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Power Your Tennis Serve – A Technique from My Work with Serena Williams

Developing the ability to rotate through the midsection can not only be of significant benefit to athletes...
Mackie’s 3-Minute Upper Body Tubing Routine

Toning the upper body doesn’t have to involve expensive equipment, use a large space, or take too...
3-Way Mack Attack

Working the Abdominals and Glutes – the upper and lower abs and the butt – is a...
The Flying Ab Crunch

From an anatomical standpoint the Rectus Abdominis muscle (the abs), according to physio-pedia.com, “Is a long muscular...
Fitness in small spaces: challenging multiple muscle groups

Developing a fitness program does not have to be expensive nor does it require a large space....
Build your best beach butt!

Womenshealthmag.com says, “The three players that make up your glutes are the gluteus maximus, gluteus medius, and...
Developing Strong External Oblique Muscles

According to Physio-pedia.com, the external abdominal oblique muscle is the largest and most superficial of the four...
Stretching to reduce low back pain risk

According to Cooperinstitute.org, “Prolonged sitting and activities like jogging and cycling can lead to tight hip flexors...
Strengthening the Mid-Back

According to Spine-health.com, “Connecting with the cervical spine above and the lumbar spine below, the thoracic spine...
Streamlining the Waist

Many people, in an attempt to streamline their waist, actually thicken it by training the external oblique...
Exercises to Tone the Inner Thigh and Butt

The inner thigh and butt are areas of aesthetic concern for many women – especially now with...
Strengthening Your Hamstrings

Nordic Hamstring Exercise: With a partner holding the ankles securely, and with knees bent at 90-degrees, fall...
Exercises to streamline your body

BOSU Bird Dog: Using a BOSU stability device, place one knee in a 90-degree bent position &...
Lunges that are easy on the thighs

Thigh Toning: With the Stability Ball against the wall at waist height – with the inside leg...
Getting the Body Ready for Summer

Butt Blaster: Hip Flexion: With the top of one foot on the Stability Ball and the other...
How to Strengthen Your Core

This week April and I will focus on stressing the entire body, while in a prone position...
Walnut Consumption Reduces Cardiovascular Disease Risk

According to the California Walnut Commission (CWC), “Eating walnuts as part of a healthy diet may decrease...
Shaping the Thighs and Buttocks

Women have a higher incidence of weakness of the vastus medialis oblique (VMO) due to excessive hip...
Hollygrove + Eat Fit Dinner, Thursday, January 18th

Pictured: WWL Reporter April Dupre, Eat Fit Dietician Laurn Hulin, and Mackie Eat Fit NOLA Dietitian, Lauren...
Developing Upper Body Postural Control

Developing Upper Body Postural Control to reduce posterior shoulder weakness and eliminate rounded shoulders, thereby giving you...
Research Indicates That Cranberries Reduce Urinary Tract Infection Recurrence in Healthy Women

An online article – Cranberry Reduces the Risk of Urinary Tract Infection Recurrence in Otherwise Healthy Women:...
The Power of Avocados to Increase Cognitive Health

In the September online issue of the open access journal Nutrients, researchers at the Jean Mayer USDA...
Top 5 Ways to Reduce Your Risk of Heart Disease

According to Heart.org (The American Heart Association), “Extensive research has identified factors that increase a person’s risk...
Top 5 Ways to Improve Mental Focus with Age

According to The Aging Mind: Opportunities in Cognitive Research by the National Research Council (NRC) Committee on...
Mackie’s Top 5 Ways to Burn More Calories at Work

In the August issue of Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, researchers from Finland comment that,...