Tips for a Stronger. Healthier. Happier. 2014
Tips for a Stronger. Healthier. Happier. 2014 from the EMPOWER Team: Fitness Find physical activity you enjoy, it’s so much easier to do when it is no longer a chore, but a hobby. Do not hesitate to tackle the weight room and try new techniques. If you find the weight room intimidating – let us […]
Recipe of the Week: Veggie Pumpkin Chili
Veggie Pumpkin Chili 2 Tbs canola oil 1 onion, chopped 3 cloves garlic, minced 1 green bell pepper, chopped 1 red bell pepper, chopped 3 carrots, peeled and chopped 28 oz diced or crushed tomatoes (diced=chunks, crushed=creamier) 15 oz canned pumpkin 15 oz can of kidney beans, rinsed and drained 15 oz can of black […]
EATing Your Way to Better Health and Fitness: Part 2
EATing Your Way to Better Health and Fitness, Part Deux Written by EMPOWER General Manager, Michael Whitehurst Before we get into the next component of the EAT plan, bring out your homework that was assigned to you yesterday. If you forgot your homework you may take a few minutes to complete it before reading on, […]
EAT Your Way to Better Health & Fitness: Part 1
EAT your way to Better Health and Fitness: Part 1 Written by: Michael, General Manager at EMPOWER Personalized Fitness Raleigh & Durham. If you are reading this article you are probably a health and fitness enthusiast perusing topical subject matter, or you are realizing how you failed to keep last year’s New Year’s Resolution to […]
EMPOWER’s Nutrition for Runners
Thanks to everyone who came out to our Nutrition for Runners Lectures! Nutrition is such an important part of training for any race (whether it be a running race or just the race that is life!) As promised, the notes from the lecture are at the link below! Please let us know if you have […]
EMPOWER’s 7 Days of Smoothies
EMPOWER’s 7 Days of Smoothies: Designed and Tested by the EMPOWER Team – for you! Our most recent special offer on Facebook was a FREE Download for EMPOWER’s 7 Days of Smoothies. (Find our Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/empowerpersonalizedfitness?ref=hl) If you missed out on the opportunity to download it from our Facebook, you can now get all the […]
Three Bean Salad Recipe
Three Bean Salad Recipe: Ingredients: 2 cans black beans (drained & rinsed) 2 cans kidney beans (drained & rinsed) 1 can garbanzo beans (drained & rinsed) 6 green onions (rinsed & chopped, I like to only use the white end and a little of the green) 6 tbsp olive oil 6 tbsp red wine vinegar […]
21 Day Detox Cleanse: Week 3
Cleanse Blog Week 3 – Becoming Powerful. Week 3 of the cleanse was a breeze. I kicked up my workouts a notch because I heard sometimes in the third week people hit a little bit of a plateau in terms of weight loss. I had my routine down and it really flew by. I was […]
Nestor’s Power Smoothie
Nestor’s Morning Power Smoothie (Serves 2): 1 cup vanilla soy milk (or almond milk) 1 cup plain low-/non-fat yogurt 1 banana 1 cup frozen mixed fruit (your choice; I like Dole fruit medley with peaches, pineapple, strawberries, mango, and grapes) 1/2 cup fruit juice (your choice; I like mango/passion fruit) 2 scoops vanilla soy protein powder […]
21 Day Detox Cleanse:
Liz Hurley Style – Week 1: For those of you that do not know me…my name is Liz Hurley, I am the group fitness coordinator and a personal trainer at EMPOWER. This is my summary of Week 1 on “The Cleanse.” If you are unfamiliar with it- the cleanse is a 21 day liver detox […]