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Eliminate Stress With 21 Ways to Make This Day Your Best Day Ever

November 16, 2015 by Jessica 1 Comment

Jump-start that “Next One Best One” mentality by setting yourself up to have the BEST DAY EVER.

Tweak your morning routine to make your day healthier, happier and overall more fun!

Don’t Hit Snooze: No matter how tempting, or cozy your bed, resist the snooze button. Multiple “snoozes” will actually make you more tired and delay your positive mindset for the day ahead.

Get in a Sweat Sesh: Morning workouts can help boost your energy (and metabolism) through the day.

Breathe: Before you jump into the hustle and bustle, take a moment to breathe – A couple deep breaths will help you feel more balanced and ready to start the day of right (Check out these 11 Breathing Techniques to help relax your body, calm your mind and reduce stress).

Stretch: Sleeping can lead to stiffness, so take a moment to stretch out those kinks.

Or Do Yoga: Even a 10 minute series will boost happiness and release muscle and joint tightness before you start your day. Looking for a great Active Stretching series? Check out IR’s New Active Stretching class at 7:30am every Tuesday and Thursday.

Drink Coffee: Careful not to overindulge, but a good Cup O’ Joe in the morning can improve memory, help muscle pain, keep you regular, and increase endurance.

But Skip the Sugar: Added sugars can increase belly fat, and actually harm your immune system.

Have Everything Ready: Making getting out the door a hassle-free breeze. Pack your purse, gym bag or briefcase the night before.

Bring Your Lunch: A great way to save on money and calories, prep your meal and bring a lunch to work.

Drink Water: Keep your mind clear, skin feeling fresh and even boost your metabolism by staying hydrated all day.

Listen to Music: Playing your favorite tracks while you get ready can have you energized and excited to greet the day ahead. Plus your super sweet dance moves will have you burning calories.

Smile: Start the day off feeling positive, and maybe brightening someone else’s day with your pearly whites! A smile can actually boost your mood. (Watch the Power of the Smile)

Eat a Balance Breakfast: Start your day off with a nutrient-filled breakfast and you’ll be more likely to maintain that healthy eating all day/

Focus on Fruits and Veggies: Clean eating can help naturally detox and re-energize your body.

Sip Smartly: Enjoying a smoothie or green juice can be super refreshing, but be smart. Many of those pre-made juices can be full of added sugars and calories. Try your own recipe!

Boost your Immunity: If you’re feeling under the weather, load up on some extra vitamins and minerals! Try a TraceMinerals PowerPak for that extra boost of Vitamin C.

Make Your Bed: It may seem like a waste of time, but taking a minute to tidy up your bed will make you’re home feel more welcoming. Not too mention make your bed much more inviting after an amazingly productive day.

Wait to Sign Online: Give yourself time before checking your email, especially social media. That is the last thing you need to add stress to your morning.

Make a To-Do List: If you’ve got a lot on your plate, or you just want to make sure to designate some “me-time”, write it all down. A to-do list will help you feel organized and accomplished.

Don’t Freak Out: Remember, even the most busy and stress-filled days will come to an end.

Give Yourself Some Love: Positive Affirmation time! Look in the mirror and remind yourself that you are smart, talented, and gorgeous!

Next One, Best One!

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Your Mind Body Connection with Aubrie Pohl, One of Innovative Results Incredible Fitness Coaches

July 22, 2015 by Jessica Leave a Comment

By Aubrie Pohl

Close your eyes, slowly extend your arm in front of you, then raise it up.

How do you know you only raised one arm? How do you know you didn’t raise a leg? What made you sure that you actually raised your arm at all?

You couldn’t see your movement with your eyes closed, but you could still feel it.

Every human has a unique anatomical structure, but we all experience this kinesthetic sense.

This intimate interconnection between body and mind.

Do you know what that means?

We are born to move.

That is what Innovative Results – The Orange County Fitness Playground – is all about!

Our bodies love movement.

With every reach, lift, stretch, twist, jump, and dance our bodies reciprocate and expand, lengthen, strengthen, open, and grow towards their greatest potential.

How Often Do You Move?

This hasty, task-filling lifestyle we live often can become so busy that we forget moving our body is always an option.

… and being sedentary has become the “normal.”

We are working jobs that require us to sit for hours at a time, and day after day going through the same robotic motions.

We are working our minds while our bodies remain stagnant.

In turn our bodies become stiff, slow, weak; yearning for the freeing sensation of the muscles expanding and contracting, giving and receiving.

