Okay Fit Chics here are just a few ways that your relationship will enhance when you workout with your partner:

1. Begin to feel more connected as a couple. Now you have a common goal to focus on. You are both putting your thoughts and energy into creating an atmosphere for your goals to flourish. Working out together is quality time. You will have a lot of talk about. You will have a solid half hour to truly bond. You can plan to workout when you are most likely to have little interruption.

2. Lifestyle will become more conducive to a fit and healthy couple. This is fantastic! When you begin to workout together and feel GREAT, you want this feeling all the time. You will begin to appreciate quality, wholesome foods. You will realize that eating well makes you FEEL well. When you feel well, your entire outlook on life enhances! As a couple you may begin to question some of your current activities if they do not suit a healthy lifestyle. For example, sitting on the couch for hours and eating chips on a daily basis is not what fit people do day after day. You will find yourself gravitating towards activities such as: joining a walking club or bowling. This is just what happens when you realize how awesome being fit feels!

3. Have a TON more Energy! This is simply the best. I love to workout mainly because of the natural high that I get immediately afterward. My day flows much more smoothly. I feel energized, I am more productive, I am less stressed. When I have a productive day, it makes me feel really good. I know that I am also a lot more patient with our children. I think this is because when I don’t get my workout in, I just keep thinking about it, which leads me to be irritable. My best time to workout is first thing in the morning because then I do not have to feel irritable when ‘life’ seems to get in the way of my intentions.

4. Argue less. When Scott and I workout we are just a much more happier, relaxed, and joyous couple. When we both feel this way our day together flows well. What I mean is that we feel really good because we are living the life that we want to live. I respect his need to workout. It makes him feel good and as a guy, he feels more attractive. He gets a huge ego boost when he gets home from the gym and I cannot wait to touch his muscles! He also understands my need to workout. I feel so great afterward. My mood is positive and I’m much more patient all day. When you workout chemicals are released into your brain that make you feel happy. It’s super!

5. More intimate. I think you can put 2 and 2 together. When you workout and take care of yourself you will feel amazing and want to share these great feelings with your partner. When you workout together, well the fireworks will explode because you are both feeling so attractive, leading you both to want to initiate more intimacy. This is how you want to live! Start 2009 on the right path. Get that sexy body and bond like never before!

Have a wonderful day!

Cheers to health,

Angie
ISSA - C.P.T.

If you are like the majority of people in this world, you often complain that you have ‘NO TIME!‘ Between your career, spending time with your kids, housework, and extra-curricular activities…this leaves you little time to just sit and ‘vegge out’ with your partner or just relax by yourself!

Then there is your health. You know that you should be exercising. You know that it will make you feel better. You know that you’ve put on some extra pounds and with the holidays fast approaching, you don’t want to put on any more weight. You’re stress out because you feel you cannot meet all of the above demands…so how can you ever find the time to workout?

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If you have a job that requires you to sit all day…watch out, you will be more at risk of back pain from sitting too much.

Stuart McGill is a researcher and expert in spine biomechanics from the University of Waterloo. He states that, “Back pain is usually caused by the things you’ve done and not done. Unless your back pain is related to a specific injury, chances are your back health has been deteriorating slowly and steadily over time.”

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Doing cardio does not have to be a long, drawn out affair. What if I told you that you can get in a very effective cardio session in 15 min. or less? Do you believe me? B-E-L-I-E-V-E.

Now if you are a beginner, I am not going to suggest to you that you run out and start sprinting down the road for 2 minutes. No. I would suggest that you pick up the intensity of your walk. This will increase your heart rate, increase your metabolism, and have you burning fat long after your workout is complete.

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Okay ladies…it’s your big shopping day and you want to get it all done, right? I know what it’s like. You get out in that big shopping mall and you begin to lose focus. You’re staring at your holiday list, yet have no idea where you are going? You are beginning to feel overwhelmed. Your can feel the tension headache coming on…

I have a few tips to set yourself up for SUCCESS before you get out to the shopping centres:

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This may be you: You have been following a great diet and exercise program for many years now, and suddenly your weight keeps creeping UPwards? Huh? Makes no sense right?

Well, the truth is that as we age we lose muscle. So if you are doing nothing to MAINTAIN your muscle then you are going to lose it. Why does losing muscle make you gain weight? This happens because the less muscle you have throughout your body, the slower your metabolism will be.

Did you know that on average men and women who DO NOT lift weight will lose approximately 6 lbs of muscle every decade?

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This is the time of year when people want to get serious about their weight/fat loss. Let me give you some facts to remember so that you are prepared ahead of time for your fitness journey…

Soon, the gourmet feasts will be here…and so is that snazzy dress that you plan to fit into! Here is the TRUTH to your concerns:

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There are several factors that come into play if you want to achieve serious results from your fat loss program and stick to your new healthy lifestyle for the long haul. Accountability, support, and an overwhelming desire to create the life and body that you deserve are right up there at the top of the list.

There is something even more powerful than what you actually read in the diet or workout books that you purchase. When the author of the book or the fat loss expert who created the program actually cares about you and your success and they are willing to build a relationship with you to see you through to the end, that’s when the magic happens.

Watch this short video to see the power in what can happen when a fat loss expert actually cares about you and your success…

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That’s my friend Holly Rigsby holding the camera and hanging out with some of her Fit Yummy Mummy members. Last weekend Holly went out of her way to go on a shopping spree with these remarkable women to celebrate their successes and life in general.

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Hello! Another awesome question…

Q: What is HIIT and how can you take action with it?

A: HIIT stands for High Intensity Interval Training. An ‘interval’ is ANY span of time, such as 30 sec., 1 min., 2 min., that you choose to perform an activity within and at a certain degree of intensity (low to high).

In our book, The Fit Chic, we recommend that you perform HIIT as your cardio component a couple of times each week. If you have a bike, outdoor or stationary, you can interval every 30 seconds. So first you would begin biking for 2 min. to warm up. Then you would pick up the pace so that you are really pushing yourself for 30 seconds (go all out here!), then you slow right down for 30 seconds, then increase for the following 30 sec…then decrease for the next 30 sec…see the pattern?

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Hello everyone…I just want to check in on my first day. I am once again following The Fit Chic Year of Workouts. I will be doing the 10 minute express workouts from my home. I have taken a much needed vacation from my program and feel ready to get back in a routine!

I will also be following Jon Benson’s Every Other Day Diet - Lifestyle Plan as a guide to my food choices. I know that my eating is my biggest challenge so I am looking forward to seeing the great results I have accomplished in the past from his eating plan.

This is what I have eaten today…

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