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What Did We Learn This Month? @WomensHealthMag with Giada DeLaurentis on the Cover!

 

 

What Did We Learn This Month?

 Women’s Health: November 2012

 

 

 

 

Women’s Health Cover Star for November: 

The stunning, gorgeous, slender and talented chef Giada DeLaurentis is on the cover and she talks about how on earth she stays so damn tiny while coming up with fabulous recipes all day. (She merely nibbles on her creations versus the “tasting as I go along method” I usually employ in the kitchen, by the way.)

 

Plus, we get her tips on how to host the perfect dinner party as well as her favorite party recipes including a Gingerbread Cocktail that looks out of this world!

 

To check out more of Giada in Women’s Health—check out the magazine's link here.

 

So what else is in the November issue of Women’s Health? 

 

“Weekend Warriors”

Lately I have been having the travelling jones so this feature jumped right out at me—luggage suggestions for wherever your heart wants to go.  (Seriously, how cute is this bag from fleabag.com?)

 

 

  

 “15-Minute Workout”  

Do you want a truly “can do this anywhere” workout? Then tear out this page and try out these moves from trainer Amanda Russell.

 

 

 

“Strong Body, Powerful Mind”

The Women’s Health Big Book of Yoga comes with lots of different types of yoga poses including these that will raise your heart rate.

 

 

 

“The Future is Now”

Do you love shopping pages as much as I do? How about when they feature cool fitness things? Yeah—me too. The ones featured here have all some type of a technological breakthrough that makes me all kinds of happy.

 

 

“Gobble Without the Wobble”

My skinny jeans start to recede into the back of my closet sometime around the first taste of turkey I get on Thanksgiving. Maybe this year I will follow Women’s Health’s advice and make more healthy choices? (Time will tell on this.)

 

 

And now the rest of the best of this issue of Women’s Health:

• “Raise Your Game” Women’s Health asked the top ten women athletic trainers in the country to offer their best advice for torching up your workout sessions. Great stuff here!
• "Your Body on the Flu" You want to know why I get a flu shot every year? Because the flu completely SUCKS.  
• "True Blood” Those numbers next to all of those tests on your doctor’s chart actually mean something and you should know exactly how to interpret them.
• "Taking a Bite Out of Crime" Women’s Health talks about food fraud and all the ways we can (potentially) get screwed over at the grocery store. (Like I need another phobia, amIright?)
• “Your Second Brain” Your gut is in reality the “command center” of your body and can determine how healthy or unhealthy you truly are. This article is a MUST READ.

 

Overall Grade: 

A-! Loved all of the information here—good job Women’s Health!!

 

You can check out Women’s Health online as well: www.WomensHealthMag.com 

 

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Paleo Day 22 (last week on the program!) #paleo #paleosolutions

What Did We Learn This Month? @MandFHers @OxygenMagazine @PreventionMag

 

 

What Did We Learn This Month?

 

Recaps of Muscle & Fitness Hers, Oxygen and Prevention

 

 

 

Hey there! Hi there! Ho there!

 

I have a stack of November issues to get through today so let’s just get into it and start with the recaps. Whoo hoo!

 

 

 

Muscle & Fitness Hers: November/December 2012

• Véronique Morin: The famous red-headed IFBB Bikini Pro is on the cover of two of our magazines being featured today—quite an accomplishment! Véronique shows off some pretty killer upper body moves inside this issue.
• “Fit & Pretty Gifts” Ooh—the first holiday gift guide of the season and it if filled with items that give me the ‘I wants!”
•  “Slow Cook Yourself Slim” Is there anything better than crockpot season? I say no—here is a photo of mine. It is a “vintage” model I picked up at a stoop sale. (Yummy recipes are featured in the magazine.)

• Gennifer Strobo: A look at 24 hours in the life of the coach of “Team Bombshell’ which includes two workouts per day!
• “Say Bye-Bye to Seasonal Stress” The holidays do not have to turn into a junk food and stressed out free-for-all. (Right?)
• “Crush Ab Flab” tips from badass IFBB Bikini Pro Kelsie Burgin using a stability ball and a medicine ball.  
• “Teach Your Treadmill Fat-Burning Tricks” There are a few unusual moves here from the folks at Muscle & Fitness Hers—be careful if you try them for yourself.

