October 6, 2011 By: Lynne Brick
Do you perform your self breast exams every month? Really? Do you follow a specific recommended sequence for your SBE? Really? Are you taking responsibility to be 100% accountable for your breast health? Really? One of our Brick Bodies group exercise instructors, who is one of my heroes, Erica Rimlinger, discovered a lump. She had…
September 23, 2011 By: Lynne Brick
This fit tip is brought to you from Venice, Italy. Victor and I were invited to speak to a group of Italian health club owners by REX Roundtable moderator, Fausto Di Giulio. We also visited Bologna, Florence, Siena and Perugia! Whenever you travel abroad, one of the best ways to experience the culture and the…
September 9, 2011 By: Lynne Brick
Have you ever experienced tooth pain, jaw pain, neck pain or a headache? Has your dentist asked you if you grind your teeth? And if you do has your dentist offered to make a dental guard to protect your teeth? If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, have you done any exercises to…
August 26, 2011 By: Lynne Brick
How do you feel after you take a business trip or vacation? Do you feel like you need a vacation from your vacation? Do you feel exhausted, fatigued or that you need a couple of days to get back into your groove? I’ve had the privilege to travel worldwide to present at fitness conventions. Sometimes,…
August 12, 2011 By: Lynne Brick
This fit tip was filmed at Laguna Beach, California “Come on, feet don’t fail me now!” The lyrics to the Edwin Starr’s song, “25 Miles” rings in my head with every step I take. If you’d like to refresh your memory, here’s the link to this Motown hit! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKIjt765ANM Why should you be concerned…
July 22, 2011 By: Lynne Brick
This fit tip was filmed at Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Yoga provides so many medicinal benefits. Here are just a few: you gain strength, help to balance your Qi (chi), help to balance your hormones, help to strengthen your heart and help to improve your flexibility. Doing yoga on the beach helps to take your…
July 17, 2011 By: Lynne Brick
Do you want to lose weight, rev up your metabolism and prevent infections all while enjoying flavorful foods that are high in fat? Yes, you read that correctly… high in fat. Seems impossible, doesn’t it? Seems it can’t be good for you, right? Actually, people have been eating these for centuries. Often tabooed because of…
July 8, 2011 By: Lynne Brick
Special thanks to Bernadette who shared her testimonial. I hope you are as inspired as I. A few weeks ago I met Bernadette who shared her inspiring testimonial. She spent a lot of time on the couch, in pain and depressed. When she walked, she had to use a cane to help her to ambulate.…
July 2, 2011 By: Lynne Brick
“Sow a thought, reap an action; sow an action, reap a habit; sow a habit, reap character; sow a character, reap destiny.” – Samuel Smiles Thank you Samuel Smiles. Your quote makes me “smile” and makes me remember some amazing women. I met Bernadette yesterday. Bernadette was depressed over the passing of her mother, ten…
June 24, 2011 By: Lynne Brick
It is well documented that eighty percent of all people suffer from back pain at some point in their life. You don’t have to be the “eighty percent.” You can help prevent and alleviate back or hip pain by stretching the piriformis muscle. The piriformis muscle is located under the gluteals, deep in the hip…