Blast Your Workout: Jump Roping

Do you remember jumping rope when you were a kid? You could jump rope by yourself or with others. There were plenty of rhymes and rope jumping songs you could sing or chant to keep you motivated on course for getting the most number of jumps in your jump roping routine. One of my favorites is one my daughter likes to chant now: Cinderella went upstairs to kiss her fella, she made a mistake and kissed a snake, how many doctors did it take: 1, 2, 3, 4 … The point was to jump with each syllable in the words … Continue reading

Tips to Minimize

When you are making a significant change in your dietary habits, it’s better to make the changes small. There’s an intense psychological reasoning behind this. For example, if you are changing your eating habits, giving up alcohol, picking up a heavy duty workout program while starting a new job and moving into a new house – well – you get the picture. You are setting yourself up for failure. There are way too many stressors that you are creating for yourself. Recurring failure in any area will feed the distress the other changes are already creating. So if you are … Continue reading