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Treadmill Routine for Your Booty and Legs
16 May 08 02:29 PM | Corinne | with no comments

OK ya'll. I did this one myself at 5am and it was a goodie. It also made the time pass. Right now I am in major work my booty and legs mode because I want them to look good on stage. Can I get a WOOT??? You can also easily modify this routine for...

Filed under: Exercise, Leg Workout, Cardio Workout

Let's Walk The Dog
14 May 08 03:30 PM | Corinne | 2 comment(s)

Yesterday we talked about how efficient circuit training is and I gave you a GREAT routine to use. Today I want to tell you about how to walk the dog. How many of you drag your booty out of bed every morning and take the family pooch for the morning walk...

Filed under: Exercise, Cardio Workout, Interval Training, intensity, free cardio routine

Helpful Techniques to Make Cardio Effective!
22 April 08 05:27 AM | Corinne | with no comments

Today we're going to talk about cardio and the biggest mistake I see make with it: doing the same thing over and over again yielding little to no results. Changing up cardio is just as important as switching your foods around and attacking your muscles...

Filed under: Exercise, Cardio Workout, Aerobic Activity, Treadmill, free cardio routine

Exercise INTENSITY!!!
23 January 08 03:31 PM | Corinne | 12 comment(s)

Ya'll, I am so back in this game! I can't even describe how good I feel and how everything is just clicking. When I am working out hard it's as if I can feel the body responding. It is amazing to me the satisfaction and achievement felt when...

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Why Track Cardio to Burn Fat?
14 January 08 03:08 PM | Corinne | 8 comment(s)

It takes intensity in EVERYTHING you do to lose weight and burn fat. You need to journal with intensity, strength train with intensity, eat with focused intensity, and do your cardio with MAD INTENSITY. The key word: INTENSITY. A concept I have recently...

Filed under: Exercise, Cardio Workout, Plateaus, Aerobic Activity, Interval Training, Treadmill, Cardio Directory, intensity

Cardio That Burns Fat
09 January 08 06:46 PM | Corinne | 3 comment(s)

This is the last of our three-pronged approach to burning up the fat and avoiding weight loss plateaus...cardio. We talked the last two days about changing how we strength train to trick the body, shifting our menus to ingnite the fat burning furnace...

Filed under: Exercise, Making Exercise a Lifestyle, Cardio Workout, Aerobic Activity, Weight Loss

Legs in the Morning and Cardio in the Evening
21 October 07 02:45 PM | Trish | with no comments

I haven’t done this in awhile, but I split my routine today because I woke up at the crack of dawn and couldn’t go back to sleep. All I had time to do was knock one or the other out and since my weights routines are so intense I decided I should do it...

Filed under: Diet, Exercise, Weight Training, Weight Watchers, Cardio Workout, Interval Training, Treadmill

Sunday and It’s a New Week
21 October 07 02:42 PM | Trish | with no comments

The definition is starting to pop on my upper body. Legs are looking better, but with my loose skin they may always be a mess. I’m very happy with my upper body though. Looks like the new training and eating is really working. I took off yesterday. Business...

Filed under: Diet, Exercise, Weight Training, Weight Watchers, Cardio Workout, Interval Training, Treadmill, Eating Clean

Listen to Your Body When You Diet and Exercise
21 October 07 02:41 PM | Trish | with no comments

Today I woke up sort of sore and just feeling a little sluggish. After coffee and breakfast I decided I had too much to do today to try and force a huge leg workout and cardio session that would likely leave me washed out for the rest of the day. Using...

Filed under: Diet, Exercise, Weight Watchers, Cardio Workout, Interval Training, Treadmill, Stairmaster, Eating Clean

Tuesday - Awesome Arm Workout
21 October 07 02:41 PM | Trish | with no comments

For all of us ladies who carry our weight in our lower half, working your upper body can be a great way to “reshape your body.” Although you can’t spot reduce, you can build out the areas of your body that are naturally leaner so that the eye is drawn...

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Mixing It Up With a Full Body Cardio Routine
21 October 07 02:39 PM | Trish | with no comments

Today I met with my personal trainer and I gave him two options: we could do a full body cardio routine inspired by Phat Camp and exercises inserted by me or do my scheduled chest routine. We opted for the full body routine. These types of workouts are...

Filed under: Diet, Exercise, Weight Watchers, Cardio Workout, Eating Clean

Leg Strength…It’s a Good Thing
21 October 07 02:39 PM | Trish | with no comments

Today I did my leg routine and a little cardio afterward for a cool down. Legs are one of those body parts that I feel you should work hard and if you work them hard enough you shouldn’t have a lot left over for cardio. Sometimes I will try to blow them...

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Come On and Get Your Shoulder Lean!
21 October 07 02:36 PM | Trish | with no comments

Wooooo…today was shoulders and it was good. I did the routine with my trainer and he gave me some great tips for form that I will definitely be including in my Exercise Directory I give all of my clients. Bill is really smart when it comes to correct...

