes with what we have on hand. Using what I had available to me, I put together Read more
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Quick Calf Workout to Add Definition to Your Calves
Want great-looking legs? Then you need to target four major muscle groups of the lower body: The quadriceps (front of your thighs), hamstrings (back of your thighs), glutes (butt), and your calf muscles (back of your lower leg). The calf Read more
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The Important Science Behind Gaining Muscle
If you lift weights, there's a good chance you are trying to gain muscle. Gaining muscle is arguably the most sought after effect of lifting heavy things up and putting them down. Gaining muscle does more than just make you Read more
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Grill Creations: Feta Cheese Kids Burger
At home we rarely ever use ground beef anymore mainly because the more I cooked, I found that I preferred turkey burger due to a lighter taste and being lower in fat. Because of this my children Read more
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What is Rhabdomyolysis?
If you’ve never heard of rhabdomyolysis and just trying to pronounce it is a struggle for you, I get it. Having been active my entire life, I’ve encountered numerous injuries – sprained ankles, broken bones Read more
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Fit Tip: 5 Benefits of Walking
Walking isn’t the most exciting form of exercise, but when I was recovering from an injury that prevented me from doing pretty much anything, I realized that walking is actually pretty Read more
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Jill's Story: Even Gym Enthusiasts Hit the Fitness Rut
Have you ever embarked on a new fitness or healthy eating regime to drop a few pounds? Chances are you started strong and it seemed like the pounds were melting off - until they weren't. A gym enthusiast and active Read more