You don’t need fancy machines or expensive gym memberships to build the body of your dreams. In fact, you can burn belly fat and sculpt your muscles at home in your own home gym with dozens of bodyweight exercises. If you have dumbells, you can do even more exercises, and increase the challenge of your ...
A little background on me: I was deployed to Bosnia for 8 months in 2000, as a Supply Sergeant, responsible for Hazmat certification, weapons and chemical gear. I was a 39 year old female when I deployed, carrying a duffle bag, ruck sack, weapon, metal tool box with 36, M-16 bolts, a flak vest, my ...
There’s no way around it. Once you have a rotator cuff injury, you’re looking at months of healing. Never attempt to “work through” the pain. This will cause further damage. You can’t tough this one out. Painkillers are of no use because they will conceal the pain, and that pain is your warning that alerts ...
It was a day I am not likely to forget, preforming lunges with weights as I normally did when all of the sudden I heard this pop sound come from my leg. At first of course, I thought nothing of it, that was until I couldn’t walk and my foot began to swell. I went ...
For weeks, I’ve been suffering from what I thought was a very bad crick in the neck. Daily tasks such as bending, standing, sitting or climbing stairs became arduous and irritating. I finally couldn’t stand the pain any longer and decided to go see my doctor. As it turned out, my trapezius muscle had shortened, ...
My grandmother’s funeral stands out in my memory. Young and beautiful, she had died unexpectedly in a car accident at the age of 42. The funeral was elaborate. So was the casket. My mother said it was guaranteed for fifty years, that my grandmother’s body would not decay. I didn’t say anything — heck, I ...
Having a baby is a joy and a blessing that exceeds all others. Now that your bundle has arrived, and you are fully entrenched in ‘mommy mode’, you are probably now worrying about losing the 10 or 20 pounds that you packed on during your pregnancy. For most of us, taking time every day to ...
A little over three years ago, my son, at that time age 10, began complaining of his right hip and upper leg hurting. He said it bothered him a lot whether he was walking, running, standing, sitting or laying down. I dismissed it as growing pains. Over the course of a three week period he ...
Looking to gain lean muscle mass fast, and wondering what kind of workouts you should be doing and what foods you should be eating? To build muscle, you need to eat a lot. Stay away from simple sugars, and eat a lot of proteins and complex carbohydrates which gives you the best chance of gaining ...
Been there, done that. Physical therapy is no easy task. People in movies make physical therapy look easy. The truth is, it isn’t! Physical therapy is hard work. It’s the hard work like you used to experience in high school when the season for your sport came around and you hadn’t trained during the off ...
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