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Midlife emotions and weight gain Are you a woman in your 40s or 50s?  The physical and psychological changes that occur during these midlife years can cause emotional stress, which may lead to unwanted weight gain.  What’s going on, and how can you navigate more easily through your middle years? Get insights below from Cathy Cohen, MA, a nutrition counselor at a hospital-affiliated wellness center and a certified personal trainer and fitness instructor at a rehabilitation hospital adult fitness facility, [...]

Ingredients: 2/3 c. vanilla almond milk (sweetened or unsweetened) 1 tsp. Cinnamon 1 heaping tablespoon 100% pumpkin- NOT the pie filling 1 tsp. Vanilla Protein powder 1 egg Whisk ingredients.  Dip both sides of a sprouted whole wheat or high protein, whole grain bread of choice.  Using non-stick spray or a lightly oiled griddle, fry both sides of the french toast. Makes 8. Nutrition Information: (per 2 French Toast) Calories:  208 Protein: 10 grams Carbs:  39 grams Fat:  3 grams

Have you experienced back pain at one time or another? Have you been told to strengthen your abdominal muscles to fix a back problem? While traditional crunches strengthen the outer layers of the abdominal musculature, they bypass the deep support structures of your back. This can place the lumbar spine in too much flexion and may even worsen your back pain, depending on what your original physical problem was. By training the deep stabilizers of the lumbar spine, pain can [...]

With just a little planning and preparation, you can feed your family a healthy and tasty dinner even after the most grueling workday. How many times have you found yourself driving home from work with no idea what to make for dinner—or not even a clue as to what’s in the fridge? These are the times that test our resolve to eat well, and they often leave us making a beeline for the nearest fast-food joint. If you are the [...]

Ideally your fitness journal should keep track of each workout with details of how you felt, DOMS (delayed onset muscle soreness), meals/snacks, sleep, and more. Listed below are some of the benefits you will get from keeping a workout journal: Studies have shown that keeping an exercise log is a great way to maintain a consistent workout plan. Keeping a log that your friends can see is an excellent motivator to stick to your routine. Knowing that you are going [...]

What better benefits a busy life than the word “twenty-four?” It’s not just the word itself, but the probabilities it introduces: privacy and limitless convenience. 24 hour gyms are good for the business man who can’t find the time between business meetings or after lunch to work on their physique. 24 hour gyms focus on convenience more than anything else, and this fact is true both for the business owner and the patron. For the average Joe looking for privacy, you will [...]

Iron Haven Gym has teamed up with the CBC to bring you LIVE RIGHT NOW – your chance to make 2011 your slimmest ever year! Join the Iron Haven Gym group by clicking here and make your pledge – 5lbs is all it will take to kick start your healthy lifestyle.  Who knows, maybe you want to pledge to lose 10lbs, 20lbs or even 30lbs.  We will be with you the whole way.  Our group offers support and encouragement to [...]

Starting a fitness program may be one of the best things you can do for your health. Physical activity can reduce your risk of chronic disease, improve your balance and coordination, help you lose weight — even improve your sleep habits and self-esteem. And there’s more good news. You can do it in just five steps.  Here are the Mayo Clinic’s 5 steps to kick-start your fitness: Step 1: Assess your fitness level You probably have some idea of how [...]

When we’re young, we generally take our balancing skills for granted. As we get older, however, we find that our balance (the ability to sense where our bodies are positioned and adjust muscle tension to maintain alignment) isn’t what it used to be. The consequences of losing our ability to balance are significant. Falls are the leading cause of injury for older adults. Every year, 30 to 50 percent of people over age 65 sustain a fall; many never recover [...]

Do you have arthritis? You’re not alone. Approximately 42.7 million Americans have arthritis, as well as millions of people around the world. Doctors now commonly prescribe exercise to alleviate arthritis symptoms. However, it can be confusing to know what type of exercise to do and how much is helpful. Get some guidance on this topic below from exercise experts Johndavid Maes, MS, a recent graduate in exercise science at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque (UNMA), and exercise physiologist for [...]

There’s a reason movie stars and financial moguls use personal trainers: The benefits of working with a personal trainer is one of the fastest, easiest, most successful ways to improve your health and fitness. In fact, the benefits of personal training has proved so effective that it has spread well beyond the realm of the rich and famous. Today, personal trainers are used by people of all fitness, age and economic levels–and from all over the world–to help make lifestyle [...]

A popular myth is that there is a specific range of heart rates in which you must exercise to burn fat. Even many cardio machines display a “fat-burning zone” on their panels, encouraging people to exercise in a specific heart rate range. Have you ever wondered if you really have to exercise in a specific heart rate zone to lose fat? And what happens if you venture out of that zone? Jason R. Karp, PhD, a nationally recognized speaker, writer [...]