October 23rd, 2009
Shelby Murphy
As much as our society craves quick fixes, the truth is that people who are in great shape most likely got that way, not in one week, not in one month, but after years of making exercise a habit. Like a drop of water eroding rock into curvy canyons, exercise acts much the same way. A little bit, time and again, over the years, chiseling your body into the shape you’ve always desired.
Like anything worth having, long term results come from consistent effort. A solid marriage is built over 20 or more years of faithfulness, attention, and commitment. Wealth grows from regular investing. And a healthy body is created from consistent exercise – not in marathon bouts, but regular sessions several times a week.
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Tags: coaching, exercise, Fitness, Granbury Texas, healthy eating, Nutrition, personal trainer, Weight loss
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October 16th, 2009
A personal training studio is a very different animal than a typical “gym.” At our studio, you won’t find any Spandex-clad hard bodies. Sure, we have our share of very fit clients, but they’re dressed to workout, not to catch the eye of others. But most surprising to many who are new to the studio experience is the number of different body shapes, ages, and ability levels we accommodate.
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Tags: fitness results, welcoming environment
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October 10th, 2009
Shelby Murphy I’ve heard every excuse for not exercising – it’s too hard, there’s no time, I can’t afford it, I’m not athletic, I don’t like gyms, etc. When the definition of exercise begins with “walking,” however, all excuses fall apart.
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Tags: begin exercising, begin walking, exercise, jogging, walking, Weight loss
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October 2nd, 2009
I was interviewed for a recent article in the New York Times about how “old” types of exercise are new again. The reporter and I discussed boot camps, calisthenics, kettle bells, medicine balls and a variety of current tools and techniques. The nation is catching on to what we’ve been doing at our studio for years – using the body as primary resistance and mimicking traditional work movements to get a functional, effective workout.
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Tags: body weight exercises, maximum intensity workouts, old style workout, old time workouts
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September 25th, 2009
On our Empower Personal Fitness bulletin board hung a quote summing up the public’s confusion about nutrition. Known more for looks than brains, fashion model Tyra Banks told a magazine reporter that to trim down she was “Cutting back on carbs and eating more fruits and veggies.”
Hmmm… that’s kind of like cutting back on alcohol and drinking more beer, or cutting back on fat and eating more butter. The scary thing is, is that the magazine didn’t even realize how stupid the statement was and used it as a pull-out quote (which in publishing is usually reserved for witty, poignant, or quotes that sum up what the story is about.)
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Tags: carbs, diet, eleminate carbs, low carb, nutrition labels, reading nutrition labels, sugar, Truth about nutrition, understanding food labels
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September 18th, 2009
I just received the 48
th email this week about how my colon may have 25 pounds of undigested waste that could be easily cleared by drinking a berry potion. This would be comical if it weren’t so tragic. People actually believe, and buy into, this garbage.
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Tags: detox, detox formula
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September 11th, 2009
For many, the dog days of summer were colored with lethargy, procrastination, and cocktails every evening, creating the perfect storm for weight gain. Since Labor Day unofficially ushered out summer, it’s time you officially ushered in a new mindset.
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Tags: kids back in school, moms, mothers, nurture yourself, regain health, stress reduction, Weight loss
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September 4th, 2009
It’s interesting that the people who are the most nurturing – mothers, nurses, teachers, etc. – are often the ones who have the most trouble taking care of themselves. I’ve seen it time and again as a fitness professional – those who are busy taking care of everyone else generally put themselves at the bottom of the list.
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Tags: family, Fitness, Health, healthy, mom, mother, Take care of yourself
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August 29th, 2009
Granbury is a golf town – no doubt. No matter how beastly hot or bitterly cold, you’ll always find throngs of golfers out on our beautiful area courses.
Many of those golfers, however, eventually suffer injuries from repetitive play of a sport that is biomechanically imbalanced. Or, they fail to maximize their golf swing because of a lack of flexibility and strength. Tiger Woods was one of the first professional golfers to actually train for the game. His decade of dominance testifies to the wisdom in training as any athlete would.
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Tags: corrective strengthining, corrective stretching, golf, golf specific exercise, improve balance, longer drives
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August 20th, 2009
Many Texans are participating in the conversation, turned uproar, about health care reform. I think that’s good. Whether you think health care should be nationalized or not, at least we are passionate about – and taking part in – the discussion about what role, if any, government should take in our medical system.
However, an equally important dialogue is what responsibility we have in our collective health care. It doesn’t matter whether an insurance company or the government writes the check to your doctor, your health will always come down to discussion of dollars. Because neither the government nor the insurance company have a vested interest in you getting well. In the end, it really is only you and your family who cares about your individual health. If you want someone to look out for your best interest, look no further than yourself.
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Tags: Granbury Texas, Health Care Reform, Weight loss
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