by Lani Muelrath | Oct 19, 2011 | Move Your Body
I know you count on me to get important, relevant and real (as in hype-free) fitness news into your hands. So when one of my professional journals arrived today with a full report on exercise guidelines from the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM, the gold...
by Lani Muelrath | Oct 8, 2011 | Move Your Body
It’s true – every precious pound of metabolism-boosting muscle on your body translates to more calories “combusted” each and every day. This is putting it quite simply, but the effects are not to be discounted. When it comes to weight control,...
by Lani Muelrath | Oct 5, 2011 | All Posts, All Setup, Move Your Body
Is anyone else freaking out a liiitle bit about it being October? This year has really flown by, and now we’re entering (it’s true!) the pre-holiday season. No worries! You still have a full month left to prep for the holidays and knock your 2011...
by Lani Muelrath | Sep 9, 2011 | All Posts, All Setup, Move Your Body
This question from Susan posed such a juicy opportunity to help you step up the results from your body shaping workouts that it’s worth a laser focus. Often we are looking for something else: A new way to workout, or the workout magic – that we don’t...
by Lani Muelrath | Jul 27, 2011 | Move Your Body, Weight Loss
We all agree on one thing. Everyone – in our affluent, overfed society anyway – wants to burn calories at a premium. Keep those babies flying off! We don’t even engage in debate about whether we want to up our calorie burn or not. We just do, am I...
by Lani Muelrath | Jun 20, 2011 | Move Your Body, Travel
How to win a Fit Quickie Combo audio track Hey Sweetstuff! We are headed out on our morning hike here and I’ve got a really fun plan cooked up for you and a way for you to win something. So I’ll tell you about that in a minute. But first, can you tell where we are?...
by Lani Muelrath | Jun 5, 2011 | Move Your Body, Travel
Just because I always like what my workouts do doesn’t mean I always like to work out. There is a difference you know. Sure, I enjoy the process of a job well done just like you. Yet more often than not, when it comes to working out, the real joy comes from the...
by Lani Muelrath | May 13, 2011 | All Posts, Move Your Body
Thank you to everyone who has snapped these up or simply added the two new Fit Quickies™, #9 and #10, to their body-shaping collection. I’m uber excited to have these two OUT there for you to enjoy their amazing power to not only shape your lower body yet also...
by Lani Muelrath | May 12, 2011 | Move Your Body, Plant-Based Nutrition, Weight Loss
I wish you could have seen Brandi’s face when she stood up in fromt of the crowd of hundreds, cradled the microphone, and sang her heart out with a gentle, lilting voice that brought tears to everyone’s eyes. You see, Brandi had walked in the door of the...
by Lani Muelrath | May 11, 2011 | All Posts, Move Your Body
‘Lest you labor under the delusion that I have oodles of time and big chunks of motivation to arrange my life around my workouts, let me set the record straight and tell you what I did this morning. Dilemma: I had a client to get to for a Body Transformation...
by Lani Muelrath | Apr 27, 2011 | Move Your Body
I fell off the deck. Not today – no need to rush to emergency with flowers and treats, not that I wouldn’t enjoy that 😉 It was a couple of years ago. We were laying down new deck boards. Our deck is high off the ground. It’s more like a platform in...
by Lani Muelrath | Apr 20, 2011 | Move Your Body
Just what does it mean, anyway? “Fat burning workout!”, or “A Workout That Blasts Away Belly Fat !” Or any other variation on the theme. The lure of the “fat burning workout!” via emails and newsletters comes across my desk often,...
by Lani Muelrath | Apr 10, 2011 | All Posts, Fit Quickies, Move Your Body
Good news! Two of my abso-fab FAVorite sneak-in-instant-invigorators-and-body-shapers NOW are just about ready for YOU to enjoy as well! Yessiree, My newest Fit Quickies, #9 and #10 are just about ready for you. And while the final stages of preparation are underway...
by Lani Muelrath | Apr 7, 2011 | All Posts, Move Your Body, Travel
Peleliu Island, Palau, South Pacific: Slipping my sandalled feet into the warm shore waters of Orange Beach off the south shore of Peleliu Island, I can’t help but be overwhelmed with sadness and inspiration all at once. Yes, this is the very beach where on Sept 14,...
by Lani Muelrath | Feb 27, 2011 | All Posts, Move Your Body
Baby, it’s COLD outside! Proof of my outdoor workouts: shoveling snow and XC skiing out back. The cold snap continues and it’s looking good for another ski run today out the back door – literally. Our skiis lean against the back door to the garage,...
by Lani Muelrath | Feb 7, 2011 | All Posts, Move Your Body, Video
You sit down to your computer to put in some productive time and start with all the best of intentions when it comes to good posture. You know, seated upright, upper body in lift, all systems GO. Yet before you know it – maybe this happens for you, too –...
