Deep Tissue Massage using Foam Roller Exercises for Hip Pain, Part 1

August 23, 2010

In this post I will discussion why deep tissue massage is a must for anyone with tight muscles or an injury, in particular for someone with a torn hip labrum like me, and how you can do deep tissue massage therapy at home using form roller exercises.

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Motivation to Exercise (Here’s the Secret Ingredient)

August 13, 2010

During our annual camping trip with a group of friends, one family brought a projector, projector screen, and laptop.  So every night while making smores, we watched a movie under the sky.  One night we watched Kung Fu Panda.  I don’t like Jack Black too much so I never felt the desire to watch Kung [...]

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Update on Adult Eczema Treatment

August 8, 2010

In a previous post about adult eczema treatment, I talked about changing some of our household products to help prevent my husband’s adult eczema.  I am please to tell my readers that his eczema is finally gone! Yea! <doing virtual victory dance> However, our household expenses have also gone up because my husband needs to [...]

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Picking on Facebook

August 5, 2010

I am a total dunce when it comes to pop culture.  I rarely contribute to any discussion about the latest episode of America Got Talent or American Idol.  Sometimes my friends wonder out loud whether I live in a cave.  To some extent, I do.  I try to insulate myself from activities that do not [...]

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A Lifetime of Healthy Eating Habits and Exercise Cost You More Money

July 21, 2010

An article caught my eye as I flipped through the August issue of Money magazine entitled the “High Price of Healthy Living.”  It is an article with a few graphed statistics. I guess the headline worked because it slowed my flipping down to see exactly how having healthy eating habits and exercise can cost me [...]

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How to Create an Exercise Routine, Part 2

July 19, 2010
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A few days ago I talked about evaluating your goals and how much time you can devote to your exercise routine in part 1.  This post discuss how to add components to your exercise routine, what the different training types mean, and a brief discussion about why cardio without strength training leads to short term [...]

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How to Create an Exercise Routine, Part 1

July 14, 2010
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Any exercise routine is only as good as the length of time it takes for your body to get used to it.  This expiration is approximately 1-2 months from your start date.  However, it takes approximately 2-3 months for most women to see results from an exercise program. In order to see significant permanent weight [...]

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Recognizing Stress Symptoms and A Stress Reduction Tip

July 11, 2010
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You are more than just a sum of your body parts. You are a complicated creature that reacts to physical health, emotional states, traffic, noise, weather, and other people. There is an intimate connection between your physical self and your inner self — the body/mind connection. This post discusses the various stress symptoms and offers [...]

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Know a Good Twitter Plug-in to Use with WordPress?

July 9, 2010

Does anyone in blog land knows of a good Twitter Plug-in to use with your WordPress blog?  The reason I do not tweet as often as I would like to is because I do not want to have to separately log into my Twitter page in order to tweet something.  I would like to be [...]

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Mattress Shopping and Deceptive Marketing Practices

July 6, 2010
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This weekend my husband and I went mattress shopping.  Our old mattress is getting lumpy and I think a new mattress will help me sleep better.  But mattress shopping is so confusing.  Unlike other consumer goods, you cannot comparison shop based on the brand, model, and specifications at different stores when shopping for a mattress.  [...]

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Appropriate Step Aerobics Height for Exercising

June 28, 2010
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One of my biggest problems with exercising at home is that I do not have access to the variety of cardio machines that are available at the gym. I have my elliptical machine, but it gets old after a while. Since discovering The Firm exercise dvds four years ago, I occasionally include step aerobics for [...]

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Weight Loss Exercises for Your Body Shape

June 14, 2010
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A while ago I talked about using your measurements to determine your body shape. In this post, I want to talk about the type of exercises to avoid for your body shape. Exercise for weight loss vs maintenance mode In most cases the exercise you do for weight loss and for weight maintenance can be [...]

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