by Lani Muelrath | Mar 24, 2010 | All Posts, Move Your Body
Yay, stretches to the rescue! In this Part 4 of Pelvic Tilt talk, I’ve got some easy, effective stretches that anyone can do to help relieve muscle tightness that contributes to an excessive anterior pelvic tilt. If you missed part 3, complete with an...
by Lani Muelrath | Mar 23, 2010 | All Posts, Travel
Writing to you from the dock before an early dive Cayos Cochinos, Honduras You probably won’t find me lounging on a cruise ship deck any time in the near future. Because going on holiday at our house means get your body in gear and explore. Case in point: our...
by Lani Muelrath | Mar 18, 2010 | Move Your Body
Which is a better tool of measurement when it comes to health and fitness: body fat percentage or body weight? Not an uncommon question, let’s just put up a blog post about it! My thanks to Carolyn for permission to use her question to springboard the...
by Lani Muelrath | Mar 16, 2010 | All Posts, Move Your Body
Lower back pain? Might be due, at least in part, to the tilt of your pelvis. Due to a variety of factors: lots of sitting, bad postural habits, and effects of gravity – the pelvis can become misaligned into an excessive anterior tilt. Specifically, this means the top...
by Lani Muelrath | Mar 14, 2010 | All Posts, Move Your Body
Previously, I addressed a client question regarding the “tuck”, or posterior pelvic tilt position, outside of exercise sessions. Click HERE to read Part 1: “Is It Possible To Tuck Too Much?”. More on pelvic tilts and tucks The backward, or...
by Lani Muelrath | Mar 7, 2010 | All Posts, Move Your Body
Recently, the following question was presented to me by a client regarding implementation of the “tuck” position outside of exercise sessions. As a topic that has needed addressing, no time like the present. Q. Lani, today I’m having a soreness in...
by Lani Muelrath | Feb 27, 2010 | All Posts, Plant-Based Nutrition, Recipes, Weight Loss
If you are one of those people who thinks that preparing veggies for a solid, yummers meal is too much trouble, then you haven’t seen this video. This Veggie Sandwich Wrap is not only easy (you can use canned beans!), versatile (mix and match the veggies you...
by Lani Muelrath | Feb 23, 2010 | All Posts, Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation
It’s been said that those who succeed are also those who have failed the most. Think about it. What does it take to create a successful business, lose and keep excess weight off for 5 years or more, get a career breakthrough movie part, or be an Olympic...
by Lani Muelrath | Feb 19, 2010 | All Posts, Plant-Based Nutrition
Yes, as you can imagine or may have discovered, eating “out” can be challenging when you want to eat healthy. It seems most restaurant menus are designed to thwart our body shaping and health goals! Fat, butter, cheese and meat are everywhere and packed...
by Lani Muelrath | Feb 15, 2010 | All Posts, Plant-Based Nutrition, Recipes
“Love your body” lasagna? To qualify as a true “love your body lasagna”, it would need to: be delicious be chock full of phyto – nutrition (that means color, plants, fiber, and all their friends) be low on fat In essence, it would have to...
by Lani Muelrath | Feb 7, 2010 | All Posts, Plant-Based Nutrition, Recipes
One of my last dietary high-fat holdouts was mayonnaise. I’d switched to Veganaise years ago, so at least had moved away from eggs in the recipe, but the fat content was no less than good ‘ol Best Foods. Once I’d made the decision to opt out of...
by Lani Muelrath | Feb 5, 2010 | All Posts, Move Your Body
Chronic inflammation spells bad news for our health, plain and simple. And though inflammation is a natural and necessary way that the body stimulates healing, when inflammation becomes continuous and chronic, it becomes damaging. The most common causes of...
by Lani Muelrath | Feb 2, 2010 | Move Your Body, Plant-Based Nutrition, Weight Loss
Who can complain when you’re lucky enough to live 15 minutes from the XC ski terrain? Plus, it’s a perfect excuse for working up a winter appetite. Not a problem when there are plenty of filling yet trimming foods ready back at home. See What’s in...
by Lani Muelrath | Feb 1, 2010 | All Posts, Plant-Based Nutrition, Weight Loss
Beans, legumes, pulses….whatever you call them, cultivating the habit of beans in your daily diet is a must in your skinny tool kit. Why? Beans are: packed with protein crazy with quality carbohydrate finite in fat full of fiber very versatile downright...
by Lani Muelrath | Jan 28, 2010 | All Posts, Plant-Based Nutrition
“Is that bread in your cart?” “Uh, yeah.” And yes, I have been approached on more than one occasion in the market with this question. Multiple occasions, as a matter of fact. And different versions of the theme: what’s in my shopping...
by Lani Muelrath | Jan 24, 2010 | All Posts, Fit Quickies, Move Your Body, Video
Let’s face it. That zone right beneath the belt line in front is almost a universal area of concern. Unless you’re 13. And skinny. What’s with the “pooch”, anyway? As explained in the “7 Seconds to a Flat Belly” Video, abdominal pooch is caused by...
