Bacon Wrapped Scallops

Here’s a great snack or appetizer to share with friends and family during holiday festivities. The nitrate-free bacon and scallops contain healthy protein that will provide usable nutrients for your day. To keep on track with your diet, stay away from appetizers that are fried or filled with carbohydrates. Servings: 12 Here’s what you need… … Continued

One Pot Chicken and Veggie Dinner

Cooking a healthy dinner at home does not have to be complicated or take lots of time. This simple recipe for chicken tenders and veggies will only take you about 30 minutes from start to finish. Meals that are rich in protein and fiber and low in carbs, like this one, will help you build … Continued

Best Workout for Fat Loss?

D. I. E. T. There’s a four letter word if I ever saw one… Many try to lose fat through diet alone. This creates a smaller version of the same soft and squishy body. Sorry for the hard facts, but that’s just the way it is. If you’re happy to always wear long sleeves, long … Continued

Hand Over Hand Chin Ups

I met Nick Nilsson at Joel Marion’s Super Bowl party. He’s such a quiet and pensive dude, I can see why he’s been given the name ‘The Mad Scientist of Exercise’ because while everyone else is chatting it up, I’ll bet Nick is secretly dreaming up new movements on a variety of apparatus, whether it’s … Continued

Soy – Yay or Nay?

I was fascinated with this information and wanted to pass it on to you. This is from my friend and fitness guru, Leslie Lancaster. She’s summarized a lengthy video (also below) for you. You may be surprised at what you’re going to find out about soy. Take a look: “Soy is not a health food. … Continued

Fashion Flash Feb 11, 2013

Here’s a roundup of my fav bloggers and their best posts this week: http://www.faboverfifty.com/wstyleblog.php/?p=24314   February is Healthy Heart Month. Mirabai Holland, Women’s Fitness Expert, wants you to dust off those sneakers and resurrect that passion for cardio! Want the best of two worlds? Female fat loss over 40 expert, Shawna K (that’s me!) has … Continued

Two Cool Back Moves…

My friend, Nick Nilsson, also known as the ‘Mad Scientist of Muscle’ has a cool move for you here: This is a great movement for maximizing back development. You’re going to perform two distinct movements for your back in one set. You’ll start with a normall pulldown movement, then holding the handle in that bottom … Continued

Can Bodyweight Exercises Build Muscle?

I recently did a survey with you and found out that 92% of you use bodyweight exercises in your training. (Thank you to those that did that survey.) With that in mind, I wanted to share this article from my friend, Todd. He’s a bodyweight genius. Take it away Todd: 3 Reasons You can Gain … Continued

Pull Up Tips

If you want to increase your pull up power, I have some tips for you. Pull ups are all around bad a$$ and well worth your while to spend some time working on them. No only will you look like a rock star doing them, you’ll shape your physique and improve strength in other areas … Continued

Q and A Feb 8th, 2013

  So…the whole kitchen remodel has me a little inspired to try to improve my cooking skills. Bear with me as I share a recipe on the Q n A. (And be thankful that you’re not part of the taste testing team 😉 I thought I’d try something a little on the easy side even … Continued