This is directly correlated to a decreased quality of life.

Our bodies long for movement.

Our physiology craves the vast variety of movement experienced in the days where our bodies were in motion from sunrise to sunset.

Consequently, our bodies are now confused.

Why are so many movement ranges missing?

What happened to the constant motion?

Movement Simplified

Every movement you are doing or not doing is registered by your body.

It doesn’t register the one hour “workout” on the elliptical as enough to make up for the eight hours of inactivity at work.

It doesn’t count the three sets of ten bicep curls as effective to overpower the shortening of the bicep muscle during eight hours of contraction.

It needs more.

We can divide movement into three different patterns: push, pull, and rotation.

Every reach, lift, stretch, twist, jump, and dance is some form of those patterns.

Pushing uses the musculature close to the body to extend outwards, while pulling draws the musculature in.

Rotational movements are the circular movements that keep our core strong and powerful.

Encourage yourself to move on a regular basis, freely and openly, in whatever way feels best.

Take breaks from stillness and extend your limbs in any direction, with your eyes opened or closed, tapping into this alliance of body and mind.

Experience the healing pleasure as you move through the three movement patterns, every day of life and notice your body moving better, looking better, and feeling better.

Improve Your Mind Body Connection with Aubrie Pohl, One of Innovative Results Incredible Fitness Coaches!

Fill out the form below to start moving better, looking better, and feeling better.

Stuck at a Desk All Day? This is the Exercise for You…

March 16, 2014 by ptpt 1 Comment

by Cori Lefkowith

Last week, I was fortunate to attend a body weight workshop in San Diego. Max taught us a variety of cool exercises, progressions and drills that will be a great addition to IR. One of my very favorites was the sit thru to thoracic bridge.

Let’s face it…Most of us have pretty crappy posture from sitting hunched over a computer all day. And because of that crappy posture, many of us have back pain. To reverse that pain we not only need to stretch, but we also need to ACTIVATE inactive muscles.

The Sit Through to Thoracic Bridge is a great stretch AND activation move to fight against our rounded, forward posture and the pain it causes.

To do the Sit Through to Thoracic Bridge:

1. Set up on your hands and knees with your hands under your shoulders and your knees under your hips. Flex your feet and lift up onto your hands and toes.

2. Then lift your right and bring your left leg through and place your left foot flat on the ground.

3. Rotate your hips up toward the ceiling, squeezing your glutes to lift them up as high as you can.

4. While your lift your hips, reach your right hand down toward the ground, rotating your chest toward the floor.

5. Feel your glutes working to keep BOTH hips up, while you reach your hand down. We have a tendency when we rotate to drop that hip down. Make sure both stay up.

6. You should feel a nice rotation and stretch through your spine. You are twisting almost like someone wringing out a towel.

7. Then drop your hips and step your foot back through while placing your hand back down on the ground .

8. Rotate to the other side, bridging your hips up as high as you can.

This is a great move for anyone with back pain because it stretches out your tight muscles from sitting all day while activating your glutes.

You can also simplify this move by doing the Thoracic Bridge by itself. To do this, start in a seated position supported with one hand. Then bridge up and reach your other hand toward the ground. Make sure both hips stay high.

Cori is a personal trainer in Costa Mesa, CA and a valued member of the Innovative Results family.

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5 Tips To Turn Your TRI Into a Win-Endurance Athletes, This Is For YOU!

January 23, 2010 by ptpt 1 Comment

Dear Innovative Results,

I need your advice…I am increasing in my mileage like a crazy woman, but I feel good about it and I am doing great…except one thing…my long run today was 20 miles =) in 3 hrs, it was a great run except my legs were giving up on me…I had enough energy to keep going, but once I slowed down it was like, “HOLY CRAP! This freakin hurts!” Though the pain was in my quads and hip flexors..Is there anything I can do in my training to strengthen my legs…I feel like I am doing great runs throughout the week…maybe more sprints? Or try to incorporate more strength training?…if that is the case, then what can I do? I appreciate your help! Oh and the count down begins…4 WEEKS til the big day…26.2!
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Eliminate Stress With 21 Ways to Make This Day Your Best Day Ever

Your Mind Body Connection with Aubrie Pohl, One of Innovative Results Incredible Fitness Coaches

Stuck at a Desk All Day? This is the Exercise for You…

5 Tips To Turn Your TRI Into a Win-Endurance Athletes, This Is For YOU!

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