by Lani Muelrath | Jan 18, 2010 | All Posts, Move Your Body
When it comes to resistance training, is “super slow” an effective way to build muscle? A popular movement within the weight training world today is “super slow” style weight training. The idea is that by slowing the kinetics of weight training...
by Lani Muelrath | Jan 17, 2010 | All Posts, Plant-Based Nutrition, Weight Loss
I can count the diet books I’d recommend on one hand. Or less. But there’s a new diet book out that has elbowed its way to the top 5. Rip Esselstyn’s Engine 2 Diet. The Engine 2 story Yes, Engine, as in fire engine. Rip Esselstyn is a fireman in...
by Lani Muelrath | Jan 15, 2010 | All Posts, Weight Loss
You carve your figure with your fork. In other words: 1) Body shape is built by challenging the muscle. 2) Body shape is revealed by creating the body composition necessary to let the shape built in #1 show. You carve it out with your fork by dietary choices....
by Lani Muelrath | Jan 4, 2010 | All Posts, Move Your Body
We all talk about building muscle, keeping muscle mass, and wanting to have good shape to our muscle. But how is muscle really “made”? How do our workout efforts translate to shapelier, stronger muscle? You’ve no doubt heard that muscle growth is a...
by Lani Muelrath | Dec 26, 2009 | All Posts, Move Your Body
What’s a Fit Quickie? OK, I’m gonna make this fun. Fit Quickies are something NEW for you from yours truly for 2010. And rather than just tell you what they are, why not have the opportunity to tell me what YOU think they are? And then give out a prize to...
by Lani Muelrath | Dec 15, 2009 | All Posts, Move Your Body, Travel
I know. You’re not a trend follower. With a mind of your own, you zero in on what makes sense, what works, and aspire to consistency to get results. At the same time, you have the smarts to be curiously attentive to fitness news and know that in the past...
by Lani Muelrath | Dec 7, 2009 | All Posts, Travel, Weight Loss
When the cargo shorts I bought for tropical travel a few years back slipped down (surprise!) without being unbuttoned at the Curacao airport on Wednesday, I knew a milestone had been passed. And that it’s time for a new tropical wardrobe. Honestly, this is the...
by Lani Muelrath | Nov 23, 2009 | All Posts, Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation, Move Your Body
It’s not just about the endorphins. Or the burn off of stress hormones. Or the simple pride of achievement from a workout completed that makes exercise a powerful agent of stress relief. These are all important. But seems it’s more than that. Exercise...
by Lani Muelrath | Nov 20, 2009 | All Posts, Recipes
There’s a reason we go gagga over sweets. Along with salty, it’s the primary, first presented taste on our tongues. No wonder starches, fruits, and other natural carbohydrates bring us comfort. For friggin’s sake, we’re designed to eat them!...
by Lani Muelrath | Nov 17, 2009 | All Posts, Weight Loss
It’s been proven time and time again. A solid, nutritious breakfast will: stabilize blood sugar through the day ward off overeating as the day goes on eliminate cravings for sweets for the above reasons, be a powerful part of a weight loss or fat loss plan And...
by Lani Muelrath | Nov 15, 2009 | All Posts, Plant-Based Nutrition, Weight Loss
My friend Kathie hates veggies. Vegetables. Pretty much anything green. The less color, the better, seemingly. Iceberg lettuce, tomatoes are OK. But not on a sandwich. Heaven forbid. She’ll yank them out of a subway sammy so fast it will give you lunchtime...
by Lani Muelrath | Nov 14, 2009 | Weight Loss
Vegetarian diets come in all shapes and sizes. But there are some things they all have in common, including the vegetarian diet that Alanis Morrisette follows: vegetable content in the diet is increased – in some cases drastically, especially for those who have...
by Lani Muelrath | Nov 11, 2009 | All Posts, Move Your Body
Lani, Just wanted to send in a huge thank you for an amazing workshop. The resort was fab, the sessions were hard work but worth every drop of sweat. I enjoyed every minute. Bravo!!!! Sondra D., Mississauga, ON I really think you have an edge on things, Lani…....
by Lani Muelrath | Nov 9, 2009 | All Posts
Honey, we’re home! The Muscles Mud and Merlot Fitness Retreat this year surpassed my wildest dreams…thanks to my spectacular guests! A quick camera download delivers the following photos – more to follow (including video!) as we pool our resources....
by Lani Muelrath | Nov 3, 2009 | All Posts, Weight Loss
Ah, the dreaded weight loss plateau. Actually, you should embrace the plateau for many reasons. But that’s the topic for another day. For now, we’ll concern ourselves with breaking a weight loss plateau. Has this happened to you? You’ve been...
by Lani Muelrath | Oct 28, 2009 | All Posts, Transformations, Weight Loss
I heard from Vicki this morning. She made my day. And I’ll tell you why. Yes, she’s down 20 lbs since a year ago when she signed on with the Woman’s Fitness BluePrint Coaching Program. And even more – better yet – her inner shift that...
by Lani Muelrath | Oct 20, 2009 | All Posts
You could call it the American woman omnivore’s dilemma: the luscious cake with frosting that thick pictured next to the latest diet. It screams from the magazine covers every single time we hit the checkout stand at market. Even the cover of Oprah Magazine...
