Your Strongest Muscle

Ever heard someone telling the story of how a pill, natural remedy or routine relieved their pain or healed an ailment?

But then someone usually says “that’s a placebo, it’s all in your head” but they say it like it’s a bad thing.

I see it differently.

I believe that if something can make you have such a strong mental connection to your body that you make physical or emotional changes for the better you should embrace it.

But the reverse is true as well. You can make yourself unwell with your mind or even cause yourself to fail at achieving your goals because of your mind.

Even when it comes to your goal of having a flat stomach or lifted butt.

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Try Sprint Intervals (Not What You Think)

Imagine that you are running a marathon and based on the way you’ve trained for this event at certain intervals you are going to pick up your pace for a specified period of time to get ahead faster, a sprint so to speak.

So you do your sprint and then you turn around and walk back to where you started…..wait huh?

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Their Eyes Go Blank When I Recommend This….

“How many days a week should I work out?”

I get this question a lot and I wish there was a total blanket answer but there just isn’t.

Almost always the answer starts with “it depends….” And then I list some factors to consider.

Because at the end of the day how much you move and how your body handles that movement is very individual. Those factors are critical to you feeling better not just beat down, being healthy and getting results.

So how many days already?

My answer: Two…..(maybe three) to start.

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