Archive for September, 2009

tv stars workout at motiv

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

At 7pm on Thursday October 1st, you can see Motiv clients and new reality-TV stars Rebecca and Susan on HGTV’s show My First Place. For you TiVo fans, it looks like it will also be repeated at 2am.

Congratulations Rebecca and Susan!

motiv’s biggest loser is coming

Thursday, September 24th, 2009

Every want to join a biggest loser contest? Think you are ready to win?

We’ll be starting our next contest at the beginning of October. Don’t worry, we only do healthy weight loss here – the kind that once the weight is off, it stays off. And we don’t yell and scream at you either, like they do on TV.

Signup today for your free trial workout. We’re here to help you achieve your goal!

ibuprofen before exercise?

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009

Sometime when you prepare for a workout – such as a longer run than normal or a different type of training that you know will make you sore afterward just because it is so different—ever pop a couple “preventative” ibuprofen?

I have.

We’ll I won’t anymore.

[T]he latest research into the physiological effects of ibuprofen and other NSAIDs suggests that the drugs in fact, have the opposite effect. In a number of studies conducted both in the field and in human performance laboratories in recent years, NSAIDs did not lessen people’s perception of pain during activity or decrease muscle soreness later.

Read all about it here.

 
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