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There Isn’t a Perfect Time to Start Something New Once You are in 3rd grade

tracybenham — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 12:50:43 +0000

Summer is in full swing. Shorts, swimsuits and flip flops should be out front in your closet and are the first things you look forward to putting on after a long day at work and on the weekends.

But Tracy,”I was super busy all winter and spring just few by. I never got a chance to make health and fitness a priority and now I want to enjoy all of the summer goodies. All I want to do is relax when I finally get a couple of days off.” I have heard some sort of this mantra repeated over and over last weekend as I was telling people about our new Travel Fit program and ebook.

So here is the deal if you have not reached your health and fitness goals, now’s the time to get started!

If you wait until the kids are back in school, after your vacation, when the economy gets better, when your schedule opens up, or when a pill comes out that can make you fit while you sit on the couch – stop waiting! (Unless you are a mouse – see below!).

There isn’t a perfect time to start something new once you are out of third grade.

Couch potato’s, gym membership avoiders and exercise haters – join us and come aboard. Give in and get fit, be more active and start the journey to increased energy – today.

We’ll help make it easy (well, much simpler and a whole lot easier to begin and keep going until fit, healthy and active is an integral part of your lifestyle) – stay tuned here for quick tips, workouts, activity and travel sport guides, easy healthier cooking options, recipes and so much more. If you are interested in our Travel Fit new ebook program , sign up for our RSS feed to be the first to know when it is available (of course we are a little biased, since it is brought to you from the teams at SHE & AHN

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*A 2009 study reported that sedentary mice that were feed a ‘diet pill’ burned more calories and could exercise longer than mice than the control mice.This drug may some day help bedridden patients fight obesity and diabetes, but they are a long away from seeing if these results can some how translate to people. So health and fitness professionals can relax and not worry about how the next magical product could force them out of a job.

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July Fourth – Holiday – Health, Fit and Fun Tips

tracybenham — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 18:15:05 +0000

Here are some “kick butt” tips for keeping fit, active and regret free on the Fourth of July from our Director/Exercise and Sport Physiologist Tracy Benham.

• Sports and summertime go together. Plan an activity early in the day. Play baseball, touch football; go to the local pool or beach.

• Get outside early and see if you can think of and do more than four activities before four o’clock to celebrate the Fourth.

• Eat a bowl of fruit before you head for the barbecue goodies. Tons of fruits are in season. Make a Fourth of July fruit cocktail. Blueberries, raspberries, strawberries…

• Use a plate. You will be less tempted to mindlessly snack.

• Skip the cheese and the Mayo on your burger and load up on lettuce tomatoes, pickles, onions and relish.

• Alternate cocktails and other caloric beverages with a glass of water. Or … just avoid the high calorie beverages all together!

• Take the skin off of your barbecue chicken.

• Eat only half of your hot dog and fill your plate with beans, fruits and veggies.

• Have a small burger or split one with a friend.

• Skip the chips and all day snacking. Enjoy a small dessert instead.

• Trying to avoid red meat? Try a turkey burger or Boca burger instead.

• Have a healthy breakfast, participate in as many sports/activities as possible and enjoy a healthy barbecue or dinner with friends and family.

• Make your entire weekend as active as possible.

• Be sure to take a minute to be Thankful for our Troops and our Country.

Remember: You do not have to sacrifice your health to celebrate!

Happy Holiday!

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Best in Travel Today via @TravelFit Explained

tracybenham — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 03:15:01 +0000

TravelFit has a new daily paper out via *SmallRivers*. Our Best in Travel Today ‘ daily ‘paper’ will be combination of our favorite list of Active Travel Journalists, Bloggers, Photographers, Adventures and Travelers -links, stories and best comments. No feeds or spammers.

We know how hard to follow and stay updated with all of best travel information available.

Since over 10,000 people follow @Travel Fit, we wanted a way to stay updated and share only the best travel info without all of the noise that comes from feeds, spammers and random comments. We spent months compiling out Our Best in Travel list. It constantly gets updated, to keep only the most active travelers, experts and fun people to follow on it.

We are really excited about this fun to read, daily/weekly travel review and update. It takes only a couple of minutes to: get quick travel tips from the insiders, find your next adventure to add to the list or even, take a break from the cold and check out a couple of amazing travel photos.

We would love to hear what your think.

You can even subscribe to it. During the holiday season it will be coming out everyday. But after the new year it will be a weekly paper.

