Motivational Monday: 7 Ways to Control Your Environment For Success
This week’s posts all share the same theme: if you fail to plan, you plan to fail. Today we draw upon concepts taught in our Weight Loss Jump-Start lecture to help you transform your metabolism into a fat-burning, muscle-building machine. Enablers: Who are the Enablers in your life? The guy who brings a dozen donuts […]
Read MoreFresh Friday: Easy Kitchen Compost
Recently I watched a documentary called Dive inspired by a curiosity about our country’s careless habit of sending millions of pounds of food into landfills. In the film, the director and his friends dumpster dive salvaging thousands of dollars of good, edible, fresh food from grocery stores like Trader Joes. Right after seeing the film, we had […]
Read MoreWorkout Wednesday: 5 Ways to Reduce Post-Workout Soreness
Nobody likes to be sore after a workout. Although soreness cannot be completely eliminated, it can be controlled. Proper post-workout recovery protocols will also allow your body to recover more quickly and respond better to your workouts. Muscles grow and become stronger when they are subjected to forces that cause tiny tears in the muscle fibers. […]
Read MoreMotivational Monday: Ten Tips to Make New Habits Stick
The best way to get healthy and fit is by introducing good habits–one at a time. Many people fail because they take on too much too soon. Take one habit at a time and devote twenty-one days to making it stick. Then introduce another one. After a few months you will be working out four-six days […]
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Fresh Friday: Calling All Volume Eaters
So I’m what is known as a volume eater. This means satiety comes from large quantities of food. How is this achieved on a 1400-1500 calorie budget? Knowing which foods are low in calories and high in protein, fiber, and water so that I can eat a huge bowl instead of a 1/2 cup serving of something calorically […]
Read MoreWeight Loss Wednesday: Drink Water to Lose Weight
When Mary Lou started training with us last July, she lost weight really fast. In addition to eating within the confines of her prescribed metabolic formula she had an ace in the hole–water. Mary Lou drank water all day long. We never saw her without her pink sixty ounce bottle! Whether you want to lose weight […]
Read MoreMotivational Monday: How’s That New Year’s Resolution Going?
It’s January 16, 2012. Two weeks into the new year. Two weeks into the new you. What was your 2012 New Year’s resolution? How’s your progress over the past two weeks? Are you feeling great? Are you feeling strong? Confident? Did you slip right back into the proverbial comfort zone? Double Eagle Fitness is here […]
Read MoreFresh Friday: Quick Ideas For Kale, Coconut, & Curry
Easy Healthy Breakfast: This is what I’ve been eating this week for a post-workout breakfast. Two eggs over medium atop two giant leaves of kale. To eat: fold the kale gently around the eggs like a wrap-careful not to puncture the yolk. Add sliced tomato, red onion, avocado, nitrate-free deli meat, bacon, or anything at […]
Read MoreDouble Eagle Fitness: Making Marin County Safer in 2012
Double Eagle Fitness shows how to be safe in 2012 by Shelley Klaner A perfect resolution for the new year is to take care of yourself — not just by losing weight or giving up sugar or smoking — but learning how to protect yourself through basic self-defense. Sometimes when living in a small town, […]
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