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Category: Fitness

Can you be fit/fat?

by Irena on September 7, 2016September 9, 2016 in Fitness, Health tips

Let’s begin by posing a few questions.  What does it mean to be fit? What does it look like?  One of the latest trends these days is to embrace the… [Continue Reading]

Running and joint pain

by Irena on September 6, 2016September 6, 2016 in Fitness, Nutrition, Running

Many runners claim that running causes joint pain.  They call it the inevitable “wear and tear” that comes with many logged miles.  Yes, joints are acutely involved in running.  But… [Continue Reading]

Strong arms make better runners

by Irena on August 24, 2016August 24, 2016 in Fitness, Running, Workouts

Running is an amazing form of exercise and a great mind/body experience but it’s also much more complex than most people realize.  In order to be a good and efficient… [Continue Reading]

That elusive thigh gap

by Irena on August 22, 2016August 22, 2016 in Fitness

Men, a special forewarning, you will not understand the importance of this particular issue and you will probably think women are crazy for obsessing about it.  But then again you… [Continue Reading]

Muscle Definition – Biceps

by Irena on August 16, 2016August 16, 2016 in Fitness, Workouts

Today we are discussing muscle definition, particularly our biceps. We all want that pop on top of our biceps. It’s the ultimate goal of anyone who works their biceps on… [Continue Reading]

The crippling effect of muscle imbalance

by Irena on August 10, 2016August 11, 2016 in Fitness, Health tips, Workouts

It all starts with poor posture.  Whether you are at work hunched over your keyboard, out and about with your nose in your cell phone or even working out with… [Continue Reading]

The flaw of “Couch to 5K” challenge

by Irena on August 2, 2016August 2, 2016 in Fitness

I’ll start from the bottom line.  The reason why I am not a fan of any version of “Couch to 5K” is because when the training is done and the… [Continue Reading]

Training in the heat

by Irena on July 29, 2016July 29, 2016 in Fitness, Running, Workouts

It was 93 degrees in New York yesterday but it didn’t stop me from running in Central Park.  And why should it?  Running in extreme weather conditions is possible when… [Continue Reading]

Overcoming adversity

by Irena on July 20, 2016December 5, 2016 in Fitness, Health tips, Motivation, Nutrition

Are you struggling with something that seems to get you beat?  Some of you who don’t work out on a regular basis and struggle with weight or health issues think… [Continue Reading]

Getting through your sports related injury

by Irena on July 18, 2016July 20, 2016 in Fitness, Health tips

For those of us who are workout fanatics, there’s nothing that can knock us down like an injury.  And I mean knock us down emotionally not just physically.  We can… [Continue Reading]

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