Plank up with a twist exercise is good for your overall core because it will help to stretch your back and chest as well as your obliques because you will be lifting on the side. [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDMwuhj-tV4&feature=youtu.be[/embed] ...

Preparation time of Pomegranate Balsamic Bruschetta is 20 minutes and this recipe will give you 16 servings. Ingredients: 1 French baguette diagonally sliced 8 ounces goat cheese 1 cup pomegranate gems 4 garlic cloves peeled ½ cup fig balsamic vinegar ¼ cup brown sugar Directions: Warm oven to 350 degrees, place bread on cookie sheet and lightly toast on each side for 10 minutes. In a small pot add balsamic ...

Make sure to pass it between your legs for an added lower ab workout! A video posted by Ayesha Akhtar, MPH, CPT (@runayesha) on Mar 4, 2015 at 8:48am PST ...

In my experience thus far as a personal trainer, I’ve met a variety of women at different stages of fitness. I enjoy the assessment process, asking relevant questions about health, fitness and eating habits, using that information to design a program to help my client become “Stronger Fitter Faster”, my tagline. However, after a recent conversation with Women’s Health Foundation (WHF) founder, Missy Lavende ...

Orginally featured at Masalamamas.com I have turned a corner in motherhood. Until this point, I’ve been doing the “basics;” insuring the kids were getting three nutritious meals with few snacks in between, using their manners especially around adults, and, above all excelling in their education. It seems that now my skills as a mother are being put to the test. My not-so-little-kids have brought me to the p ...

A ground breaking pilot study was published last year linking healthier habits to healthier DNA.  Recent research has found longer telomeres are associated with a longer, healthier life in addition to looking younger (this point alone had me sold).  Telomeres are at tips of our chromosomes, and like the tips of our shoe laces, keep our DNA healthy and stop it from unraveling. But the goodness does not stop ...

Cider Braised Chicken with Acorn Squash Serves 6-8 1 large leek, washed, halved lengthwise and thinly sliced 2 ½ cups finely chopped onions 2 lbs chicken legs with skin ½ cup all purpose flour ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil8 sprigs fresh thyme leaves 6 garlic cloves, smashed 2 dried bay leaves 1 ½ tablespoons mild curry powder 1 tablespoon smoked paprika 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper 1 ½ teaspoons ko ...

Watch this video exercise by Christine Litwicki on how to do Russian Twist which will improve your core strength to help you enhance any activities that you do. The twisting motion helps to work the muscles that will help dissolve the fat in the involved areas. [embed]http://youtu.be/8veYCV3I2b4[/embed] ...

Poached Egg Avocado Breakfast 1 Serving Ingredients: 2 pieces Ezekiel bread 2 eggs ¼ an avocado 1 tsp vinegar Salt and pepper to taste Instructions: Heat enough water in a pan to poach eggs. When water is simmering mix in vinegar to water. Crack eggs gently into the simmering poaching liquid. Add salt and pepper to avocado and mash into a spreadable mixture. Toast Ezekiel bread to desired crispness. Spread ...

Watch this video by Jacqueline Ruiz and find out what she did with her scholarship money and it will totally blow you away. ...