Best in Travel Today is out! Dec 28th http://bit.ly/h2morP – ( partial screen shot below)

Bookmark : http://paper.li/TravelFit

Love Twitter – So do we; Follow us: TravelFit and share your favorite travel tips with us.

*SmallRivers is a privately held startup incorporated in Switzerland (Lausanne) and located on the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology EPFL campus.

Co-founded by Edouard Lambelet and Iskander Pols, the company is focused on facilitating the discovery of relevant content and other people of interest on the web. Check out their blog to get the latest news, or follow them Twitter: @smallrivers.

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Name Your Last Triumph, Adventure, or Mighty Thing

tracybenham — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 18:11:09 +0000

“Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure… than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.” *
-Teddy Roosevelt

Is something stopping you from adding/experiencing/achieving *adventure* in your life?

Ask yourself “If not NOW – When…”

Why Not Now? This summer? This Year?

What is stopping you?

( let us know – we have a lot of good tools, references and suggestions to help get you started and support your progress)

*adventure* -insert the word that best motivates you - change - triumph - greatness…

* Part of the Why Travel Fit Now (Why TF Now) series of quotes and little tips to get – and – keep you motivated on your journey to a lifetime of better health and fitness.

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Best Way to Free Up Time to Travel More this Summer

tracybenham — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 10:20:42 +0000

Make this summer an active one for you and your family. Here is an easy way to free up some time: Choose one day every week to turn off every TV, video game, cell phone and computer. Gather your family and/or friends and do something — anything — together.

Yes, an entire day (or at least evening) Media – Free.

Get out the calendar and pick your “turn it off” electronic entertainment-free day. Plan an activity, event or adventure. If you have kids, let them take turns planning an activity.

Split up the day and let each family member plan something fun for the family to do together. If possible, plan a memorable activity/fitness day trip for a fun and healthy thing to do!

You could go to the park, take a day trip to a nearby city, go ice-skating, go bowling, take a hike … the choice is yours.

Everyone talks about how the most important thing you can give is your time, but how many of you never seem to have that time to give?

Make this the summer that you try new sports, get outside, are active, get dirty, and the season that you get fit ,travel more rand have more fun.

What memories do you have of being active and adventurous last year?

If you can’t think of tons of active memories, you owe it to the little kid in you to do something fun this summer. It will definitely beat spending the evening in front of the TV.

Travel Fit NOW Tip: Why not try a Media -Free day this weekend?

This tip is shared by our director and founder of the Boca Raton-based SHE / “Sports Health Exercise”. “Tracy Benham has helped thousands achieve optimum health and well-being with her dynamic, motivating, and inspirational approach.” For More Fitness Tips, Videos, Workouts, Recipes, and Holiday Tips, check out: http://SportsHealthExercise.com

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Motivational quotes from Famous Footballers (Soccer Players for the yanks)

tracybenham — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 18:24:48 +0000

As the excitement grows over the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa are a few of my favorite quote from soccer greats.

“Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do.”

~Pele

“Failure happens all the time. It happens every day in practice. What makes you better is how you react to it.”

~Mia Hamm

“Experience tells you what to do; confidence allows you to do it.”

~Stan Smith

I was always taught as a kid if you do something, do it right. If not, go do something else. For me, soccer was life.?

~Marcelo Balboa

Check out World Cup Coverage on The Official site http://www.fifa.com

Soccer Players are the ultimate fit athletes!

Cover of Vanity Fair May 2010 Issue by Anne Leibovitz

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Travel is Best: IN the Water, ON the Mountain, IN the Forest, ON a Dirt rode…

tracybenham — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 17:00:02 +0000

Travel, Activities & Adventure are best when most of your time is spent outdoors.*

-Tracy Benham

So we support envioromental (& many good) causes

*(Answer to question of why do we always share eco posts on our Twitter page : TravelFit

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Travel is a Great Motivator for Weight Loss

tracybenham — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:20:31 +0000

Plan your spring break and summer trips/vacations/holidays now.

Use them for inspiration to get – and - stay fit and healthy this year.

If you would like help getting fit to enjoy your upcoming trips:

Just send us a note, tell us when, where and what kind of trip you are planning. Let us know what we can do to help you have the best active experience ever!

In 2010: We are going to be part of /leading/participating in:

Cycling in Italy, Hiking in the Swiss Alps, Horseback Riding in Iceland, Spa – Health & Fitness at the The Cloister Hotel and Spa, a Travel Fit Cruise and many other active travel trips and adventures. Please send us a message if you would like information about joining us for the fun!

fit@travelfitnow.com & please sign up for our RSS feed

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