Author: Leslie Rae Newton
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The Info You Need to Read to Believe
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in competing, diet, fitness, healthy food, LeslieRae, loss, training, vitamins, weight loss, workoutEveryone is looking for the secret to the perfect body. We all want to know the key. Sometimes that key (or one of them) is perpetrated by friends and loved ones, but we dismiss it because “what do they know”. There are a few tips that we should all adhere to regardless of the method…
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Attitude is Everything
I made a Face Book post the other day that went something like this: Do what I say or do as I do, either way you will improve. One of the comments referred to me as cocky…Really? I don’t think so. I am not saying that I am better than you, or that I don’t…
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Nutrition 101: Revisit the Basics
There is a lot of confusion about nutrition out there. I am always asked if I’ve heard about this diet, or that supplement, or been to this website or read that book. The answer varies but one thing stays the same: at the end of the day, calories are calories and the body only needs…
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Gains Aren’t Made in the Gym
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in decisions, dedication, diet, fitness, healthy food, ifbb, LeslieRae, training, vitamins, weight loss, workoutIt has occurred to me, being in a new gym, that the misconception gains are made in the gym and lifting everyday is the most important part to making those gains. That is simply false. Gains are made out side of the gym in the food, supplements and sleep you get. Granted, without training you…
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Are You “Healthy”
I can remember, more times than I care, being labeled “healthy.” I never took it in a flattering way and don’t know one girl who would. Looking “healthy” is about like being told “you look like you’ve stopped dieting.” This is reason enough to re-examine all the “healthy” labels on forbidden foods. Let’s look at…
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(Over)Training 101
We have all done it at one point, or several points, in our lives. Sometimes we get a new workout program, met someone new, end a relationship, or get bad medical news we tend to go from 0-60mph with exercise. We work past failure and get up and do it again, sometimes training multiple times…
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Getting Workouts Form Magazines?
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Are you thinking that taking a weight loss supplement is going to make you look like a fitness model? Really? The advertisements in fitness magazines would have you think that looking like the fitness model were as easy as proper supplementation and some cardio. Oh young grasshopper…it isn’t that easy. It is true that fitness…
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Workout for Fat Loss
Fil’s ‘I’m gonna win and you’re not’ workout A friend of mine, Fil, is competing in a weight loss challenge and asked me for some advise on a ‘just starting back’ workout, here are my words of wisdom. Keep in mind this is an otherwise athletic person. He plays basketball and dodge ball on a…
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Weight Loss Problems?
When talking to various people through the years, often people who are overweight credit a slow metabolism for their inability to reach a healthy weight. While there is such a thing as a slow metabolism, it’s rare, and it’s usually not what’s behind being overweight or obesity. The culprit is generally the lack of attention…
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Sexy Farm Animals
This is a joke that my choreographer’s brother says he founded…not sure if that is true, but never the less, one of my favorites: What are the two sexiest farm animals: Brown-Chick-en Brown-Cow I know, too funny!