by Lani Muelrath | Oct 19, 2009 | All Posts
There’s a solid, undeniable thread that runs all the way through the T-Tapp Wellness Workout. One from which you launch any – and all – of the standing T-Tapp moves, or sequences. Or sets within sequences. And that is the basic T-Tapp stance. This...
by Lani Muelrath | Oct 10, 2009 | Plant-Based Nutrition, Recipes, Weight Loss
Right on the heels of the advice to eat low on the food chain if you want to get lower on your body fat stores as well, today’s lunch serves as a case in point as to how easy it is to eat satisfying meals. Meals that feed your body, your soul, and not your fat...
by Lani Muelrath | Oct 10, 2009 | Weight Loss
A physician friend, healthy as a thoroughbred and enviously slim, tells me he has one primary rule of eating: “I eat fiber”. This is his rule of thumb for food choices. And upon close examination, it’s a powerful tool you too can use to up the...
by Lani Muelrath | Oct 10, 2009 | Weight Loss
Apples enjoy a well-deserved reputation of providing good nutrition. And as I sliced a big juicy fuji into chunks for my morning bowl of oats, I vowed to pop in and complete a quick refresher course on just why they should be such a regular part of our diet. The real...
by Lani Muelrath | Oct 8, 2009 | All Posts, Weight Loss
Eye-opening news from Mary Shomon in her new book, The Menopause Thyroid Solution. Evidently, thyroid problems can mimic menopause – and peri-menopause symptoms – quite cleverly. (Oh boy!) In other words, if you are experiencing any of the following...
by Lani Muelrath | Sep 22, 2009 | All Posts, All Setup, Weight Loss
Provocative question. Compelling evidence. Literally. Is the fat you eat the fat you’ll wear? Apparently, the fat you eat is the fat you’ll wear. if a researcher were to biopsy the fat deposits of your thigh, abdomen, or (pretty much anywhere else that...
by Lani Muelrath | Sep 11, 2009 | All Posts, Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation
During the spring of 2001, I had planned and prepared for a Fitness Retreat to be held in Rye, NY – right across the Sound from the New York City. The retreat was scheduled to take place late October that same year. Which then turned out to be about 5 weeks post...
by Lani Muelrath | Sep 8, 2009 | All Posts, Weight Loss
Can the indiscriminate eater make peace with the disciplined dieter within? (YES. But first…) Let’s face it. There are two distinct voices within for anyone who has ever had a weight problem. How about we meet these two, face to face (and fork). For one,...
by Lani Muelrath | Aug 29, 2009 | All Posts, Move Your Body
Note: Burr Leonard will be my September 8 TeleSeminar guest. If you haven’t yet had the chance, be sure to view the up-close-and-personal video experience with the Bar Method creator Burr Leonard: Raising the Bar on studio workouts: the Bar Method. Not only...
by Lani Muelrath | Aug 28, 2009 | All Posts, Move Your Body
Not to rain on anyone’s muscle parade, but this myth has been perpetuated one too many times. This is the problem with the proliferation of fitness information on the web. Something is said somewhere – no matter how substantiated or not – and then...
by Lani Muelrath | Aug 22, 2009 | All Posts, Plant-Based Nutrition, Recipes
I’ve been patchy in my green drink consumption. Distracted by all the fresh veggies and fruits of summer, my occasional glass of glop (OK, that’s what a green drink often ends up looking like!) had gone AWOL. In my own defense, my antique Vitamix threw its...
by Lani Muelrath | Aug 19, 2009 | All Posts
Wait til you see the list of guests lined up for late summer TeleClasses and seminars! (Harley, kitten extraordinaire, takes a closer look – photo top). The summer has been jam packed with rich content delivered by my summer TeleSeminar series guests…and...
by Lani Muelrath | Aug 7, 2009 | All Posts, Move Your Body
I’ve never had a bad Bar Method Studio workout experience. As it turns out, there is a choreographic genius to the orchestration of the Bar Method Studio workout, and you recognize it from the drop of the first downbeat. And the effect is intentionally designed....
by Lani Muelrath | Aug 3, 2009 | All Posts, Weight Loss
Is your fitness cup half empty or half full? Let me back up to the beginning. This morning after an early morning walk I hopped into the bath. Now, this may not necessarily sound like something that would provide a moment of inspiration, so let me explain. The left...
by Lani Muelrath | Jul 29, 2009 | All Posts, Weight Loss
by Lani Muelrath | Jul 22, 2009 | All Posts, Weight Loss
There is one thing of utmost importance when it comes to success at weight loss. Is it diet? Your workouts? Yes, these are important pieces. But they are part of the puzzle. The tactics. But tactics demand a strategy. You must have a strategic plan. Think of your...
by Lani Muelrath | Jul 19, 2009 | Move Your Body
From your first step inside a Bar Method studio, you become aware that there is something different about this workout. It’s not just the soothing, serious colors and beautiful photographs on the wall. It’s not just the sculpted, lovely shape that the...
