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Sprint Canoe Racing Legend Pam Boteler
Boteler is the top American woman in sprint canoeing, a high-intensity flatwater sport that's a growing craze among women at boating clubs across the United States. Competitors kneel in sleek carbon-fiber boats and paddle furiously on one side for up to 1,000...
Your Heart is the Most Amazing Muscle in Your Body
Did you know that your heart beats about 40 million times a year? Think about that. By the time you are 70, your heart will beat approximately 2.5 billion times. Keeping our heart healthy as we age is key to aging well. Considering that Cardiovascular disease is one...
Hi, My Name is Impossible
I was sent a message though Instagram from a follower who was asking me questions about my diet and workout regimen. She proceeded to tell me that she showed her certified nutritionist pictures of me saying she wanted to look like me. Her nutritionist told her that results like that at my age are “impossible”. I would just like to shake her hand and say, “Hi, my name is Impossible”.
Workout gear designed for women who take their strength training seriously.
This post may contain affiliate links, read my disclosure for more info. Purchasing from these links helps me create more epic blog content for you. Thank you for your support! Introducing women's fitness gear from Born ToughWe understand the necessities of a woman...
It’s Not Just Your Body That Needs Attention
This post may contain affiliate links, read my disclosure for more info. Purchasing from these links helps me create more epic blog content for you. Thank you for your support! I love the ocean. As a lifelong outdoor enthusiast my passion is to be in, on or...
Top 10 Strength Training Products for Your Home Gym
You don't have to spend a fortune to get a great workout in. You may be throwing your money away for a gym membership that goes unused. In USA Today, their research shows that 67 percent of gym memberships go unused. Putting that $60/month on average that people pay...
The Top 5 SuperFoods for Increased Energy & Total Health
Stop taking petroleum-chemical-based vitamin and mineral supplements and start eating these super-concentrated, nutrient-rich foods. What are “SuperFoods”? SuperFoods have the ability to tremendously increase your energy levels, they boost the immune system, elevate...
Invaluable Secrets to Success by Two Leading Ladies Over 40
(image: Coach Magazine) Hitting your 40's is no reason to give up an active lifestyle. This transitional age is when the body’s ability to convert food into energy slows down significantly. Having a sedentary lifestyle coupled with poor nutrition will aggravate that...
500 reasons women over 40 lift weights
The number one reason you lift weights or do strength training. In Feb of 2018, we asked the Fit Women Over 40 Private Facebook Group to tell us Who Are All These Phenomenal Women in our group. Over 500 of you responded and we want to share some of that inspiration...
Who Are All These Phenomenal Women?!
This post may contain affiliate links, read my disclosure for more info. Purchasing from these links helps me create more epic blog content for you. Thank you for your support! Who Are All These Phenomenal Women?! In Feb of 2018, we asked the Fit Women Over 40 Private...
Interview with Super Fit Mom, Tina Smiley
Tina Smiley, Super Fit Mom Hi my name is Tina. I just turned 48 in March 2017 and I’m a Mom, my boys are 24, 21, & 14. My fitness journey began about nine years ago when I started working out in my community gym. Even though I’ve never struggled with being...
Why this is the number one way to get rid of belly fat
Why this is the number one way to get rid of belly fat Have you ever wondered why – despite all your dieting efforts – you keep gaining belly fat? As you age, it becomes more challenging to keep excess inches off your abdomen and abdominal fat is fat you don’t want...
Best Body Weight Workouts for Beginners
Body Weight Training for Beginners FREE 4 Week Program for BEGINNERS Featuring Jen Sinkler. She has 13 years as a fitness editor, writer and personal trainer, with another two full decades also training as an athlete (many of those on the U.S. national rugby team)....
Short Intense Kettlebell Workouts
Kettebell Training Exercises for Beginners This is a great workout to do when time or equipment are is limited. Remember, the faster you work (shorter rest) the more of a fat loss/metabolic workout it will be. Slower/heavier load will be more strength focused. BodyFit...
The 10 Habits of Reasonably Fit Women Over 40
The 10 Habits of Reasonably Fit Women Over 40 Defining fitness is not an easy task. Everyone it seems has their own interpretations and definitions. There are lots of lists which promote the best habits of those who are already fit. Basic ideas such as “eat breakfast...
Interview with Bonnie Sprinkle
Bonnie's Story Tell us briefly who you are, how “young” you are and how you got started in your fitness journey. I’m 65. Started doing a weekly stretch & tone aerobics class when I was about 30. Did these little classes for about 3 years until a gym opened in my...
Paleo Works, but only if you do it
"Paleo works, but only if you do it", says Robb Wolf one of the leading authorities on the Paleo Solution, the Original Human Diet. One of the questions I can imagine "healthy" people might ask ( like I did) is why do I need to this "diet" and what will the benefits...
