Author Archives: Kevin LaCourte

Strategies For Success

Strategies For Fitness and Wellness Success Try new foods and keep variety in your diet.  Be sure to include at least 4-6 servings of vegetables each day. Eliminate simple carbohydrates like fruit juices, processed snack food (pretzels, chips, cookies, bagels and bread) and sugar-sweetened beverages such as soda.  If you eliminate sugar from your dietContinue reading “Strategies For Success”

Benefits of Intermittent Fasting

5 Science-Backed Benefits of Intermittent Fasting It turns out that skipping breakfast may have a host of benefits from frying fat to reversing diabetes. Between keto, paleo, and Whole30, it can be hard to keep up with the latest happenings in the trendy-diet sphere. Unfortunately, many of the strict eating plans involve meticulous tracking of everyContinue reading “Benefits of Intermittent Fasting”

Better Than Burpees

13 Exercises That Are Better Than Burpees For Fat Loss These moves are the ULTIMATE fat torchers for most people //players.brightcove.net/211755171/VJf7O8bpl_default/index.html?videoId=4599934073001 Burpees involve quickly moving from a standing position to a pushup position and back again. They work every muscle in your body. You’ll burn a lot of calories and your heart rate will goContinue reading “Better Than Burpees”

Get More Out of Strength-Training Workouts

by JENNY SUGAR If you haven’t already heard, a cardio-only fitness routine isn’t the best for losing weight and sculpting muscles. Strength training is a must, and here are five tips to get the most out of those weight-building sessions. Twice Isn’t Enough If you’re hitting the weights once or twice a week, it’s definitely better than nothing,Continue reading “Get More Out of Strength-Training Workouts”

Is This The Ultimate Cardio Exercise?

And you thought regular burpees crushed calories BY TYLER CHIN //players.brightcove.net/211755171/VJf7O8bpl_default/index.html?videoId=5513324444001 The standard burpee is one of the best exercises for incinerating calories no matter where you are and sending your heart rate soaring. Better still, having a couple of body-weight moves in your arsenal is an excellent way to keep your fitness on the railsContinue reading “Is This The Ultimate Cardio Exercise?”

Workout of the Week (6/20/17)

Here’s a HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training) workout that requires no equipment.  A HIIT workout mixes shorts bursts of activity with even shorter rest periods. Ideally, you work to your maximum capacity during the short bursts of activity, hence the use of “high intensity” to describe those intervals. Because you are pushing your limits, theseContinue reading “Workout of the Week (6/20/17)”

The 6 Smartest Fast Food Lunches You Can Order

Eating on the go doesn’t have to derail your diet BY JULIE STEWART Lunch is the meal most often bought at fast food joints, according to a survey of more than 1,000 Americans by the marketing company Fluent. And the most popular fast food options? You guessed it: Burgers and pizza top the list. ButContinue reading “The 6 Smartest Fast Food Lunches You Can Order”