Take your workout up a notch with these tips from our Pinterest boards: Workout Habits to Kick: Any of these bad exercise habits can derail your progress or cause injury. Here are the six bad fitness habits you should break. Source: jillianmichaels.com via Pathways To Life on Pinterest     Interested in weight training? This book is a great introduction to weight lifting, including a full training routine and nutrition

Everyone needs a change in routine once in a while, and switching up your exercise routine not only keeps your muscles guessing, which can improve your results, but also provides a nice psychological change of pace. Today I’m sharing a few shoulder exercises I enjoy that you may not be doing; incorporate one, two or all three into your routine to challenge your muscles in a new way and keep things interesting!  

If you’re weight training, you probably know that recovery is an imporant part of achieving your fitness goals.  You should always give your body – or whatever muscle group you’ve worked, if you split your training – at least 48 hours to recover from a workout. It is during this recovery time that your muscles repair themselves and gain strength and size. Muscle growth actually happens during this recovery time,

Here are some of our favourite pins on the Pathways To Life Pinterest boards this week:       I’m crazy about the BOSU lately! Try these new BOSU exercises to mix up your ab routine. Source: fitsugar.com via Pathways To Life on Pinterest   Need some motivation? Our Fitspiration board is full of inspiring sayings and images to get you in the right mindset! Source: Uploaded by user via Pathways

No doubt by now you’ve heard of the social bookmarking site Pinterest. It’s a great, visual way to share web content and PATHWays To Life has a series of Pinterest boards, covering healthy recipes, exercises and some motivational images to keep you on your healthy path to life! Follow our boards and share your finds with us on Pinterest

Homemade Fruit and Nut Granola Summary: Easy and delicious granola that can be customized with different fruit and nuts to suit your taste. Ingredients 2 cups quick-cooking oatmeal (not instant) 1 cup mixed nut (hazelnuts, almonds, walnuts, brazil nuts) ¼ cup mixed seeds (sunflower, poppy, pumpkin, sesame) ¾ cup unsweetened dried shredded coconut 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1 ½ cups dried fruit (raisins, cranberries, apricots) 5 tablespoons honey 5 tablespoons

Some of you may have heard of a little device called the FitBit.  It is, essentially, an advanced pedometer that you wear as it tracks the number of steps you take in a day and automagically uploads your statistics to your account over at fitbit.com. I have been using a FitBit for nearly a year now and I find that I never go anywhere without it on.  Since it also

Recipe: Peanut Butter Chocolate Swirl Protein Bread Summary: I’ve been totally hooked on Jamie Eason’s Cinnamon Swirl Protein Bread since Liz gave me the recipe a few weeks ago. The kids love it too, and I’ve been making a pan every few days. I’ve modified it a bit because I don’t use alternative or artificial sweeteners; I make it without sweetening the batter and with 3 tablespoons each cinnamon and

Infertility Etiquette Tips for the Holiday Season  These easy-to-follow strategies can help couples, hosts, friends and family avoid hurt feelings and holiday heartache The holidays are a wonderful time to spend with family and friends, but for those coping with infertility, the pain of celebrating a child-centric holiday can be difficult. Holiday joy can be quickly squashed with a careless comment such as “Why haven’t you had kids yet?” Even seeing

Recipe: Soft Chocolate Cookies Summary: These yummy cookies from The Heart And Stroke Association website are so soft and delicious; they’re almost like a mini brownie. They get their softness and their fibre from the prunes that make up most of the wet ingredients. Genius! Ingredients 50 mL (1 cup) pitted Medjool dates (about 12) or prunes, chopped 75 mL (1/3 cup) low fat milk 50 mL (1/4 cup) soft