Category: Fitness

This just could be the perfect breakfast smoothie! Its by Harley Pasternak, trainer to celebrities like Jennifer Hudson or Jessica Simpson. So it is geared to an active life style including regular exercise. But this recipe can also act as a super base to adapt, develop and make it your own... (And if you're looking for…

It's essential to keep yourself well hydrated when you're active & doing exercise... A great way to make this easier is to prepare a post-workout green smoothie in advance. This green smoothie will than play the main role in supplying your body - which will need to be replenished, to recover and adjust to the training stimulus that you just…

    Don’t speak to me until I have my first coffee of a morning! But despite having several mocha smoothies – which I love! – on the website, I’ve never made one for breakfast – lunch, yes, but not breakfast. So maybe that’s why I’m asking is this breakfast or dessert I’m offering here?…

This is fascinating! Here's a short video clip (58 secs) reporting the amazing conclusions of a very interesting study by independent filmmaker, Sergei Boutenko. Sergei tested the impact on a group of 10 athletes of drinking whole-food based green smoothies. The athletes - ten Ultrarunners and CrossFitters - kept to their normal training and racing regimen but added…

I just ran across this popular recovery smoothie recipe from Shoshana Pritzker, RD, CDN (oxygenmag.com). She simply shares a delicious healthy recovery smoothie with concise nutritional benefits for each of the key ingredients. I found it refreshingly direct and fast-acting. - And it’ll give you some more great new ideas for your own smoothie recipes. Check out the…

Here's a cool recipe from Jenny Sugar where she shares a bunch of healthy post-workout smoothie ideas. Jenny also covers how these go to work in your body, so it’ll really get your creative juices flowing and help you come up with some great new ideas for your own smoothie recipes. (Notice I've not mentioned weight-loss so far today!!)…

Here's a cool recipe where they share great healthy post-run recovery info and a fantastic smoothie recipe! They give concise detail on how these work in your body, and it’ll really get the old creative juices flowing again to help you discover great new ideas for your own smoothie recipes. Check out the recipe below and let…

I just ran across this cool article where they share 8 tips and 2 great recovery smoothie recipes for use following your workout or run. They don’t go into a bunch of detail on how these work in your body, but it’ll really get your creative juices flowing and help you come up with some great new…

Yesterday I was looking for a simple exercise to help me lose stomach fat fast and safely, and I ran across this cool video. They share a very simple (but not so easy!) exercise which they claim will help me lose excess stomach fat in just 30 days... Actually, it hardly seems "exercise" since the task…

If you exercise regularly - and everyone ought to - here's a recipe & video giving a post-workout smoothie designed to aid rapid recovery and avoid muscle fatigue. According to Rozzie Batchelar - Jamie Oliver's fitness nutrition specialist - this is just about the perfect post-workout smoothie. It delivers 2 of your “5-a-day” and contains much more…

I just ran across this cool protein smoothie recipe by Rebecca Bohl where she shares a stack of post-workout info. Rebecca don’t go into a bunch of detail on how to make this smoothie - she doesn't have to! But it’ll really get your creative juices flowing and help you come up with some great new ideas for…

You'll like this fit for summer short video from Niki Demar, especially if you're at the younger end of our friends... Watch Niki's lively demo of how to make up her fantastic Banana Berry Smoothie. She follows on with a "run" through here bikini-body workout routine. She packs a surprisingly large number of exercises into just…