How To Prevent Shoulder Injuries

Today’s post is in response to a great question from Paul, one of your fellow Unstoppable Fat Loss blog readers…

“Hey Scott,

I am on the shelf this week as I heal yet another injury this time to my left pec. I was wondering if you had some tips on how to not get injured. I do warm up with cardio, stretch (although I don’t know if I’m doing it long enough or correctly)

Over the past decade, the most frequent injury is upper back and shoulder. I think that I’ve probably over-trained the large muscles and not enough on the smaller supporting ones.

Since I eliminated the bench press my shoulder is 85% better. Any tips are appreciated.

Thanks”

Here’s my video response and I will follow it up with a written summary:

Shoulder Warm Up Exercises


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Spending 5 minutes on the treadmill or stationary bike prior to your workout is a good idea. It will elevate your heart rate and body temperature while getting your blood pumping through your body and oxygen flowing to your brain.

I like to use this time to mentally prepare for the workout and block out any potential distractions. But…

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Practice Perfect Posture In Your Home Office

In today’s blog post my friend Judy Kelly is going to share some simple tips that you can put into practice during your busy work day to help you improve your posture. Enjoy the guest post!

Perfect PostureWhen you develop perfect posture, back pain can be reduced or eliminated.

Think about your job, which may require sitting for eight hours straight, and then your leisure time that you may spend in front of your computer, TV, or video game player. How much time do you think you spend sitting? Because 80% of Americans deal with back pain causing missed work, do you want to know what part sitting plus how you are sitting can determine whether you will be part of that 80%?

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A Healthy Approach To Internet Marketing: Guest Blogging For Lynn Terry

Lynn Terry Internet MarketerI am having an absolute blast this week guest blogging for my friend Lynn Terry. I’m sharing a 5 part series about “A Healthy Approach To Internet Marketing“. This is a series that you won’t want to miss. I’ll be sharing some fast and fun home office workouts along with very helpful tips to increase your productivity.

Before you head over there, be sure to download this FREE report from Lynn on the topic of “How To Write Product Reviews“. It’s a quick read with awesome advice. There’s quite a few Fat Loss Quickie members who have been following Lynn’s advice and their product reviews have been outstanding.

While you are visiting Lynn’s blog be sure to

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Fitness Lessons From My 10 Years Of Marriage

Scott and Angie TousignantToday, October 23rd I am celebrating my tenth wedding anniversary to my beautiful, loving, generous, brilliant, and radiant wife Angie. It’s been the best 10 years of my life, but it certainly hasn’t been a smooth and perfect road. As I sit here reflecting on the past 10 years, all of our experiences, and all of our accomplishments, I can’t help but see the comparisons between a successful marriage and success in fitness.

9 Similarities Between Successful Marriage and Successful Fat Loss

Initial Excitement

Successful Marriages and successful fat loss programs begin with the initial excitement about the journey ahead. Your focus is on all of the wonderful things that you are going to experience and the positive impact that it will have on your life.

I remember when Angie and I first got married. We rarely had arguments, we were head over heels for each other, and I thought that nothing could possibly go wrong. I was totally fixated on all the amazing things that we were going to experience as a couple.

This is often the case when you begin a fat loss program. The initial excitement can blind you from the possible setbacks that you will most likely face.

Overcoming Challenges and Setbacks

Speaking of setbacks, this is another similarity between marriage and fat loss.

Boy oh boy have Angie and I ever faced some massive challenges such as

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