The news if full of dire warnings about the health of our nation. But YOU can take steps down the Almond Brick Road to improve your heart health. Step one: Exercise. Step Two: Eat…..
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Healthy Cereals for Every Taste
Eat breakfast.Eat cereal. Whether the two go together or not, you have tasty, healthy options like never before. We ate a lot of cereal to share with you some that we believe are …
Belly Up to the (Protein) Bar
If you are into protein bars, then the place to try the World’s Biggest Selection is at the Natural Products Expo West. We came home probably with our weight in protein bars (Alexandra is only 100 pounds…plus some bonus points). We shall now discuss in essay form all the bars that passed our tantalizing taste buds test. It was the easiest test of our lives (well, maybe excluding the ice creams we tried, but we won’t talk about that). Yet…
Wrong & Right Way: StairClimber and Treadmill
Did you know there was a wrong and right way to hit the treadmill and stairclimber? One look around the cardio equipment area of a gym and you’ll see all kinds of crazy, painful form. The three most common mistakes we’ve seen year after year are …
Healthy School Lunches
What’s in your child’s school lunch? School is back in session so we invited two high school seniors to write a guest post about what teens really want in their lunch bag!
Don’t Be Still My Beating (Omron) Heart (Rate Monitor)
We tested out the new strapless heart rate monitor from Omron, and discovered it goes great with walking, running, pets and dressy affairs! Counts calories too! Best feature? It’s easy enough for even us to figure out!
Does Working Out Suck?
Do you think working out sucks? Most people do. But the alternatives suck more. What would get YOU motivated to move? What could happen if you don’t? We read Chuck Runyon’s book “Working Out Sucks,” and thought you’d like to hear about this “in your face” wake-up call.
Push-ups for Patriots
If you decided to do a January Fitness Challenge that involved 1 push-up for each American serviceman and woman killed in action for OEF & OIF (you’ll have to read the post to know what those stand for), do you know how many that would be? Are you up for it?
7 Reasons to Start Getting Fit Now
There are so many reasons to start exercising now, today, this minute (well, after you read this post). We put 7 of them here for you. We hope to be FitFluential enough to motivate at least one person to start exercising. Are you that person?
Fun and Trendy Products at the IDEA World Fitness Expo
How did we stay out of trouble at the recent IDEA World Fitness Convention? You could say by patrolling, strolling, and trolling the Expo Hall. Or you could say we didn’t (stay out of trouble, that is). Yes, we did the newest workouts for you and have pics to prove it. But you still need to do the exercise yourself. And you will WANT to when you check out some of the latest and snappiest health foods, drinks, products, and services coming your way this year. Click on the title and enjoy the IDEA Expo with us!
