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Bicycling: Excellent Outdoor Exercise

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Bicycling is an excellent outdoor exercise!  We’ve already discussed how to exercise in an 8-part series which also included at home work outs.  Next up, is a quick glance on the importance of exercise and some uber fun accessories from a bicycle store. Importance Of Exercise We kicked off summer here on Tip Junkie with [...]

Working Out With Children {4 workouts to try}

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Motherhood is awesome – when else do you get to play Bingo with edible markers? – but between the “mommy tax” on fruit snacks, the sacks of leftover Halloween candy and having to be in the kitchen half your life, it’s a job that can be tough on your waistline. And we won’t even talk [...]

7 Workouts for People With No Money {Free Sweat!}

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Last week we learned all about bodyweight exercises and workouts for people with no equipment and today we’re learning 7 workouts for people with no money.  Yep, that’s free sweat!  So here are several tips on how to exercise for free with several at home workouts. Exercise For Free My husband and son doing bicycles [...]

Bodyweight Exercises: Workouts For People With No Equipment

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Today we’re learning about bodyweight exercises.  They are perfect workouts for people with no equipment and little time.  Our fitness series is in full force as last week we learned At Home Workouts For People With No Time and today we’re working off those tips with body weight excercises for at home workouts. Between all the [...]

At Home Workouts For People With No Time

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Continuing our how to exercise series and getting ready for summer, today we’re focusing on short at home workouts!  So here are 3 tips on workouts for people with no time – like us busy mama’s. Done: 2 hours of work, 4 breakfasts cooked and cleaned up, 3 lunches packed , 2 kids who missed [...]

Five Simple Steps To Tone Your Thighs

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“How to tone your thighs“, that’s been the question on my mind this season as my skinny jeans keep getting tighter and tighter around my thighs.  {sigh}  Thank heaven Mandi, Trainer Momma, is back in our how to exercise series and giving us five simple steps to tone your thighs for shorts season. To briefly recap, [...]

How To Eat Well and Feel Full Every Time

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One of my biggest fitness questions for Trainer Momma is how to eat well yet still feel full throughout the day?  I’m a busy mom and constantly on the go and I know that you are too.  So today Mandi is sharing her tips on healthy eating for busy women. To quickly recap in case [...]

How To Work In a Good Workout With A Busy Life

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Trainer Momma is back with practical ways to get a good workout whether you’re a busy mom or a working woman.  Last week we learned how to eat well and get control of our health and today it’s all about how to exercise! Kids. Home. Work. Carpools. Meals. Grocery shopping. Play dates. Diaper changes. T-ball [...]

How to Eat Well and Get Control of Your Health

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Have you been wondering how to eat well and get control of your health for the healthy diet? Today we’re getting healthy eating tips from Mandi our resident personal trainer! Let me tell you what most personal trainers should (but usually don’t) tell you before you slap down the $50 to have them work you [...]