What is the Real Shelf Life of Food in Your Fridge? It is a common belief that healthy eating is expensive. Although choosing quality ingredients can cost a little more, the true expense comes when you buy premium food only to have it go bad! To cut down on your…
Happy Thanksgiving from Total Gym! Give Thanks For each new morning With its light FOR REST AND SHELTER OF THE NIGHT For health and food For love and friends FOR EVERYTHING THY GOODNESS SENDS ~ RALPH WALDO EMERSON ~ On behalf of the Total Gym family, we want to wish…
How To Warm Up Properly To Prevent Injury http://youtu.be/Zi0MbRYaRro Personal trainer John Peel is back at Total Gym Pulse here to show us how to warm up properly to prevent injury before exercise using The Total Gym home exercise machine. Warming up before any type of exercise is important for…
Best Tasting Smoothie Recipes As a naturopath and personal trainer, I know my clients will never achieve the results they are looking for without a diet that contains the necessary nutrients for lots of energy and a strong immune system. This comes from eating whole foods, something most people do…
Monitoring Your Sodium Intake What is sodium and where does it come from? Sodium is a naturally occurring mineral that our bodies require to live. Animals too require sodium to live, hence the need for salt blocks for some animals. This is also why there is naturally some sodium in…
How To Get A Sexy Core http://youtu.be/qkJn_xmeU_U Personal trainer Tiffany Savion is back to Total Gym Pulse to show us how to get a sexy core and strengthen our abdominal muscles using The Total Gym home exercise machine. There are many advantages to working on your core muscles. First, they…
Why Lactose Intolerance is Increasing What is Lactose Intolerance? Lactose is the natural sugar found in milk. Lactose intolerance is caused by not having enough of the enzyme lactase in your gut to digest this milk sugar; this is different than a cow’s milk or diary milk allergy, although some…
How To Build Muscle http://youtu.be/BdXD6SFj4S4 Personal trainer John Peel is back at Total Gym Pulse to show us how to build muscle using Total Gym home exercise machine. There are several reasons why this is important. First, building muscle helps strengthen connective tissues, which helps increase bone density. Next, muscles…
Stress-Busting Cardio Workout http://youtu.be/jeVbxr5Bk64 The weather is changing, schedules are tight, happy hours and holiday festivities tend to keep you busy. Not to mention you may be running around the your kids with to all of their extra sports and activities! This can be quite stressful and make it difficult…
5-Minute Morning Workout http://youtu.be/Ji7vYjIcmhg My five-minute morning workout is invigorating and you can do it anywhere. I’ve combined some of the best exercises from Pilates, yoga and resistance training. Do this quick workout routine every day and you will reap the following benefits: 1. It strengthens and stretches the major…