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We Stand Against Weight Bullying

February 21, 2012

We’ve been meaning to share this picture for a while now. Green Mountain at Fox Run supports the “I Stand Against Weight Bullying” campaign, a response started by Marilyn Wann of Fat!So? to Georgia’s misguided and harmful Strong4Life campaign against childhood obesity. Take a look at the powerful messages others stand for in stopping weight [...]

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Fitness Friday Video: Am I Drinking Enough Water?

February 17, 2012

What do all of these symptoms below have in common? Memory issues Bad breath Muscle weakness Fatigue Low back pain Headache The answer is they can all be caused by not drinking enough water. Proper hydration, especially if you’re starting a new exercise program, cannot be emphasized enough. Drinking fluids helps optimize your workouts, which [...]

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Foodie Friday Video: Preparing Healthy Balanced Meals

February 10, 2012

You made it a New Year’s Resolution again this year: Eat more balanced meals. If it’s not working out as you planned, you may want to look at your strategy. Green Mountain registered dietitian Robyn Priebe walks us through one of her favorite tips for preparing healthy meals if you are stretched for time: batch [...]

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Fitness Friday Video: Relieving Tension in Your Neck and Shoulders

February 3, 2012

Friday is finally here, but chances are good that the cumulative stress from the work week has settled into your neck and shoulders. If you feel tight from sitting in the car and hunching over your keyboard, we have a few stretches you can do to relieve that tension quickly. Yes, getting a massage or [...]

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Fitness Friday Video: How Do I Stretch This Muscle?

January 27, 2012

Why is it that I can barely remember how to stretch my muscles when I’m doing strength training on my own? I would bet that I’m not alone here; stretching seems to be something we want to hurry through or just skip all together if no one is watching. And it’s not just that we [...]

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Fitness Friday: Behold the Plank

January 20, 2012

Before the current “planking craze,” which consists of lying face down in strange and unlikely places and having someone take your picture, another form of planking for exercise existed: the abdominal plank. Though it may seem intimidating, the abdominal plank is a great move for your back and your abs, even if you are new [...]

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Fitness Friday: Upper Body Strength Training without Equipment Video

January 13, 2012

At Green Mountain at Fox Run, we teach strength training classes using a variety of equipment: Fitballs®, free and machine weights, Spri-tubes®, and Dynabands®. But what if you don’t have equipment – can you still strength train? The answer is absolutely. Green Mountain fitness specialist Kate Nolte, who previously taught classes on the beach in [...]

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A Weekend of Mindfulness

January 9, 2012

Here at Green Mountain at Fox Run we had a wonderful weekend of healthy eating, movement, SoulCollages®, self compassion, walks of mindfulness, and so much more. Alumnae came to the “Sustain the Change with Mindfulness” weekend for so many reasons: to reconnect, to renourish, to renew, to remind. One of our alums, Jacki Monaco of [...]

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Starting the New Year Diet-Free

December 30, 2011

How many times have you vowed to lose weight in January, but only ended up weighing more by February or March? What you thought you should be doing to lose weight – restricting your eating and starting a punishing workout regimen — only led to increased binge eating and yo-yo dieting. Often, when a diet [...]

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Fitness Friday: Standing Abdominals

December 16, 2011

We talk a lot about strength training for the abs and back in our Fitness Friday posts. The primary reason is that lower back pain is one of the most common complaints we hear from women who come to Green Mountain at Fox Run. If your ab muscles are weak, then undue pressure is probably [...]

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