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Help your Teen Daughter Develop a Healthy Body Image
Despite all your pep talks and positive reinforcement, you can’t seem to get through to your daughter. She’s unhappy with her appearance and convinced that everyone else is looking at her with judgment. You’re sad that she’s so one, too focused on her physical appearance and second, doesn’t appreciate her unique beauty. How do you…
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That was Fun!
Plumbline Training workout for today: warmup backwards lunges leg lifts (right leg, left leg) high knees tuck jumps Core 6in flutters half pikes placement sit-ups 50 push-ups 3 rounds AMRepsAP / 1 min stations 45lb db Iso shoulder lifts / Iso Sit -ups –(not the technical names) ring dips hang clean squats 25lb db box…
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Crossfit Reston is coming…
A Crossfit Gym is coming to Reston with a scheduled opening date of GRAND OPENING – FEBRUARY 27th, 2010. Crossfit is very similar to the boot camp style that I do -High Intensity Training. Although Plumbline Training does not attribute its style to crossfit, I have personally found many similarities to it and the sample…
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Having an off day
I don’t feel so good today but went to camp anyway. Which in some ways is good but in another – probably not the best idea because the entire time I just thought about how I wanted to go home and my overall numbers were not so good. Workout: Warmup – practice double unders which…
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Talking to tweens about healthy eating
Nutritionists and pediatricians offered tips on ways to address children’s diet and fitness issues: Focus on health, not weight Compliment your children on lifestyle behaviors like “Great snack choice” or “You really run fast” rather than on the loss of a pound or two, said Tanner-Blasiar, a registered dietitian. Be a partner in health, not…
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Unveiling my Results!
One topic that has come up time and time again amongst my group of friends is weight loss. This is what I hear time and time again: “I am working out so hard and regularly, but I can’t seem to lose any weight” or some variation of that. The truth of the matter is exercise…
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Yay for Platinum Sit-Ups!
Happy Tuesday and Happy “return to our family routine” day. No snow in the forecast for today so the family will start back into the swing of things. I love my kids and being able to be around them but there is really something to allowing some grown up time daily that I now appreciate…