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Full Body Challenge – Burpee – no Push up

margo-personaltrainer — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 02:42:26 +0000

Challenging 2 minute segment that includes impact good for bones, high energy good for heart and strength good for body muscle toning!

Enjoy and Take Care,

Margo

FitQuick Exercise Segment – Abs 8 challenge Video

margo-personaltrainer — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 13:23:30 +0000

Here’s an Ab challenge for you: 8 different abdominal moves, 8 reps each, under 2 minutes. (Thought I was going to say 8 minutes too,huh?) Work up to being able to do the entire thing with good form. It rocks if I do say so myself. Watch it through once first to see the moves.

Take care,

Margo

FitQuick Health Tip – Cancer Prevention Food

margo-personaltrainer — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 23:49:43 +0000

Here is the Number ONE Anti-Cancer Super Food: PAPAYA!! One per week – Studies show it offers several cancer fighting ingredients!

Take Care,

Margo

Leg Cramps at Night – Solution!

margo-personaltrainer — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 00:05:35 +0000

I know it sounds weird, but it works for many people. Put a bar of soap between your fitted sheet and the mattress by your legs! Any bar soap brand works. I put one on the nightstand too. I think the nightstand one helps too and the fragrance is great in the bedroom.

Take care (and let me know if it worked for you. email me!)

Margo

Heart Rate Monitor for health and fitness

margo-personaltrainer — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 12:57:38 +0000

Up the intensity and effectiveness of your workout, burn more calories and get more fit, by using a Polar Heart Rate Monitor!

Take care,

Margo

FitQuick Tip – Water

margo-personaltrainer — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 23:52:14 +0000

Just four of many reasons to drink water: It’s great for your skin, boosts metabolism, hydrates your muscles and benefits weight loss!

Take care,

Margo

Skype Personal Fitness Training

margo-personaltrainer — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:24:18 +0000

Live Personal Fitness Training can come to you! If you have a webcam you’re all set.
See video below and visit my website: http://www.1-on-1fitnesstraining.com to learn more about getting Skype so you can do personal fitness training with me, live, from my studio to your location .

Take Care,
Margo

Relieving Neck Stress & Tension

margo-personaltrainer — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 04:50:55 +0000

Energy Label on drinks and foods

margo-personaltrainer — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 02:47:13 +0000

It drives me nuts when companies use the word ENERGY to sell drinks and bars. They come in nice brightly colored packaging of cobalt blue and purple. They have lightening bolts and photos of people sky diving and simulating fast motion and fun, fun, fun.

When the label says “energy” I want you to NOT buy it. If something says “energy drink” or “energy bar” you couldn’t make me ingest it. It will be loaded with something I don’t want in my body, nor should it be in yours. That most likely is a LOT of added SUGAR – or worse, High Fructose Corn Syrup, along with caffiene and more sugar (both disguised with another name to trick you). Go ahead and google high fructose corn syrup…it’s illegal in any food product in most countries but NOT this country.

I’m keeping this blog post to the point. Do NOT buy anything being marketed with the word “energy” on it.

Have a great day,

Margo

Holiday Sweets – Do’s and Don’t's

margo-personaltrainer — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 02:35:43 +0000

I’m going to address one particular do and don’t here today: SWEETS!

This is the week where everyone is bringing candy and baked goods to work, the gym even (yes, I see instructors and trainers do this, it annoys me), as gifts from friends, and as hostess gifts to dinner parties,etc. MODERATION is key. What you see in my hand? NOT moderation. I got this today, for FREE. It came as a gift with purchase, so to speak, and it is going right in my freezer (out of sight out of mind, remember that!!!).

Remember what I just said above: Out of Sight, Out of Mind. Keep sweets OFF of your kitchen countertop and off your desk. You will avoid that amnesia, unconscious nibbling if you do this. A few more tips:

1) Don’t have sweets on an empty stomach. Eat NORMALLY this week in particular, especially breakfast, so you are set up to be in good blood sugar, to help keep those cravings for sugar ‘in sight’ at bay.

2) Don’t skip lunch to “save calories” if you ate candy or baked goods mid morning. I digress, eat lunch to tame the sugar buzz from stuff you may have tried, so come later afternoon you don’t feel the enemy beckoning “eat me….c’mon…eat some more….”. SELF-CONTOL IS VERY DIFFICULT WHEN YOU ARE IN ‘BAD’ BLOOD SUGAR. EAT REGULAR FOOD, AND YOU WILL EAT LESS SUGARY STUFF.

3) Drink water. Sweets will make you thirsty, and thirst will feel like hunger (it’s mostly just thirst)

4) Last but not least. MODERATION. Have a holiday treat you love. Don’t eat stuff just because it’s there; be discriminating. But DO have it. Have what you love. A piece of cake. A cookie or two. A few candies. It won’t kill you, or throw off your weight loss if that is the goal. MODERATION. BE DISCRIMINATING. BE IN GOOD BLOOD SUGAR by not skipping regular healthy meals this week and next, and all will be just fine.

Take care,

Margo