– Co-authored by Brandi Rosser, Certified Personal Trainer with LuciFit How often do you exercise your ankles and calf muscles? Once per week? Once every couple of months? Or has it been so long that you can’t remember the last time you worked them? If you...
The lunge works the entire leg and can be done without any equipment and there are a few different kinds of lunges. The one I describe here focuses on hamstrings and glutes (back of the thighs and butt). It also works many other muscles in your leg such as those...
I’ve written plenty of blog posts about how to keep an exercise routine and good diet while on a trip or vacation. What I haven’t yet addressed is why I exercise on vacation. I never thought to answer that question because, for me it’s a...
Abdominal exercises need to be done mindfully in order to get their benefits. I wrote about that in my last post. The Pilates Roll Up works the entire rectus abdominis very intensely, and it stretches your spine. It’s a great mind-body abdominal exercise...
Abdominals are an important muscle group of your body.Of course, if you have strong abdominals your belly is going to look great. You could even sport a set of those washboard abs everyone wants on the beach. But we often forget that abdominals protect the back. If...
Effectively working the abdominals requires a specific mind-body connection. This is a video I use in my MindBodyBlast class to get people started on abdominal exercises. It’s also how I teach my one-on-one clients to start out with. No matter how long...