Category: training
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Dream in Color
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Dreams never die; they may morph, but they never die. My dream of being a top IFBB fitness competitor has transitioned into a new journey into the word of CrossFit. Knee injuries and surgeries have retired me out of the IFBB as a pro fitness competitor–My body cannot take the gymnastics tumbling anymore. However, my…
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Did You Know
Want to be sharper at work? Feel less tired at home? Spend some quality time with your spouse? How about enjoying a cookie without guilt? If you answered “yes” to all of these questions (and who wouldn’t?), exercise is the answer. Being physically active offers benefits far beyond the obvious. (Of course, an improved physique…
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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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(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…