Mark Beier is back with another video for our Fitness Fridays Series. Today he’s showing you some simple exercises that you can do almost anywhere to strengthen your lower back. Read more…
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TGIFF Giveaway: Contributor Mark Beier Launches His Own Pre-Workout Bars
The wait is over, our Fitness Friday contributor Mark Beier has finally launched his own line of nutrient-dense performance bars appropriately called—MARK BAR. Whether you are professional athlete competing at the highest level, or a weekend warrior looking to improve your performance, MARK BARs provide you with the fuel you need to perform at your best with ingredients you can trust. One of our favorites being quinoa—YU know how we love our quinoa around here.
Let’s be honest, many whole food energy bars taste like mud. MARK BARs taste like muffins and cookies in bar form—it’s true.
Want to win a sample pack of flavors including Blueberry Almond, Honey Almond, Peanut Butter Chocolate and Cinnamon Raisin Almond? Comment below to be entered in our MARK BAR Giveaway.
Want them right now? If you are in Chicago you can go to any of these locations. Non-Chicagoans can buy online. Read more…
Whole Food of the Month: Chia Seed
Ch-Ch-Ch—remember those tiny seeds that you could spread onto clay pigs and bunnies and they’d sprout into fluffy pat-worthy green “fur”? Yup, chia. Well, did you know that many people consider it be nature’s perfect food? Read more…
Fitness Fridays with Mark Beier: Yoga-Inspired Upper Body Stretches
TGIFF! Mark shows us how to stretch out our upper body yoga-style today. He claims he’s not the best yogi, but I think he does alright… Read more…
Fitness Fridays with Mark Beier: Leg Stretches
Many of YU have asked for some stretching suggestions, so today, Mark shares some of his favorites for the legs… Read more…
Fitness Fridays with Mark Beier: More Core
Mark Beier is back this week with some more TGIFF core work using a stability ball… Read more…
Fitness Fridays with Mark Beier & Heather Crosby: Glutes & Core Series
Today, I join Mark for a series of exercises that strengthen and tone the glutes and core. You’ll need a resistance band for this series, but it’s an inexpensive investment that you can easily use at home or take with you when you travel. Read more…
Fitness Fridays with Mark Beier: Plyometric Exercises
TGIFF! Today, YumUniverse Contributor Mark Beier walks us through some powerful plyometric exercises to shape up our legs and burn some calories. Have fun… Read more…
Fitness Friday: Introducing Emily Hajduk from CityFit.com
Emily Hajduk is co-founder of CityFit.com, an online fitness directory (coming any day now) that will help connect Chicagoans with fitness businesses and events in the Windy City while highlighting local fitness trends and deals. And for Fitness Friday today she is going to share her do-anywhere body weight circuit with all of YU. It’s a perfect workout that you can fit in with all the travel and hectic schedules of the holiday season. Read more…