 

Check out Muscle & Fitness Hers online: www.muscleandfitnesshers.com

 

 

 

Oxygen: November 2012

• “Impress Your Guests” Oxygen shows us how to make Turkey Bacon Bison Balls and I may never be the same. (Mmmmm—bacon…)
• “Show Your Roots” Now that I am back for more slow-cooking—it’s time to feature more root veggies into my diet. Here we have beets and parsnips.
• Véronique Morin: Here she is—on another cover! The gorgeous cover star talks about clean-eating, being a good example for her kids and how she trains for the pros.
• “What is Sandbag Training” I read about this in SELF last month and now I must try it for myself! Have you done sandbag training? Is it fun?
• “A Fit Gal’s Comfort Food” I just got hooked on Paleo pancakes so these protein-heavy options for Sunday morning feats were right up my alley.
• “Loosen Up” Oxygen magazine is shows us why stretching will make us stronger and more fit.
• “We Really Can Do Anything” Tosca Reno visits with Guru Tony Robbins and goes fire-walking.
• “Strong Core Strong You” Oxygen has a “more core” workout that looks pretty challenging—I will have to try it!

 

Check out Oxygen online: www.oxygenmag.com

 

 

 

Prevention: November 2012

• Valerie Bertinelli: When I was a kid I LOVED watching One Day at a Time reruns so Valerie is always A-OK in my book. She has a new cookbook out (One Dish at a Time) and I wish her PR person would get in touch with me so I can promote it (hint, hint.)
• “Eat Your Way to Better Skin” Five foods you should try today to help with your skin woes (should you have any.)
• “We Beat Diabetes with Food” November is National Diabetes Awareness Month so many magazines will feature articles about the disease. As a person with family & friends affected by diabetes I encourage you to read as many as you can.
• “The Cancer Prevention Diet” Prevention asked author Margaret I. Cuomo (A World Without Cancer) to provide her favorite cancer-fighting tips.

Check out Prevention online www.prevention.com  

 

 

That’s all I have today folks. Well—there is one more thing I want to share…

 

The theme to One Day at a Time (So, up on your feet!)

 

 

 

Until next time!

 

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Empower Boxing Boot Camp: 12 Rounds of Striking Beauties | fitbottomedgirls.com

A few weeks ago I wrote about attending a special 12 Rounds Boxing Boot Camp class presented by Empower Fitness and led by four-time World Champion boxer Jamie “The Hurricane” Clampitt of Striking Beauties, which is a women’s boxing gym based in North Attleboro, Mass. Recently, those same folks sent me their 12 Rounds Boxing Boot Camp Kit that included a 12 Rounds workout DVD, a jump rope, a six-pound sand-filled toning ball and a pair of neoprene weighted gloves (one pound apiece).

Let me first say that this is one heck of a workout for an excellent price! The 12 Rounds Boxing Boot Camp Kit sells for $39.99, and you can find it at Kohl’s, Modells and Dick’s. The DVD features a 30-minute boxing-style workout, which includes a jump rope section for cardio (or just jog in place if you don’t have a jump rope) a series of punches that get progressively more difficult, your basic squats and then, my favorite—a section where you throw punches followed immediately by push-ups—ouch! There is also a separate abs section for those seeking an additional core workout—although throwing the punches in a proper stance will seriously work your abs, back and shoulders.

The weighted gloves are comfortable to wear and will have your biceps and shoulders begging for mercy after doing nonstop punches, jabs and left hooks. The six-pound toning ball will help make your squats tougher to perform for reals. Jamie, being a total bad-ass, demonstrates this by extending her arms and holding the ball out for the entire sequence. Like whoa.

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Hey! Check me out on @Fit Bottomed Girls where I review the 12 Rounds Boxing Bootcamp DVD! http://fitbottomedgirls.com/2012/10/empower-boxing-boot-camp-12-rounds-of-striking-beauties-are-gonna-knock-you-out/

Day 18 of Paleo. More than halfway through and getting the hang of it! #paleo #paleosolutions #FitFluential