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Mirabai Holland

Mirabai Holland - Moving Free Easy Exercise

Mirabai Holland is a public health activist specializing in preventive and rehabilitative exercise. She has designed fitness programs for populations traditionally underserved by health clubs: children, teens, women, new exercisers, baby boomers, and seniors. She created Women's Heart Plus™, a cardiac rehabilitation program designed for women; Skeletal Fitness®, a osteoporosis prevention workout; Pumping the Prime™, a strength-training program for people in mid-life; Moving Free®, a mind-body workout that combines aerobics, stretching and meditation, and Flomotion™ a low intensity movement program to increase aerobic capacity and flexibility. www.MirabaiHolland.com

Anti Drill Sergeant Personal Training

Anti Drill Sergeant Personal Training- Mirabai Holland A friend was describing her personal training sessions to me the other day, and she said, “there’s a fine line between coaching and abuse.” Sadly, I was not shocked to hear that statement. Lots of trainers think clients need a drill sergeant, to whip them into shape, and push them to do the things they’re just too lazy to do.

Small wonder those trainers experience a large client turnover. In my opinion, good training technique can be described in one word:
NURTURE!

Moving Free® With Mirabai Easy Summer Shape-up

It’s time to jumpstart your exercise program. You can enjoy the good weather while you get into shape. Here are five easy exercises to tone you up, no equipment necessary. Try doing them every other day. For the first three, start with eight reps and build up to 16. For the last two (isometric exercises) hold for 10 seconds and build up to 30 seconds. With all these exercises, remember to exhale on the exertion.

In a matter of a few weeks you should feel your body getting stronger and see it getting shapelier.

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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Exercise

Q. I have just been diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. I have been told that exercise might help. Can you please give me some guidelines to follow?

A. There are an estimated half a million Americans with CFS.

Women are more prone than men to developing diseases where the body's immune system fights its own tissue. Diseases that fall into this category include chronic fatigue syndrome, fibro- and polymyalgia, lupus, and rheumatoid arthritis.

Running Workout

Q: Now that the weather is getting warmer, I have decided to take my running workout out of the gym and into the great outdoors. I usually run for an hour three to four times a week at about 8 minutes a mile. As the weather gets hotter I have noticed that I'm having trouble keeping up my pace. Is there anything I can do to help me hang in there?

A: Actually your body is telling you to slow down and you need to listen! It takes about 2 weeks to get use to running in warmer weather. You need to acclimate slowly to higher temperatures. Here are a few pointers to help you do that.