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Foam rolling for Hip and knee pain

July 7, 2014

From Lisa Bullock We received a question from Carla requesting a little more information about foam rolling for sore knees and asking how she could strengthen her legs to relieve knee pain.  If you missed my email about training with knee pain, check it out HERE. I’m going to make a generalisation here.  In the […]

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Leg Strength for Beginners

June 2, 2014

We’ve had quite a few questions lately about strengthening legs for beginners.  Several readers have explained that they’re carrying extra weight and are really feeling it in their knees when they squat or try to lunge. One of our readers, Paris, asked how she could strengthen her legs when she just feels wobbly and a […]

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Taming the Chocolate Beast

April 16, 2014

What’s the right way to eat a chocolate Easter bunny?   Start at the ears of course! Easter is almost upon us.  Hot cross buns and chocolate eggs.  And by the end of the weekend, quite likely a couple of extra pounds on the scale. But it doesn’t have to be that way.  A little planning […]

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51 Ways to Find the Fun in your Fitness

April 1, 2014

  Need some ideas to spark up your exercise and fitness?  Have fun while you train and it’ll never feel like work! 1.  Train with your girlfriends – go for a run and have breakfast afterwards and tell everyone you’re one of the ladies that “runch” (brunch is so five minutes ago!) 2. Take the […]

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Wrist Pain Solutions

February 2, 2014

Do you have wrist pain when exercising? Lea recently commented on the Female Fat Loss Over 40 Facebook fan page saying how much she enjoyed Shawna’s workout videos for Female Fat Loss over 40 but shared how frustrated she felt with exercises like burpees and mountain climbers because her wrists were not strong enough to […]

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