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Push Yourself Mentally, Listen to Yourself Physically
Take Action & Respond: What steps do you take to push yourself mentally to make sure you do your best during a workout? While the post’s...
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jasonmachowsky
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Fitness and the Media
I enjoy reading the Health and Wellness section of the NY Times – well-written discussions and summaries of recent trends and...
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jasonmachowsky
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How Hard Should I Train? Stay Between the Lines
You want to work hard enough to get results. But not so hard that you get injured and laid up for six weeks – and there goes those...
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jasonmachowsky
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Four Key Post-Pregnancy Fitness Tips: Part 2
The first part of Key Post-Pregnancy Fitness Tips discussed getting the right muscles firing again and returning to exercise gradually...
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jasonmachowsky
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Four Key Post-Pregnancy Fitness Tips: Part 1
While pregnancy is a wonderful time for an expecting family, it can also be very challenging physically for the mom-to-be. The growing...
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jasonmachowsky
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The Epic Quest for Six Pack Abs
In Death of the Diet, I stress the importance of determining your Why – the true motivating force driving you to improve your eating and...
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jasonmachowsky
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Modifying the Seven Minute Workout
High intensity interval training, often abbreviated as HIT or HIIT, has become quite the rage in a world where time is precious and the...
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jasonmachowsky
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Why I Love…and Hate Yoga, Part 2
Image: sakhorn38 / FreeDigitalPhotos.net Over the past couple weeks I’ve received a few responses and inquiries as to what aspects of...
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jasonmachowsky
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Why I Love…and Hate Yoga, Part 1
Image: sakhorn38 / FreeDigitalPhotos.net Inspired by the NY Times article, “How Yoga Can Wreck Your Body”, I took a moment and began to...
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jasonmachowsky
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Three Tips to Maximize Exercise Results Each Session
Three Ways to Make This Lat Pulldown More Effective Image Courtesy of: Microsoft Images / Corbis Being physically active is an important...
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jasonmachowsky
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Death of the Diet Spotlight: Carolyn Appel and Free Range Human
Carolyn Appel and Free Range Human www.CarolynAppel.com Carolyn and I used to work together at Equinox in NYC during my grad school...
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jasonmachowsky
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Six Essential Running Warmups
Running Warmups = Awesome Run Image Courtesy of Microsoft Images Yes, you need to warm-up before running. Yes, it should be something...
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jasonmachowsky
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Three Tips to Safe and Effective Interval Training
Interval Training Courtesy of Mircosoft Images An excerpt from Death of the Diet: “Interval training is an advanced, highly effective...
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jasonmachowsky
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A Holiday Gift to Tight Muscles: Four Self-Myofascial Release Videos!
Rolling, rolling, rolling. Keep those IT Bands rolling. The holidays are a season of giving, so let’s make sure we give our body and...
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jasonmachowsky
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Modifications and Cues for Re-Learning the Squat
Squatting is one of the main exercises and human movements performed on two legs (other exercises, such as walking, lunging and stepping...
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jasonmachowsky
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Squatting: Ideal vs. Reality
From the gyms of America to the streets of India, proper squatting technique is a hallmark of effective powerlifting and functionality....
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jasonmachowsky
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Inside the Trainer’s Brain: My Training Philosophy
The Brain Behind the Blog I want to provide you with a look into what’s going on in my brain (scary!) when I’m creating training programs...
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jasonmachowsky
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Mastering the Art of Regression: Body Awareness & the Pushup
Image: Ambro / FreeDigitalPhotos.net Making an exercise harder is easy: do more reps, choose a heavier weight, go faster, etc. But some...
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jasonmachowsky
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What One Muscle Does Every Exercise You Do Target?
Image: FreeDigitalPhotos.net Well technically, it’s not a muscle, but the answer is…your brain! While we often say we are working out...
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jasonmachowsky
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Who Has Better Posture?
Round 1: Sumo vs. Business Saw this advertisement in an airline magazine on my way to a wedding in Omaha last weekend. Take a look at...
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