All posts by MS
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Developing Strong Shoulders for Swimming
Swimming for fitness enhancement or competition involves a repetitive or cyclic action, which over time, can expose...
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Maximum Wellness, Episode 12: Essential Fatty Acid Intake Is Inversely Proportional to Hypertension Risk
Recent clinical trials compared the effects of supervised high-intensity interval endurance training vs. resistance training in...
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Mackie’s 2019 Football Season Post-Game Discount Rules
Football season is starting, and our annual post-game discount begins tomorrow as well! Unless otherwise noted, post-game...
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The Bulgarian Split Squat
The Bulgarian split squat works on the quads and glutes, and is the last of four exercises...
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Maximum Wellness, Episode 11: It Appears That Eating Eggs Does Not Increase Cardiovascular Risk Factors
Recent clinical trials compared the effects of supervised high-intensity interval endurance training vs. resistance training in...
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Row-and-Punch Planking for Stability
Get in a prone plank position with the body resting on the ground, hands stretched out in...
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Maximum Wellness, Episode 10: Aerobic and Resistance Exercise Selectively Reduce High Risk Cardiac Fat
Recent clinical trials compared the effects of supervised high-intensity interval endurance training vs. resistance training in...
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The Power Pushup
The power push-up is a great way to learn to generate upper torso explosiveness for contact sport...
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Maximum Wellness, Episode 9: Artificial Light While Sleeping is Associated with Increased Weight-Gain & Obesity in Women
In the August 2019 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Justin C. Brown, Director...
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Maximum Wellness, Episode 8: How You Carry Your Body Fat May Place You at Greater Risk to Cancer
In the August 2019 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Justin C. Brown, Director...
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Maximum Wellness, Episode 7: Omega 3 Fatty Acids Are Associated with Lower Risk for New Heart Failure
Medscape.com recently reported on the results of the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) relative to, “high plasma...
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Maximum Wellness, Episode 6: Spice Up the Diet and Reduce Cardiovascular Disease Risk
According to research – "Increased Protein Requirements in Female Athletes After Variable-Intensity Exercise" – appearing in the...
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Mackie Shilstone's 5 GNC Franchise Stores Remain Open and Dedicated to the Southeast Louisiana Community.
GNC Corporate recently announced that they are closing 900 GNC locations nationwide. Mackie Shilstone’s 5 GNC Franchises...
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Maximum Wellness, Episode 5: Protein Requirement for Female Team Sport Athletes Is Higher Than Expected
According to research – "Increased Protein Requirements in Female Athletes After Variable-Intensity Exercise" – appearing in the...
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Maximum Wellness, Episode 4: Drink Tea to Reduce Blood Pressure
The Nutrients researchers from the University of Hefei, China, and the State University of New Jersey, comment...
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Maximum Wellness, Episode 3: Beet Root Juice Improves Vascular Function in Older Males
Concentrated beetroot juice, "has been shown to acutely improve exercise tolerance in older adults and in patients...
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Maximum Wellness, Episode 2: At least 4400 Steps Per Day Decreases Mortality Rate in Older Women
A study of older women shows that walking is where it's at. While we'd all like to...
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Maximum Wellness, Episode 1: Tomatoes can help lower your blood pressure
In the first episode of Maximum Wellness, Mackie discusses research that shows tomatoes may be a secret...
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Mackie Shilstone’s Body Shaper: NOW AVAILABLE
Mackie’s Body Shaper is now available at Mackie’s 8 GNC franchise locations Stability and mobility combined to sculpt...
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Top 5 Tips for Surviving Mardi Gras
OK, there is no easy way to ask. So here it is. Now that we are into...
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Damage Control: the Super Bowl 2013 edition | NOLA.com
Super Bowl 2013 – the NFL’s annual extravaganza – has descended on New Orleans with all its...
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Top Five Foods with Magnesium
For many Americans, insulin levels and diabetes are major health problems. Over the last few decades, healthcare...
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Video Teaser: Mackie Shilstone’s Body Shaper
Watch this introduction to Mackie's revolutionary new workout product: Body Shaper. Work out anywhere, get toned, feel...
