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Spring Forward to Action 30-Day Challenge – Day 21: Crash & Rest Day

Good morning! How are you feeling today? We’re in the home stretch now. With just a little over a week to go and only 8 more days of fitness training, the Spring Forward to Action 30 Day Challenge is nearing it’s completion. How are you doing? Are you meeting your goals? Would you like to see something different? Share your thoughts. I’m eager to know. For those of you who are curious about May, we’re already getting set up here for a new six week program that will carry us into the Sizzling Summer — for now, consider it the … Continue reading →

Spring Forward to Action 30-Day Challenge – Day 7: Crash and Rest Day

It’s time to take a crash and rest day. Down days are as important to your overall fitness as days of exercise. You’ve had opportunities to strength train three times this week, flexibility train twice and six opportunities for cardio workouts. Your body needs to rest so that it can repair, recover and rebuild muscle tone. If you workout every day without rest, you run the risk of over training and muscle fatigue. These two conditions can leave you feeling worse than before you ever exercised. They are also two of the leading causes behind why people give up their … Continue reading →