Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Wellness Wednesday ~ Stretching

7:00 AM | Posted by Kristi Schwartz | | Edit Post
Stretching and Weight Training
Stretching muscles in between sets and
especially after workouts promotes better blood flow to the muscles which
supplies nutrients and removes waste. As a result, your soreness should not be
as significant and you should be able to lift more intensely.

Submitted by ChesapeakeMommies member Shannon Brennan, who also writes the Counting On Me Blog.
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Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Wellness Wednesday ~ Look Fitter

7:00 AM | Posted by Kristi Schwartz | | Edit Post
Rest Up to Look Fitter
Your muscles are actually growing stronger and more
toned in the rest period after you have trained. As a general rule, you should
give your muscles, 48 hours of recovery time between training the same muscle
group again. By skipping the recovery time, you may end up doing more, but
seeing fewer results.

Submitted by ChesapeakeMommies member Shannon Brennan, who also writes the Counting On Me Blog.
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Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Wellness Wednesday ~ Weights

7:00 AM | Posted by Kristi Schwartz | | Edit Post
No Clanking the Weights
When using weight machines in your training, do not let the weight plates you
are lifting touch the rest of the stack when you are performing a set. This will
keep continuous tension on your muscles which will lead to better results.

Submitted by ChesapeakeMommies member Shannon Brennan, who also writes the Counting On Me Blog.
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Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Wellness Wednesday ~ Better Results

7:00 AM | Posted by Kristi Schwartz | | Edit Post
Keep It Challenging for Better Results

You should increase the weight on an exercise when you are able to do more repetitions on a set than you have been regularly doing. If you normally do 20 lb for 10 reps and you find you can do 11 or more reps with that 20 lb you should increase the weight to the point where you can only do 10 or fewer reps. Muscles must continue to be stressed, in order to continue to strengthen and tone. If the weights you are using aren’t challenging anymore, you’re no longer stressing your muscles.

Submitted by ChesapeakeMommies member Shannon Brennan, who also writes the Counting On Me Blog.
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Monday, December 5, 2011

Ring in the New Year with TMN!

8:36 AM | Posted by The Mommies Network | | Edit Post
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Menu Monday ~ Pretzel Coated Baked Chicken

7:00 AM | Posted by Kristi Schwartz | | Edit Post
Ingredients:
4 large chicken breasts
1-16 oz. bottle Fat-Free Honey Mustard Dressing
About 6-8 ozs. pretzels
2 Large Ziploc bags

Cooking Instructions:
1. Put 4 chicken breasts and 6-8 ozs. Fat-Free Honey Mustard in 1 large Ziploc bag.
2. Leave to marinate at least 30 minutes.
3. Have big kid helper (BKH) put pretzels in the other large Ziploc bag. Have BKH mash pretzels in bag until crumbs are the size of bread crumbs. Have BKH dump pretzel crumbs in a large bowl/plate. (If you don't have a BKH feel free to pulse pretzels in food processor).
4. Pour remaining Fat-Free Honey Mustard Dressing in a second bowl. Have BKH take chicken out of marinade. Dip one breast in pretzel crumbs, then dressing, then pretzel crumbs
again. Make sure chicken has a thick coat of pretzel crumbs.
5. Repeat for all chicken breasts. Place 4 chicken breasts on aluminum foil wrapped baking
dish. Bake at 375 degrees for 25-35 minutes (ovens vary, until chicken is cooked
through).
Recipe submitted to The Mommies Network by Rebecca (chapter unknown).
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