Filed under: Diet, Exercise, Shoulder Workout, Weight Training, Weight Watchers, Cardio Workout, Interval Training, Treadmill

My Arm Workout…Not a Creative Title
21 October 07 02:33 PM | Trish | with no comments

Today I couldn’t think of anything nifty to start off the post. I think I’m just exhausted and sitting in Panera with the sweet smells of breads and pastries is about all I can freaking handle! It was arm day and I had to hustle through the workout to...

Filed under: Diet, Exercise, Weight Training, Weight Watchers, Cardio Workout, Arm Workout, Interval Training, Stairmaster

She’s Got Legs!
21 October 07 02:32 PM | Trish | with no comments

What is the one body part almost every woman wants to improve or shape up? Legs. Legs are the largest muscle group and provide a taxing workout when you do it right. There is nothing like a series of squats and lunges to send your heart rate skyrocketing...

Filed under: Diet, Exercise, Weight Training, Leg Workout, Cardio Workout, Treadmill

Splitting Workouts Into Two Sessions - Can You Do This?
21 October 07 02:29 PM | Trish | with no comments

There is evidence that shows splitting your workout into two different sessions during the day is better for your performance and fat burning capabilities. This is true, but it is also true that finding motivation to do one workout a day is hard enough...

Filed under: Exercise, Weight Training, Making Exercise a Lifestyle, Cardio Workout

Working Out ALL DAY…or so it seems
21 October 07 02:28 PM | Trish | with no comments

Today is one of those days where I’m so busy with work and life that I am squeezing it all in when I can. Many of us forget that a workout doesn’t have to be XXX amount of time at X o’clock. It can be thrown at your body all day in shorter bouts with...

Filed under: Diet, Core Work, Exercise, Weight Training, Weight Watchers, Making Exercise a Lifestyle, Cardio Workout, Treadmill, Eating Clean

Cardio in the morning???
21 October 07 02:27 PM | Trish | with no comments

I happened to find this link today while researching a competely different topic and thought it was full of such valuable information that everyone should read it. It talks about: - EPOC: Excess Post-Exercise Consumption - Afterburn Effect - Cardio on...

Filed under: Exercise, Weight Training, Making Exercise a Lifestyle, Cardio Workout, HIIT

March Newsletter
21 October 07 02:26 PM | Trish | 1 comment(s)

This newsletter goes out in email and is posted on my website, but I want to keep a copy on this site for people who “live” here. This has been an exciting month! I launched my online personal training business a little over a month ago and I have enjoyed...

Filed under: Exercise, Weight Watchers, Making Exercise a Lifestyle, Cardio Workout, Interval Training, Treadmill, Newsletters

Leg Workout and Split Lessons
21 October 07 02:24 PM | Trish | with no comments

I am almost at one week of splitting cardio and weights into two different sessions and I like it a lot. The first part of the week I was doing the cardio in the afternoon and starting yesterday I switched to doing cardio at 6:00 a.m. and weights at 9...

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Arms and HIIT…Thanks Trish
21 October 07 02:23 PM | Trish | with no comments

A client emailed me a HIIT routine she wanted to try out and I asked her to allow me to do it first to see how intense it was. She found a good one! I made a couple of modifications to fit my level of running (or lack of) and switched out the strength...

Filed under: Diet, Exercise, Weight Training, Cardio Workout, Arm Workout, Treadmill, HIIT

Chest, Shoulders, and Legs…Oh MY!
21 October 07 02:22 PM | Trish | with no comments

The last three days have been interesting since I each workout has involved shoulders. I didn’t plan it that way but by the end of my chest workout (which involved a lot of bearcrawling and a lot of push ups) I noticed my shoulders felt like they were...

Filed under: Diet, Chest Workout, Exercise, Weight Training, Cardio Workout, Interval Training, Treadmill

Vegas Vacation…Friday
21 October 07 02:21 PM | Trish | with no comments

Do you struggle with exercising while on vacation? Many times a good fitness routine and healthy eating habits are thrown out the window the second vacation or travel begins. It doesn’t have to be that way. Throughout my nine day stay in Vegas I am going...

Filed under: Diet, Exercise, Making Exercise a Lifestyle, Cardio Workout, Arm Workout, Treadmill, Vacation

Make A Difference Today
21 October 07 02:21 PM | Trish | with no comments

Who is the one person in your life that always makes you smile? Is there a person who makes life a little better each time you talk to them? Well, I’m very lucky. Lately I have been surrounded by the most caring and wonderful people, many of whom I have...

Filed under: Diet, Exercise, Weight Training, Back Workout, Weight Watchers, Cardio Workout

Five Tips to Leaving Vacation and Getting Back to Healthy Living
21 October 07 02:17 PM | Trish | with no comments

Do you have a hard time getting back to the gym and healthy eating after a vacation? It can be tough. You probably indulged in sweets and carbs you normally don’t. Activity is usually limited or non-existant. All of this makes it tough to jump back in...

