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Top 5 Reasons to DO the Best Body Challenge

Still haven’t signed up for the 2013 Best Body Challenge? Planning on skipping it this time around? Feeling a little meh? Dragging your feet? What’s stopping you? It can’t be the price, especially you, current members. $37 is a steal and you know it. $97 for newbies? That’s less than your daily latte habit. Plus…

Seeing the Light

Come with me if you dare, on a journey to the TRUTH. (Cue the Sanskrit chants…But seriously, humor me.) So, where is the light? It’s in your mirror. And in your brain. And in your gut. It’s that jolt of emotion that makes you turn away from your reflection and run to the fridge. The…

Interview with March Client of the Month, Jackie Dunleavy – Part Deux

Last week in part one of my interview with Jackie Dunleavy we covered running, working out, and 80s music. Today we cover her training and inspiration for the Disney Princess Half Marathon. MDC: OK, let’s be serious again. What was your motivation for running the Disney Princess Half Marathon? JD: I have complete amnesia about…

March Client of the Month – Jackie Dunleavy

Boot camper, Jackie Dunleavy, just completed her first Half Marathon a few weeks ago. This is one highlight along her journey to losing 45 pounds over the past year. I’ve known Jackie since we were kids at Upper Darby Summer Stage. We reconnected at random events and places during the last decade. Jackie did a…

Navigating the Apps 2.0

The last time I blogged about apps I was talking appetizers. This time around, I’m talking the inedible sorts—those tiny illustrated squares that decorate the screens of your iPhones and iPads. If you’re a savvy P. Fit-er—and I know you are—then you’re smart enough to know that sometimes you need a little help keeping track…

Warming Up—It’s More Important Than You Might Think

Warming up before exercising seems like a no-brainer. You know it’s important to prepare your muscles for the job they’re about to do. Warming up increases blood-flow to your muscles, allowing them to work efficiently and maximally. Warming up prevents injury, and from what I’ve experienced firsthand, and through my clients, no one wants to…

Get Your Form in Shape!

I’ve seen you – giving me those looks. Averting your gaze or rolling your eyes when I walk over to you during boot camp. Your (dirty) look says “Here she comes again, the Form Nag. Jeez, why can’t she leave me alone and just let me do my workout?” Well, here’s what I say—over and…

Keepin’ It Real, Yo! Or What is Real Food Anyway?

People are talking about real food a lot these days, as in, “I only eat real food.” This can be confusing. What the hell does “real food” even mean? A chair isn’t food. You’d never eat one, would you? But a donut—that’s food, isn’t it? And if it’s food it must be real, right? They…

Post-workout nutrition

What to Eat After You Work Out As in the previous post, the better educated you are about health and fitness, the more fat you’ll burn, and the more lean muscle mass you can build. You can get stronger and slimmer—faster. Eating after you work out accomplishes two things. 1. It restores your body’s glycogen…

What to Eat Before You Work Out

Proper Nutrition—Before you Exercise You know those coupons you keep getting in the mail for Bed Bath & Beyond? If you decide to head there for, say, a new duvet cover or a Le Creuset Dutch oven, or maybe even a jumbo bottle of conditioner, you’d probably kick yourself if you forgot to bring along…