Mother’s Day 2020, the Best One Ever.

Mother's Day 2020

Today is May 8th, 2020. Unless you live in a state that’s lifted social distancing mandates, you’ll most likely be spending a large part of your Mother’s Day at home like me on Sunday. No brunches, no spa day, no shopping. What are we moms to do? I found the following brief post I wrote some years back before my blog became exclusively wellness-based, at a period of time when my kids still liked to come out of their rooms every so often and still asked me to play with them. How quickly those years passed through my life. Our …

Tone your whole upper body with one exercise.

best upper body exercise

One move can tone your whole upper body. You can perform this super-efficient compound exercise with a simple pair of dumbbells at home. It works the chest and back simultaneously–The lats, pecs, triceps, teres major, deltoids, rhomboids, levator, plus the abs–all at once.  That’s a lot of muscles. People sometimes overlook the pullover, an old-school move, in favor of more trendy moves. But sometimes simple is best, especially when it comes to efficiency, ie, achieving more in less time. Do your upper body muscles a favor and try adding this move to your home workouts. As a well-known gym move, …