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Making health-promoting choices that are hard now, like exercising regularly and eating nutrient-dense foods, will make our lives easier moving forward.
Choose your hard
There is no shortage of difficult decisions to make when it comes to our health. Every single day, we must make many choices on what to eat, how to move our bodies, what information to consume, when … more
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A metaphorical piece of my heart will always live in Cleveland, where I learned how to best take care of the physical one every day.
A weekend in Ohio
This past weekend, Cosmos and I made the trip to Columbus, Ohio to watch the Top 25 women’s basketball matchup between the Ohio State Buckeyes and the Iowa Hawkeyes. If you follow any sports at … more
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Writing out how we’d ideally like to talk to ourselves is one of the best ways to practice positive self-talk.
Talking to ourselves
Would you talk to someone else the same way you talk to yourself? My guess is no, because you’d never be as mean to someone else as you are to yourself. The way we talk to and about ourselves … more
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Whether you’re building muscle for strength, size, or overall health, find the method that gives you the best results while having the most fun.
How to build muscle
Building muscle is important to our overall health, especially as we age. Not only does having more muscle make us stronger and better at doing every day activities, it also improves our overall … more
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Along with the other tips discussed, having fun along the way is one of the best ways to increase the likelihood of achieving your goals.
New year, new you?
Now that we’ve officially started the new year, you may be feeling pressure around setting new goals or resolutions. This is a very common time of year to take on new goals, especially around … more
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Food is fuel, and food is also fun. Finding the balance of these two will make food decisions much less stressful.
Do broken cookies have calories?
As the year is coming to a close and the ground is wrapped in a blanket of snow, many holiday treats are being made, decorated, and consumed. My sister found a fantastic dairy-free pumpkin pie recipe … more
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One of my main priorities in 2023 was completing the Lake Placid Marathon in under two hours. High level of focus and intensity int he 4 months leading up to it prepared me to accomplish this goal.
Two keys to improving focus
Now that we’re nearing the end of 2023, it’s time to reflect on our goals from the year, assess how much progress we’ve made toward them, and acknowledge what our intentions are for … more
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One of the best, most surprising returns that has come out of investing in our home gym has been not having to sacrifice time with my dogs in order to improve my health.
Investing in our health
My home gym has been a work in progress for a few years now. When all of the gyms closed in 2020, it became very important to me to have my own space to workout in. At that time, I purchased a squat … more
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Building confidence takes time and will only happen if you take action first.
Cultivating confidence
Confidence is the feeling or belief that one can rely on someone or something, having firm trust, or the state of feeling certain about the truth of something. In theory, we all know that confidence … more
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You might be surprised what you learn if you allow yourself to try new things, just like I surprisingly learned that Brady loves hiking.
Do what makes you feel alive
A few weekends ago, my husband and I took all four of our dogs on a hike. At two o’clock in the afternoon, we arrived at Mohonk Preserve to meet up with family and had about three hours of … more
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If you’re interested in prioritizing your health this time of year, head over to www.calofitnessllc.com to join me in the Move More Challenge!
Moving more through the holidays
The holiday season is officially kicking off this week. Thanksgiving is often the start of many gatherings, shared meals, gifts exchanged, and holiday parties with no end in sight. It’s easy to … more
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If you want to increase the speed of your habit building even more, get a journal you love. Bonus points from me if it has dogs on it!
How to build habits faster
Building healthy habits can be a challenging process. We all have habits, and some of them are better for us than others. While there are many different recommendations out there on how many days it … more
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Although I do love going to the gym, I still regularly perform circuits to use my time most efficiently.
Why I love circuit training
Incorporating resistance training into our health routine is very important, as resistance training helps us maintain and improve muscle mass, strength, and bone density as we age. Two of the biggest … more
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While I’m not a coffee drinker, you often can find me with a cup of hot cinnamon tea and my favorite book as the days get colder.
Optimizing caffeine intake
One of the most commonly used stimulants in the world is caffeine. According to recent research, over 90% of adults use it regularly to improve alertness, energy levels, and their mood. There are … more
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Familiarizing myself with a course helps me feel more confident before a race, especially if Baxter will be joining me!
Scope it out
Fear of the unknown is one of the most common barriers that stands in our way of doing new things. When it comes to optimizing our health, it’s crucial we continue to take inventory of where we … more
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Hopefully these tips will leave you as ready for a night of high-quality sleep as Baxter and Brady.
Sleep secrets
While we all know that getting enough high-quality sleep is an important part of our health, it can sometimes feel easier said than done. One rough night of sleep can turn into too much caffeine the … more
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One of my favorite forms of active recovery is going for a walk with my husband and our four dogs.
Benefits of active recovery
Recovery is a very important part of our exercise routine. We often think of a rest day as a day where we do nothing related to exercise to allow our bodies to rest and recover. This is called … more
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Whether it’s my nieces and nephews or the kids I coach, I prioritize my health for them as much as I do it for me.
Do it for the kids
If you’re reading this on the day it is published, today is my 29th birthday. My birthday always brings up a wide range of emotions for me, as it is also two days after the anniversary of my … more
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Before traveling home from Lake Placid this weekend, we stopped and took a mile and a half walk around Heart Lake. Proactively spending a half hour in nature helped us move toward health, even on a busy travel day.
Earned, not given
It can be very tempting to wish health could be given to us. Instead, it is something we must prioritize, plan for, and earn through our actions. Our lives can get busy and it can feel impossible to … more
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If reverse-engineering your goals feels overwhelming on your own, book a 1:1 strategy session with me by e-mailing me at maggi@calofitnessllc.com and we can get you set up for success together.
How to reverse engineer your goals
While goal setting is easy, actually following through and achieving them is a completely different story. The two main reasons we don’t achieve our goals are that our goals are too vague, and … more
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Swapping some of my high intensity workouts for walks outside has greatly helped me decrease stress and inflammation in my body while still remaining active each day.
Sometimes less is more
When it comes to moving towards our healthiest state of being, it can be easy to fall into the trap of feeling like we need to do more. There is no shortage of information available to us on what we … more
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Winning requires persistence and consistency. The moment we feel like we can take an extra break is when we need to dive back in to the actions that got us to where we are to keep momentum and string wins together.
Winning after winning
When we set a goal for the first time, or the first time in a long time, it’s pretty easy to feel motivated and stay committed to achieving that goal. We focus and put in the work required to … more
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Most of our stressors today aren’t physical. To combat them, we must slow down our physical response to perceived threat so we can think clearly, decrease stress, and feel in control of our lives.
Tiny spaces, giant rewards
Do you ever feel like the world is moving so fast around you that it seems impossible to keep up? When this happens to me, it’s usually in combination with feeling stressed and overwhelmed. In … more
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Although I do not have any children yet, strength training still makes all aspects of my life easier. It especially comes in handy when I am the one carrying one of my nieces or nephews!
The irony of avoidance: strength training for parents
On Saturday, my sister, her daughter, and I spent the entire day together. Our girls’ day included some shopping, lunch at Chipotle, and a two and a half mile walk while my niece got to try out … more
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Taking action before we feel like it is the key to changing our perspective about our situation and leads to the most fun and fulfillment.
Moving through mind games
On Sunday evening, I went golfing for the first time this year. One of my intentions for the day was to move my body in a way that would be fun, and as the day went on, golf sounded like a great fit. … more
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