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Anthony Fenn   Guilty Pleasure TV program: Mythbusters Favorite Cheat Meal: Skittles and Superman Ice Cream Hidden Talent: Drawing Nerdy Obession: Reading Favorite Sports Team: St. Louis Cardinals Dream Car: Dodge Challenger Where in the world would you like to

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Men Lose Fat Mass Faster than Women

If you ask most women, they’ll tell you that “men have it way easier,” men don’t give birth, they don’t have that monthly ‘visitor,’ AND they can eat more calories.” Okay, well, maybe that last part isn’t typically their statement,

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Best Diet for Health and Fat Loss

I repeatedly hear clients say they’re going to try “X” diet again because it worked for them the last time. Let’s take a second to analyze this sentence. The key words in this sentence are “again” and “worked.” If you

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Managing Stress through Massage

What is stress? Stress is one of the most common conditions affecting Americans. Stress is loosely defined as a state of mental or physical strain or tension. According to the American Institute of Stress, it’s your body’s response to events

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Office Ergonomics and Posture

Sadly, as we age, we’ll have aches and pains. We often attribute this to getting old, sleeping weird, or doing the wrong kind of exercise. Although all of these may be factors, one big culprit of day-to-day aches and pains

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The Truth about Muscle Memory

Muscle memory is a concept that suggests our muscles have the ability to return to, or close to, previous levels of size and strength faster than they originally adapted. Would someone who once exercised regularly really be able to regain

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Check your Posterior!

Often when we’re exercising we like to focus on muscle groups that we can see, such as the chest, biceps, abs, and quads – you know the “beach muscles”. But what about the muscles we can’t see — the posterior

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Brittany Walls Guilty Pleasure TV program: The OC Favorite Cheat Meal: Deep Dish Jets Pizza Hidden Talent: Rollerblading Nerdy Obsession: Star Wars! First Crush: A.C. Slater What’s more likely Aliens or Ghost: Aliens Where in the world would you like

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Paleo Diet: What is it?

The Paleo Diet is one of the fastest growing diet trends. It is a diet modeled after the eating habits of our ancestors during the Paleolithic period. Proponents claim that the paleo diet is a cure all for the chronic

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The “Perfect” Diet

In the effort to achieve our weight, physique, performance or medically driven goals, there are two major “players”: Diet and Exercise. I know, I am full of wisdom! But in all seriousness, I find it shocking that, while setting fitness

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