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Less is more. Quality beats quantity. Intensity trumps duration. These are the principles of the 8-week Tabata Bootcamp that Badass Fitness kicked off this week with 20 amazing men and women who are ready to prove what a growing body of research is showing. We have been conditioned to think we MUST log an hour [...]
A great, fierce workout starts with attitude and a good dose of sass, and I like to dress the part — from head to toe. Maybe it’s leftovers from my theater geek days. Whatever. It works! A great pair of kicks, a workout outfit, a new fitness apparel find — they all help get me [...]
Crunchy. Sweet. Tart. Savory. Just moist enough to compliment the stronger texture and smoky flavors of grilled chicken or steak. THESE are the hallmarks of a great slaw (by the way, ‘slaw’ is a weird word…but I digress…)! And today’s recipe hits the mark in all categories. I made this up in my head as [...]
Beauty – in projection and perceiving – is 99.9% attitude. – Grey Livingston AMEN. Attitude is everything. Do you BELIEVE in your beauty? Do you OWN it? Do you WORK for it? When I think about “beautiful,” many images come to mind. THIS is a beautiful, strong transformation. It screams ‘confidence’: THIS before and after [...]
If I could only bring one piece of equipment with me to a desert island, it would be a strong toss-up between the TRX suspension trainer and the Bosu balance trainer. I love the versatility and full-body workout potential of both, and lately I’ve been gravitating toward the sweet pink Bosu that the Bosu team [...]
I ATE PUDDING…FOR BREAKFAST. And I refuse to apologize or feel guilty about this. Furthermore, I want YOU to try this pudding for breakfast … or dessert …or a late-afternoon-craving-the-vending-machine treat. Why? Because this pudding parfait is made with healthy fats and delicious protein from the GNC team, which sent me the newest GNC LeanShake flavor [...]
Another 30 days, another Whole30 challenge conquered! Tuesday night, with an awesome breakfast-for-dinner feast of kale and spinach scrambled eggs with cocoa-cinnamon roasted buttercup squash, I finished my second round of the whole Paleo foods challenge laid out in “It Starts with Food.” The next night, I celebrated with an amazing dinner (still Paleo) at [...]
I expect a LOT of my kicks. They must power me through Badass Fitness Bootcamps – going up and down all those stadium steps, running shuttles, pivoting with shuffles, dropping into ready sets, jumping up and down with burpees and jump squats. Ditto my TRX classes, which feature ample amounts of RIP Trainer rebounders and [...]
We hate them. We love them when they are done. We hate them. We love the results. We really hate them. Yes, burpees are sort of like being 5 years old and forced to eat peas. Remember that? They didn’t go down easy, but eventually they made us grow stronger. So today’s WOD is all [...]
I could eat a great stir-fry or curry dish every day and never get bored, and in spite of my Italian-Irish roots I’d pick Thai or Indian over Italian most days (Shhhh! Do NOT tell Grandma Colavecchio!). The protein-veggie combinations are endless, as are the spice and sauce options. Sweet, spicy, fiery hot, seafood, pork, [...]