If You’re Doing This, Your Body Can’t Trim Down A woman at my gym used to finish the daily SPIN class, sweaty and exhausted, then jump on the elliptical machine for an intensive 45-minute workout. Over time, I watched her gain weight, lose upper body tone,...
Let’s Sweat Old School! In 1985, I had just begun a national advertising campaign with Tickets, which landed a photo of me on a billboard on Sunset Blvd. It was later taken down because police officers said it was causing too many traffic accidents (true...
Episode 35 | Siphiwe Baleka | Is Your Job Making You Fat? CLICK PLAY! FAMILIAR WITH PODCASTS? LISTEN ON iTUNES! Subscribe: iTunes | Stitcher Follow Along With The Transcript! Kathy Smith: Siphiwe, welcome to the show. Siphiwe Baleka: Thank you. I’m so excited to...
Summer Body Plan Instructions: Holding a dumbbell in each hand, start with a squat: Engage your core as you slowly lower the hips toward the floor as if you’re sitting back into a chair. Sink down low, forming a 90-degree angle with your lower body and the floor, but...
Episode 32 | Dr. Oz | The Single Most Under-Appreciated Problem in America CLICK PLAY! FAMILIAR WITH PODCASTS? LISTEN ON iTUNES! Subscribe: iTunes | Stitcher Follow Along With The Transcript! Kathy Smith: Dr. Oz, I’m so excited. First of all, I’m so...
Episode 30 | Dr. Sara Gottfried, M.D. | Younger CLICK PLAY! FAMILIAR WITH PODCASTS? LISTEN ON iTUNES! Subscribe: iTunes | Stitcher Follow along with the transcript Kathy Smith: Well, let’s just jump right in. We’ve all been...
No Time To Workout? No Problem. By far, one of the most popular excuses for not working out is lack of time. It goes without saying that we all have hectic lives. As a businesswoman and mother, I think I’m as busy as anyone! But when you get to a point that you can’t...
How To Find Your Lactate Threshold Scientists rate workout intensity as a percentage of maximum heart rate (MHR). If you want to, you can track your heart rate by wearing a heart rate monitor, or checking your pulse. I found that a more simple way is to pay attention...
Episode 23 | Dr. Max Testa, Ph.D. | Releasing Your Inner Athlete CLICK PLAY! Why you should listen One of my goals for next year…a REALLY big goal… is to Ride Across America. That’s right – in May 2017 I’m taking a cross-country journey…...
