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How To Be Happier: 5 Things You Can Do Today

How To Be Happier: 5 Things You Can Do Today

It’s no question that we all want to be happier.  Most days we think happiness comes from weighing just 10 lbs less, earning just a couple thousand dollars more, or just having a bit more recognition at work and in our industry,  but according to the research, the way you look, how much money you make, or how famous and ...

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Mo.links – The Must Read Health & Fitness Resources This Week

Mo.links – The Must Read Health & Fitness Resources This Week

In this weekly link roundup we have a talk on how money can actually buy you happiness, 5 books on the importance of living slower and an article about how who you eat matters as much as what you eat.  Here are the 6 links we think you'll love. Want to keep up with our favorite links? We usually Tweet them ...

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Kickboxing For Rural Kids: A Movemo and Men of Elegance Fundraiser

Kickboxing For Rural Kids: A Movemo and Men of Elegance Fundraiser

Earlier this month marked my 27th birthday and instead of some crazy big party I thought, how about I share the gift of fitness with my friends and family for a good cause.  So with the help of some friends from the Men of Elegance, we set up a fundraising event  for every Saturday this month where I taught kickboxing ...

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Take It to the Next Level: Circuit and Complex Training

Written by on 25th April 2012 in MoveMe - Motivation & Habit Building with 0 Comments
Take It to the Next Level: Circuit and Complex Training

For those of you that are looking to change it up and even challenge your fitness, why don’t you try out circuit and complex training? Circuit Training Circuit training is a combination of resistance training and aerobics.  It aims to increase strength as well as muscular endurance.  A circuit consists of multiple exercises that are performed sequentially typically ranging from 4-8 exercises. ...

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Homemade Hummus Recipe

Written by on 24th April 2012 in A Moveable Feast - Food Tips with 0 Comments
Homemade Hummus Recipe

Here's a quick homemade hummus recipe. It really is this simple. Ingredients:  Can of chickpeas Juice of 1 lemon 2 cloves garlic 3 tablespoons tahini sauce (if you don't have tahini don't worry you can omit it) 1 teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons olive oil Instructions: Blend all ingredients together in a food processor Enjoy with vegetables, bread, crackers basically use it as an all-purpose dip Photo via bobjudge

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Mo.Links – The Must Read Health & Fitness Resources This Week

Mo.Links – The Must Read Health & Fitness Resources This Week

In this weekly link roundup we have articles on the cost of healthy living, an inspiring running video, fitness facts and methods of weight loss.  Here are the 7 links we think you'll love. Want to keep up with our favorite links? We usually Tweet them out (@movemofitness) or Pin them up on Pinterest at  Movemofitness, we're usually on these sites ...

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Listening to your Favorite Music Boosts Performance Study Finds

Written by on 18th April 2012 in MoveMe - Motivation & Habit Building with 0 Comments
Listening to your Favorite Music Boosts Performance Study Finds

What:  In a study presented at the British Psychological Society Annual Conference by researchers from Keele University, 64 sports participants were compared to see if listening to their favorite music would boost their performance.  Each group was assessed before and during training, and before competitions or races, with and without their favourite music. Each session was rated by the participants for ...

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Three Misleading Fitness Phrases I Wished We Stopped Using

Three Misleading Fitness Phrases I Wished We Stopped Using

So I’ve got to be honest, I’ve definitely used all three over the years and after realizing how incorrect they were I promised to stop using them.  Here is the third mythbusters installment revealing misconceptions about common health and fitness training phrases. All you’ve got to do is progressively overload. The progressive overload principle is a major component of health and fitness ...

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The 9 Principles To Living Longer – Blue Zone Living

The 9 Principles To Living Longer – Blue Zone Living

In his book Blue Zones, Dan Buettner profiles the lessons he learned from researching the four places around the world where the people lived the longest and the healthiest.  From Okinawa to Sardinia to Costa Rica to even the California based Loma Linda, these places have people who live well into their 100’s.  So the question for Dan was how ...

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Mo.Links – The Must Read Health & Fitness Resources This Week

Written by on 13th April 2012 in MoveMe - Motivation & Habit Building with 0 Comments
Mo.Links – The Must Read Health & Fitness Resources This Week

In this weekly link roundup we have articles on how exercise can prime the brain for addiction, why you should skip the gym all together, and why exercise might be more than marginally useful for weight loss.  Here are the 8 links we think you'll love. Want to keep up with our favorite links? We usually Tweet them out (@movemofitness) or ...

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