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While on vacation, I was able to keep up my daily walking and I even got in a couple days of weight training at the resort where we stayed. However, I wasn’t able to completely maintain my exercise schedule as at home and I couldn’t duplicate my routine without my Total Gym - I missed […]

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In my last post, I said I chose the Total Gym when I quit the fitness club to do my strength training at home. I’ve had quite a few questions over the last few months as to how I made my decision.
My final consideration was between the Total Gym and the Bowflex. There’s […]

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Strength training, particularly lifting weights, can be intimidating to some. It sounds like such hard work; aka painful. Perhaps you’ve had an experience where you started lifting weights and over did it - too much weight, too fast - then painfully and embarrassingly hobbled around for several days. For some, it may be overwhelming to […]

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Earlier I wrote about how I’ve lost 15 pounds since the first of the year (now 18 pounds). In addition to increasing my intake of purified water and walking 30 minutes a day/6 days a week, I added strength training to my weekly exercise routine.
I’ve known about the value of strength training and […]

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In my earlier post outlining several changes I made for better health at the beginning of 2008, I listed a daily walk for 30 minutes, at least 6 days a week. It may seem like a small thing but what a difference it makes.
I mainly walked on a treadmill the last few months due to […]

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In an earlier post, I wrote about how Gov. Mike Huckabee’s book, Quit Digging Your Grave With A Knife And Fork: A 12-Stop Program To End Bad Habits And Begin A Healthy Lifestyle, helped me make some changes at the first of this year. I’m over 90 days into the new routine and am still […]

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My early morning routine begins with a 30 minute walk on the treadmill in our family room downstairs. When one of my daughters recently moved into the adjacent guest bedroom, my TV watching while treadmilling didn’t go over well. Unwilling to alter my exercise routine, I had to find a creative solution to respect my […]

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On New Year’s Day I was the heaviest I’d ever been; generally tired; felt like I’d get injured doing the simplest thing. I couldn’t blame anyone else. Like Zig Ziglar said, “I never accidentally ate anything.” I was so sedentary. Wasn’t like me. I knew what I needed to do, yet…the biggest step toward better […]

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