Sensible Wellness Solutions

Professional sources recommend 2 very different ways to work the abdominals.  One credible source says to treat them as you would any other muscle of your body.  You need a day between workouts to recover, just as always.  Done correctly, 10-25 reps for 1-3 sets.  If you can do more than 25, you’re probably not [...]

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Clients ask which type of resistance training is best.  I tell them to use what will keep them motivated to continue training over the long haul.  What works for them becomes the best type of resistance program for them!  I feel this was confirmed after reading the account of a study done in 2007.  As reported in [...]

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My husband loves doing projects.  I love him doing projects!  He built supports into our wall for me to use tubing resistance.  Using tubes without support away from the body doesn’t have the same effect as working by yourself with none.  I will now be able to do chest, leg, arm, hip, & shoulder exercises [...]

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I don’t know where to begin with this topic.  I am reading at present, The Omnivore’s Dilemma, by Michael Pollan.  Written in 2006 (so current) and on the New YorkTimes’ list for “One of the 10 Best Books of the Year” (so credible), it is finally something that discusses that which I’ve seen for awhile [...]

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The request for help went out to the advice columnist.  The writer admitted to knowing what she “needed” to do; yet, knew she wouldn’t do “it” anyway.  She wanted to know why she would make the wrong choice.  The answer came by way of metaphor.  Understanding why we indulge isn’t enough.  We’re “pelted with temptations, [...]

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