March MATness – Single Leg Circles

Single Leg Circles Single leg circles are a great example of the idea of “full body” movement. By the end of this exercise you should feel like every muscle in your body was worked! For those of you who have a lot of range of motion in your hips you might need to focus more…

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March MATness – The Roll Up

  The Roll Up 1. Lie on your back with legs fully extended, feet flexed, arms lengthening towards the wall behind you 2. Inhale as you bring your arms to the ceiling and pull your ribcage and abs into the mat 3. Bring the weight of your head forward and begin to peel your spine…

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PREVENT THE PUDGE CHALLENGE

Commandment #9: YOU NEED TO ALLOW YOURSELF A TREAT Deciding how often to indulge in your favorite treats can be a difficult choice. Do you indulge in a treat every day or just on the weekends? If you are too strict with your eating plan, it can backfire, resulting in binge eating or worse yet…

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PREVENT THE PUDGE CHALLENGE

Commandment #8: YOU NEED TO BE MINDFUL Over the last few weeks of the Prevent the Pudge Challenge, we have covered various nutrition topics from eating clean to macronutrient consumption but little focus has been shed on how we eat! The purpose of mindful eating is to have a reconnection with food and enjoy the…

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PREVENT THE PUDGE CHALLENGE

Commandment #7: YOU NEED WATER. Water makes up about 60 percent of total body mass in adults and about 75 percent for infants. Water is the most essential nutrient the body needs, followed by electrolytes. The major electrolytes include sodium, potassium and chloride, they are essential to maintain normal fluid balance. Each cell must have…

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PREVENT THE PUDGE CHALLENGE

Commandment #4: YOU NEED TO EAT QUALITY CARBOHYDRATES How does eating too many carbohydratess that pass your lips end up on your hips? When you eat carbohydrates, it gets broken down to its simplest form, glucose. Your body can’t tell if the source of glucose came from a complex carbohydrate (ex. sweet potato) or a…

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PREVENT THE PUDGE CHALLENGE

Commandment #2: YOU NEED TO FUEL YOUR BODY We need food for energy – food is what fuels our body.  Conversely, we tend to choose our food choices based on taste and convenience, not necessarily on how good they are for us. Equally important, we need to consider how many calories or “how much fuel”…

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PREVENT THE PUDGE CHALLENGE

COMMANDMENT #1 YOU NEED TO EAT BREAKFAST I’m sure we have all heard the saying at one time or another that “breakfast is the most important meal of the day”. We all know that food is fuel and energy for our bodies, right? Without food we would spend the day in a fog, fighting off…

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Testimonial, Steve Ann Arbor

As a 49 year old with a desk job who hadn’t engaged in any sort of regular exercise for over four years, I approached Core Sports in March 2011with a great deal of trepidation.  Now six months later, I can easily say that my experience with Core Sports and my trainer, Kelli Hatfield, has been truly transforming. …

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Testimonial Melissa, Plymouth

I convinced my husband to see Jaime for an introductory lesson and he too has been going for physical training twice a week. He has been working with Jaime on a personal training routine inside as well as outside the studio and continues to see the physical benefits of his Coresport workouts. The activities are…

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