Want to Get Fit? Choose the Right Fitness Plan
If you want to lose weight, stop doing your 5 mile runs or your hour-long treadmill sessions and replace them with high-intensity interval training or Cross Fit training instead. One of the reasons why people continue to struggle with their weight despite engaging in...
The One Simple Fitness Habit You Should Absolutely Start Today
We all do one thing everyday that sabotages all of our health and fitness goals. Can you guess what it is? Its Sitting. Simply said, Sitting Kills. Even if you are very fit, if you SIT uninterrupted an extended period of time, you’re at risk of dying prematurely....
Holistic Tips for Fighting off the Flu
This year has seen a disturbing increase in the number of flu-related deaths in California, and it is a cause for concern, but certainly, not panic. The purpose of this article is to educate and arm you with simple, effective, natural and holistic methods to prevent...
The High Fructose Corn Syrup Story
sHave you seen the ads by the agribusiness public relations departments describing high-fructose corn syrup as "healthy" and "all-natural"? According to the Corn Refiners Association, high-fructose corn syrup contains the same amount of calories as cane and beet...
Your life will be better if…
How many times have you said, “My life will be better if…?” My life will be better IF I had more time to workout, or IF I could lose 40 pounds, or IF I could stop feeling tired all the time or IF I could get motivated to start working out again. What is your IF?...
Paleo Challenge… I won’t starve to death will I?
My Cross Fit Trainer has this to say in answer to this question..."Many are so wedded to their current ways that they will disparage it because it is so threatening to the current prevailing ethos ("everything is okay in moderation," "people just eat too damn much",...
The End of Overeating: Sugar, Fat & Salt
The End of Overeating: Sugar, Fat & Salt A Book Review There is a new book out called: The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite by David Kessler, MD David Kessler is a former FDA commissioner who reinvented the food label and...
Be Thankful, Buy Local & Consume Less
Back in the day, around 1621 to be exact, it has been estimated that the Pilgrims ate about 550 calories per person on Thanksgiving Day. Today the average person will consume about 2,000-to-3,000-calories for their turkey meal. Even though food was scarce, the...
Tips for Effective Core Training
Are you sure that you are getting everything you can out of your core routine? With all of the new developments in core training, it’s difficult to keep up with the latest and most effective tools and techniques. Though the core has become a mainstream concept, most...
I am a grandma & everyone thinks I am her mom instead…
Danielle's fabulous story of courage and transformation.... "I gained weight after being in an abusive marriage. .I turned to food 4 comfort...I went to the doctor& they said I was morbidly obese & knew I had to take my life back for my kids..I had 2 little...
Why be upside down?
Handstands, hand walking, and pressing to a handstand are excellent exercises to developing your athletic potential. Even my Mom remembers doing handstands & cartwheels as a kid, yet today hand balancing seems to have fallen out of favor. Of course, we think we...
Why You Should Start Your Fat Loss Regime with a Colon Cleanse
Like many people at the New Year, I'll bet some of your goals include: lose weight, burn fat, get fit, get stronger or any number of things. Well I would add to that list, Do a Colon Cleanse and here's why. Since about 80 percent of your immune system is located in...
Why Women Need More Omega-3’s
Most people get too many omega-6 fatty acids in their diet in the form of processed oils and fast foods and not enough omega-3s. Because of this, the majority of Americans suffer from an imbalance of omega-6s to omega-3s. The ideal balance of omega-3s to omega-6s is...
Start your Fat Burning with a Real Food Detox
In order for your body to BURN FAT, you need to eliminate the toxins first with a Nutrient-Rich Whole Food Detox. You may be burning fat but if you haven’t done a detox you are not getting rid of the toxins that have built up in your body. The Secret to Eliminating...
The most powerful action you need to do right now to achieve your fitness goals
The number one reason for failure in losing body fat is the lack of clearly defined, written goals. Here are the steps to achieving your fitness goals: STEP 1. Set Inspiring, Detailed & Specific Goals Don't say things like I want to lose weight and have more...
SUCCESS STORY: Tina Smiley
Hi my name is Tina I just turned 47 in March and I'm a Mom, my boys are 24, 21, & 14. My fitness journey began about nine years ago when I started working out in my community gym. Even though I've never struggled with being "overweight," I was still self conscious...
These 6 lifestyle changes are your first line of defense against heart disease
Last week, my 78 year old Mother had Open Heart Surgery unexpectedly after a heart attack that came seemingly without warning. Her heart attack only showed up as a burning sensation in her chest so she actually wasn’t sure what was happening to her because she had no...
The Top 10 Health Benefits of Fermented Foods
For thousands of years, indigenous cultures worldwide have understood that cooked & fermented foods are more feeding & nourishing to the body than raw foods. Raw foods are cleansing and detoxifying to the body because they are harder to digest. Whereas,...
Feel better by modifying your diet based on your body type
What should you believe these days when everywhere you look there are contradictions in every nutrition & health book and article you read? Your Mom tells you one thing, your friend tells you another & then you read something else in a...