by Lani Muelrath | Jan 20, 2011 | All Posts, Move Your Body, Video
Before we detail my instant body-shaping expert strategy, let me start by asking you 3 questions: 1) Have you ever felt like you are not getting the body-shaping results you should from all the time you are putting into your workouts? 2) Does it sometimes seem as if...
by Lani Muelrath | Jan 2, 2011 | All Posts, Move Your Body
Blog BUZZ on Fit Quickies™ Targeted Body Shapers! Lise @ 2:50 pm Yay, new Fit Quickies! I love, love #1 but also #4. I’m developing a relationship with Topless Muffins, too. I can see and feel a difference at my waist. Are the new ones going to be up in a few...
by Lani Muelrath | Jan 1, 2011 | All Posts, Move Your Body
[fb-like] [divider] [/divider] P.S. Greg outdid me with added footage, home pics, and more amazing snowfall…he wins the NY film festival at chez Muelrath! [fb-like] Happy New Year, whatever the weather, wherever you are! With all best wishes and blessings for a...
by Lani Muelrath | Dec 19, 2010 | All Posts, Move Your Body
As we cruise into the end of one year and the beginning of the next, thoughts often turn to ramping up fitness, health, and body shaping with the flip of the calendar. Have you gotten the results from your workouts this year that you imagined and desired? ...
by Lani Muelrath | Nov 9, 2010 | Move Your Body
[fb-like] You’ve probably heard of Tim Ferris’ The Four Hour Work Week. We’ll Mr Ferris, I’ll see your work week and raise it to workout week. Actually, UNDER for hours. If you are wedded to the idea that you need to slave away for an hour a...
by Lani Muelrath | Oct 19, 2010 | Move Your Body
I’ve seen some pretty heated arguments on this one in my time, even between fitness trainers. But what’s the truth? If you want to “tone” muscle for a graceful, shaped look, should ideal workouts for women utilize light weight and high reps or...
by Lani Muelrath | Oct 12, 2010 | Move Your Body, Video
[fb-like] “Chisel your butt and legs!” “Burns more calories!” “Makes the gym obsolete!” Hang on sistah, let’s not get carried away with what the “toning” shoes can do. Do they really give you a better body? Have...
by Lani Muelrath | Oct 3, 2010 | Move Your Body, Travel
Remember, this one can be done anywhere. Even while traveling. As long as you’ve got 2 working legs, no excuses. I”m talking about Burst Training. Burst Training is one of the most effective, least complicated workout routines for women who are busy yet...
by Lani Muelrath | Oct 1, 2010 | All Posts, Fit Quickies, Move Your Body
Triceps seem to be a universal challenge area for women. And there’s good reason why. Why The Triceps Lose Shape Part of it really isn’t your fault. The triceps muscle, unless we purposely challenge it, really does not get a lot of work in our daily life....
by Lani Muelrath | Sep 24, 2010 | All Posts, Move Your Body, Travel
Terror grips your gut even before you slide up onto the near vertical granite wall you’ve got to glue your nose to if you want to haul yourself to the top of Half Dome in Yosemite. Call it a summer highlight or sheer foolhardiness, but this week’s ascent...
by Lani Muelrath | Sep 6, 2010 | Move Your Body
Nothing like new shoes to put spring in your step. Yosemite trekking is 2 weeks out and when we were there last May, my veteran trail shoes did not stand up to the slip of granite! So I looked for something with a gecko sole and I think I may have round it in these...
by Lani Muelrath | Jun 22, 2010 | Move Your Body
Lost my virginity today. It’s true. But it’s not what you think. You see, up until 2 days ago I was a surgery virgin. Not counting the wisdom teeth I had pulled decades ago, which seems like it was in another incarnation. As it turns out, though I’ve...
by Lani Muelrath | Jun 16, 2010 | All Posts, Move Your Body, Weight Loss
If you’re like me, the waist is where you can sense pudge first. Maybe it’s because it’s so noticeable in the way our clothes fit, or because we can so easily – quite literally – see excess poundage when it lands in our middle. Most women...
by Lani Muelrath | May 15, 2010 | Move Your Body
“Lani, I am doing 40 minutes of calisthenics. I take water breaks, but I break a good sweat and get winded. Doesn’t that count it as cardio?” Lauren asked me in an email a few days ago. Are you, like Lauren, confused about how to get effective...
by Lani Muelrath | Apr 20, 2010 | All Posts, Move Your Body, Travel
Do you ever get frustrated or stuck about how to stay fit while traveling? So that you don’t arrive home flabby, enervated, and with excess poundage? I understand the anxieties – it can be so frustrating! And it can leave you wishing you’d never left...
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 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 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 | 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 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 | 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 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 | 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 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 | 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...
by Lani Muelrath | Jul 16, 2009 | Move Your Body
[fb-like] The long awaited opportunity to work out in the headquarters of the Bar Method Workout studios in the San Francisco Marina District finally presented itself today. And all expectations were (ouch!) fulfilled. Keep in mind, this is ouch in a GOOD way. The...
