Your personal relationship with food can either make you – help you lose those last 10lbs – or break you – help you gain those extra 10lbs. Understanding how our bodies react to food is imperative to reaching any type of fitness goal.

Alyson Boyd, this week’s inspiring woman, has overcome a ‘topsy turvy relationship with food’ in order to win both her Figure and Fitness class at one show. Combining her positive relationship with food and dedication to the gym, while working towards her MBA in Sports Business and Marketing – Alyson is an expert in time management and making sure that no matter the circumstance – nothing gets in the way of her and reaching her goals.

Find out more about Alyson and just how she balances her hectic lifestyle. Read the full story

Every woman wants tight toned arms.  Spending hours on the treadmill or elliptical is not going to do the trick.  So, what do you do to make sure that your arm flab goes away?

You need to start lifting weights.

Yes, ladies, I should not be the only woman in the free weight section of the gym. Every woman should get off of the elliptical and join me!

One exercise that is going to help you tone your arms and drop body fat is the Chest Press. Its good for people at every level of exercise because you can easily adjust the exercise to fit your fitness capabilities.

Take a look a the video below, I talk a bit more about the benefits of the Chest Press and go on to show you three variations you can try.

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