Archive for April, 2011
Personal Training with Gunnar Peterson
The GGS Crew was asked to go to a Gatorade launch event in Los Angeles, CA. However, having 11 kids between the 3 of us, we were unable to pack our bags to get to the event. Total Downer. We didn’t want to completely miss out on this great experience so we asked our good friend Jody from [...]
Review: FitFlops-Do they Work?
The following is a post sponsored by Fitness Footwear. Flip flops that are actually good for your feet and tone your body at the same time? Sounds too good to be true, right? We were thrilled when Fitness Footwear sent us a pair of FitFlops for one lucky GGS girl to review! When I opened [...]
Want a Chew that is Equal to the Resveratrol found in 60 glasses of Red Wine? + Giveaway!
Winner: AB Smith! Congrats…send me your mailing address! Well, we do too. Sooooo…. I was sent samples of this ResVitale products to try out and review: Cocoa Energy, Resveratrol Chews and Beauty Sleep. I am always weary of products that claim to do certain things and you are never sure if they actually work. Cocoa Energy is described [...]
The Secret of Being a Living Example
The following is an article from Run Like a Girl author Mina Samuels with copyright permission. Waking up, the grey morning was illuminated by the fresh fallen snow, sticky on the trees and grass. The thermometer said 40, but with the snowy rain, it felt colder as I ran through the near empty park to [...]
5 Strategies for Beating Mindless Eating
Whether you’re at your computer chomping on a bag of pretzels or watching television shoveling spoonful after spoonful of ice cream into your mouth, mindless munching is one surefire way to pack on the pounds. In fact, just mindlessly eating 100 calories a day, the equivalent of a large apple or a palmful of almonds, [...]
Review: PrayFit with Tyler Perry
I saw Tyler Perry on The Talk last week and he is looking F.I.N.E…..he credits losing the weight to PrayFit…read on… Health book PrayFit is currently one of the top 50 books sold on Amazon after an endorsement from none other than the man who made Aunt Madea a household name in America. With the [...]
5 Ways you may be Sabotaging Your Goals
Make sure you reach the goals you set by avoiding these self-sabotage traps Self-sabotage is something we often hear when it comes to personal improvement and wellness. The concept of sabotage is essentially the act of hindering our own progress. To put it simply, sabotage often creates the very situations we are trying to avoid. [...]
Snooki’s On a New Diet Plan
which is More Gym less Clubbing These days, fans would be more likely to catch a glimpse of Jersey Shore star Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi working up a sweat at the gym than throwing back drinks at her favorite bars. “As everyone’s planning their night at the club,” she recently Tweeted, “I’m wondering when Gold’s [Gym] closes.” [...]
Best and Worst Easter Basket Treats
For many people, Easter is a religious holiday that causes them to meditate on the sacrifices their Creator made for them. For most children, however, Easter is all about the Bunny and the candy. For the parents of these children, Easter is about sugar-highs and trips to the dentist. If you are a parent and [...]
90 Year old Fitness Instructor still Going Strong
You can learn a lot from a 90-year-old woman. They have seen so many changes in the world, from the rise and fall of the Third Reich to television and the World Wide Web. Their wisdom runs deep, but I bet you wouldn’t think that they could teach you a thing or two about how [...]
Tips on How to Get the Most out of Your Treadmill Workout
Nothing drives me more insane as a personal trainer than seeing someone at the gym walk on the treadmill for over an hour. There they are when I walk in the door to warm up, and there they remain after my entire workout is over. No wait, I take that back. Probably as equally frustrating [...]
The Secret of Coming back STRONGER than ever!
Another great success health story from one or our GGS readers…. I had such a great childhood growing up in a small Northern BC town and I had the best parents a girl could ask for. So it would be an understatement to say I was completely devastated when my Dad died of [...]
Review: New Gatorade G Fit Series
The GGS Crew was asked to go to a Gatorade launch event in Los Angeles, CA. However, having 11 kids between the 3 of us, we were unable to pack our bags to get to the event. Total Downer. We didn’t want to completely miss out on this great experience so we asked our good friend Jody from [...]
3 Simple Stretches Everyone Should be Doing
This program was designed by Rob Williams who is a kinesiologist and posture specialist in downtown Vancouver, BC. His website is www.williamshealthgroup.com I’m regularly surprised at the young age of many of the people I meet who’ve already had hip replacements or re-surfacing procedures performed. Although the hips are a very large joint, there are [...]
Top Fifteen Running Tips for Beginners
If you are looking to start a new running program or routine this Spring, here are some helpful hints and tips to build the healthy habit- and make it stick. Top Fifteen Running Tips: It’s never to late to start: Regardless of your age, the benefits of running are plentiful, from increasing your energy levels to [...]
Why Natalie Portman is no longer Vegan?
To the vegan and vegetarian population, Natalie Portman, star of The Black Swan, has been somewhat of an icon. Since October 2009, Portman announced she was making the switch from vegetarian to vegan. She had been a vegetarian for many years, but decided to cut out all animal products from her diet, including milk and [...]
