Shadow Fit

With “Turkey Day” rapidly approaching, it seemed appropriate to dedicate this weeks “Eat This Today” to turkey. The bird plays second fiddle to chicken and aside from Thanksgiving, it is a bit of a hunt to find a full turkey at your grocery store. ...

The dumbbell tricep extensions on stability ball is a great tricep exercise that also incorporates your core. The exercise will strengthen your your abdominals, obliques and glutes. 1) Lie flat on ...

Most foods that are considered a “snack” are unhealthy or high in unnecessary carbohydrates. Even if you follow the healthy route of yogurt, a nutritional bar or fruit, you are likely still adding excess ...

I am always amazed when I see people who are trying to lose weight doing bicep curls or leg extensions. I am proud of the fact that they are in the gym and working hard to achieve their goals but they ...

Recently, there seems to be a lot of buzz going on about interval training being very beneficial to weight loss and body composition. Most people have a general idea of what interval training is but do ...

There are few foods/drinks that are as heavily debated as milk. Some people swear that milk is amazing for you and that there is a ton of great health benefits in it. On the other end are people who ...

1) Stand tall with an elevated surface (bench or step up) behind you 2) Reach one leg back and place on the bench 3) Drop the hips straight down lowering into a squat **TRAINERS TIPS** Make sure to keep heel of front foot down, do not allow knee to slide beyond toes

There are a few foods that boast amazing health benefits while being widely known to cause a negative after effect from eating them. “Garlic breath” is something that people try to avoid, even going as far as to not eat garlic because of it. ...

The plank to push up move is a great one for working the chest, shoulders, triceps and core. The entire exercise takes core strength and leaves your no room to relax your core if your doing it correctly.

The glute bridge is a great exercise for building strength in your glutes and core.

Today’s world is so fast paced and neurotic that many people don’t even have time to stop at a fast food place for lunch because that takes too long. On top of that, we are becoming more health conscious, we realize that fast food is terrible for us, so we try to avoid it. ...

Everyone has seen someone in the gym doing an exercise that you know must be bad for him or her. You may not be an exercise expert, but you know that the person’s form is terrible and needs to be fixed before they really hurt themselves.