Filed under: Diet, Exercise, Making Exercise a Lifestyle, Cardio Workout, Vacation

Clean Eating…I can’t say enough about it
21 October 07 02:15 PM | Trish | with no comments

One of the services I offer my online training clients is daily review and commentary of their food journals through the use of our member’s only discussion board. I teach them to eat clean and suggest small, liveable changes to their menus so that they...

Filed under: Diet, Exercise, Weight Training, Weight Watchers, Cardio Workout, Arm Workout, Eating Clean

The Scale Drama
20 October 07 09:50 PM | Trish | with no comments

Do you ever wake up in the morning, run to the scale, weigh-in, and either do a joyful dance because you are at your “happy weight” or slump your shoulders and look for your fat clothes because you gained a pound? For women, the scale has a powerful control...

Filed under: Diet, Chest Workout, Exercise, Weight Training, Scale, Cardio Workout, Treadmill, Cardio Directory

Cardio Routines Are Here!!!!
20 October 07 10:49 PM | Trish | with no comments

Would you like to have access to my cardio routines for the treadmill and other pieces of gym equipment? Do you want some strength routines you can do during your cardio sessions to save valuable training time? This directory is full of workouts that...

Filed under: Exercise, Cardio Workout, Interval Training, Treadmill, Stairmaster, Cardio Directory, HIIT, Elliptical

Cardio Routines Directory - Jello Legs and 30 Min. Core Sculptor
20 October 07 10:48 PM | Trish | with no comments

For the next few weeks I will be performing a variety of the Cardio Routines from my new Cardio Directory that I released on March 27 to give all of you who order even more ways to the use the routines. I almost couldn’t believe how many of you ordered...

Filed under: Diet, Core Work, Exercise, Shoulder Workout, Weight Training, Leg Workout, Cardio Workout, Treadmill, Cardio Directory, Elliptical

Always Lead By Example…You never know who’s watching
20 October 07 10:48 PM | Trish | with no comments

Twice today “Lead by Example” has been brought to my attention and it inspired me to write to all of you…especially all of my Mommies out there searching for a healthy lifestyle they can share with their children. (Click on More… to see the rest of this...

Filed under: Diet, Exercise, Making Exercise a Lifestyle, Cardio Workout, Children, Arm Workout, Treadmill, Cardio Directory

Inches…the True Measure of How Our Bodies Are Changing
20 October 07 10:46 PM | Trish | 1 comment(s)

I endlessly discuss how you cannot live by the scale. It is such an inaccurate way to see weightloss success. 1. It doesn’t tell you what type of weight you are losing. Plenty of people who burn, burn, burn on the cardio neglect to add in strength training...

Filed under: Chest Workout, Exercise, Client Results, Leg Workout, Scale, Cardio Workout, Treadmill, Cardio Directory

Fat Burning…What You Need To Know
20 October 07 10:46 PM | Trish | with no comments

The burning question these days is, “I want to lose weight. What is the best way to burn fat?” With loads of information about fat burning zones, when to eat, and how much to exercise, it can be confusing to even seasoned waist watchers. Here are things...

Filed under: Exercise, Back Workout, Making Exercise a Lifestyle, Cardio Workout, Treadmill, Cardio Directory

Changing Your Lifestyle
20 October 07 10:26 PM | Trish | with no comments

Does this sound like you? It’s Sunday night, you have all fresh fruits and vegetables in the house, you are determined to cook all week and not eat out, the alarm is set for 5:30 a.m., and you are determined to workout six times this week for one hour...

Filed under: Diet, Exercise, Weight Watchers, Making Exercise a Lifestyle, Cardio Workout, Interval Training, Cardio Directory, Elliptical

All About the Cardio
17 October 07 06:06 PM | Trish | with no comments

You have heard me preach about the importance of combining cardio and weight training to enhance your fat loss efforts. Today we’re going to focus on the cardio side of the equation and what I recommend to my clients. Cardio is absolutely key to burning...

Filed under: Chest Workout, Exercise, Back Workout, Cardio Workout, Interval Training, Cardio Directory, HIIT

Walking With Hand Weights…Good Idea?
17 October 07 05:51 PM | Trish | with no comments

Today I had a long time reader ask me about walking with hand weights. She has a friend who has done a great job of incorporating a walking program into her fitness regimine. To boost the intensity and tone her arms she is now walking with three pound...

Filed under: Exercise, Leg Workout, Cardio Workout, Cardio Directory

Heart Rate Max Answers for the Unfit
03 October 07 09:15 PM | Trish | with no comments

Last week I received a question on the Weight Watcher Message Board I frequent regarding Heart Rate Max levels and fitness gains. I thought many new exercisers would have similar questions so I am reposting here for everyone’s benefit. Does walking and...

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