Marion Freijsen » Uncategorized http://marionfreijsen.com A blog about Sports, Fitness & Health Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:02:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Massage – Thai style http://marionfreijsen.com/2010/07/massage-thai-style/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=massage-thai-style http://marionfreijsen.com/2010/07/massage-thai-style/#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2010 02:56:31 +0000 Marion http://marionfreijsen.com/?p=428 Massage is a wonderful tool to make sure your body recovers and restores from all the stresses you put it through every day. Over time, more and more wonderful massage types have reached the western world. I’ll try and cover the 14 types I know of over the next few weeks so I hope you’ll come back and/or add your own favourite massage therapists for each type!

First of all, Thai massage – one of my favourites. Involving a series of movements that you shouldn’t ... Read More

]]> http://marionfreijsen.com/2010/07/massage-thai-style/feed/ 0 Lose weight or else… http://marionfreijsen.com/2010/05/lose-weight-or-else/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=lose-weight-or-else http://marionfreijsen.com/2010/05/lose-weight-or-else/#comments Mon, 31 May 2010 18:30:16 +0000 Marion http://marionfreijsen.com/?p=407 Here’s one site I just came across that I just love – it’s hilarious.

The picture: you have tried everything to lose weight, you have sworn off food for life, you have bribed your husband/wife to only cook you healthy foods, you have tinkered with the scale to show that number you desperately want to see and/or you have set fire to your old wardrobe trying to kid yourself into one that is at least 2 dress sizes smaller…and none of it has worked.

The ... Read More

]]> http://marionfreijsen.com/2010/05/lose-weight-or-else/feed/ 0 on the right path? http://marionfreijsen.com/2010/04/on-the-right-path/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=on-the-right-path http://marionfreijsen.com/2010/04/on-the-right-path/#comments Mon, 19 Apr 2010 02:36:32 +0000 Marion http://marionfreijsen.com/?p=386 Life is all about ups- and downs. Maintaining a healthy body and healthy mind is no different!

This weekend, I was trying out some fitness wear. When showing my choices to my patient shopping friend, the sales woman said to him “I hope I will look like her when I am as old as she is”…

I think I’ll take that as a compliment…. :-) ... Read More

]]> http://marionfreijsen.com/2010/04/on-the-right-path/feed/ 0 the importance of Protein http://marionfreijsen.com/2010/02/the-importance-of-protein/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-importance-of-protein http://marionfreijsen.com/2010/02/the-importance-of-protein/#comments Tue, 23 Feb 2010 11:39:36 +0000 Marion http://marionfreijsen.com/?p=349 There are tons of myths about protein and sports. For instance, that simply eating more protein will increase your muscles. Now – it would be nice if it worked like that but then again, when have you ever found something to be that easy? No, unfortunately, eating protein alone will not build all that nice toned muscle for you – you have to work at it yourself!

But protein is a very important nutrition source for muscles and you should look closely at your diet and ensure ... Read More

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