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Who doesn’t love Leg Day – and for good reason! Our legs are made of the largest skeletal muscles of the body, which means that they are BIG calorie and fat burners and major utilizers of blood glucose! Not to mention, they allow us to stand upright, walk, run, squat, lunge, jump (you get the pictur...
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By Carla DiGirolamo MD, CFL1
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“Tabata” is an amazingly versatile style of high-intensity interval training (HIIT). It is classically performed on a clock where each round includes 20 seconds of work followed by 10 seconds of rest for anywhere between 4 and 8 rounds (totaling 2-4 minutes).
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By Carla DiGirolamo, MD, CFL1
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Training while on vacation is a challenge for all of us because we are out of our daily routines and without our usual access to trainers, coaches, and equipment- not to mention those late nights celebrating with friends and family. So “vacation” training must be...
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By Dr. Carla DiGirolamo MD, CFL1Â
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We’ve all been there. You wake up feeling more exhausted than you did before you went to sleep and today is a heavy training day. Right out of the gate emerges the feeling of defeat.
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The ability to modify training on the fly is a valuable skill to help na...
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By Carla DiGirolamo MD, CFL1
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This workout was made for the busy, bad-ass midlife woman! It is versatile with no equipment needed, and can travel anywhere. The movements are simple with modifications for every fitness level. It can be done as a zone 2 recovery day or a 30-minute sweat-fest. We...
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By Carla DiGirolamo, MD, CFL1
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This workout uses a TABATA format over multiple movements to challenge you to accumulate 300 total repetitions in the shortest period of time. This workout has so many benefits, but here are just a few:
-  The use of multiple complementary movements requires qui...
