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Your mindset is the crucial factor when it comes to slimming down, toning up, and boosting overall well-being. Personal trainer to the stars Joel Harper offers the motivation and guidance you need to achieve your fitness goals, and live life the way you want it to be in this blog. Joel’s blog posts are adapted with permission from his book Mind Your Body.

Do You Push Yourself Hard Enough in Your Workout? How to Tell
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Do You Push Yourself Hard Enough in Your Workout? How to Tell

Joel Harper | November 20, 2018

Use this rating scale as a fast way to get a read on how hard you are pushing yourself throughout all parts of your workout.

Stop Sabotaging Your Health and Fitness!
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Stop Sabotaging Your Health and Fitness!

Joel Harper | October 23, 2018

Goals to lose weight and get healthy often get snagged on contradictions in other areas of your life. Do you know how you’re working against yourself?

Exercises to Beat Anger or Anxiety
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Exercises to Beat Anger or Anxiety

Joel Harper | September 25, 2018

Anger and anxiety are normal from time to time, but unhealthy and unproductive over long periods of time. These exercises let it all out.

Respect Your Commitments—to Others and to Yourself
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Respect Your Commitments—to Others and to Yourself

Joel Harper | August 28, 2018

People with follow-through spend less time struggling with temptation or decision making. You don’t have to be born with it, but practice is essential.

You Can’t Change What You Refuse to Confront
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You Can’t Change What You Refuse to Confront

Joel Harper | July 31, 2018

Your choices helped create your current physique. Here’s how you can uncreate it to get the body you want.

5 Power Smoothies that Pack a Protein Punch
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5 Power Smoothies that Pack a Protein Punch

Joel Harper | July 3, 2018

If you’re wasting calories—and money—on store-bought energy drinks, try these quick-and-nutritious power drinks instead to really fuel your body.

The Do-Anywhere, No-Excuses Full-Body Workout
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The Do-Anywhere, No-Excuses Full-Body Workout

Joel Harper | June 5, 2018

This routine works every major muscle of your body. No equipment needed—just your body and gravity. Do it in your hotel, a friend’s guest room…anywhere!

The Other 23+ Hours: What to Do When You’re Not Exercising
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The Other 23+ Hours: What to Do When You’re Not Exercising

Joel Harper | May 8, 2018

Sure, your exercise daily. But that doesn’t give you permission to sit on your butt for the rest of the day. Here’s how to stay active all day.

Listen to Your Body About Food
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Listen to Your Body About Food

Joel Harper | April 10, 2018

Strike the word “diet” from your vocabulary. By listening to your body, you’ll find an eating plan that works for you—and the weight will come off.

How to Have More Energy…Starting Right Now
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How to Have More Energy…Starting Right Now

Joel Harper | March 13, 2018

Paying attention to what saps your energy and making conscious choices about where to devote your energy will help you get more out of your day.

The Secret to a Truly Sculpted, Sleek Body
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The Secret to a Truly Sculpted, Sleek Body

Joel Harper | February 13, 2018

Here’s the right way to design your workouts to get the body you want. Balanced, beautiful and pain-free.

Stop Comparing Yourself to Others
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Stop Comparing Yourself to Others

Joel Harper | January 16, 2018

There will always be someone who is in better shape than you. There will also always be someone worse off. It just doesn’t matter.

Using Exercise to Relieve Stress: My 6-Step Strategy
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Using Exercise to Relieve Stress: My 6-Step Strategy

Joel Harper | December 19, 2017

Meghan’s neck was tight and tense, like the weight of the world was on her shoulders. Here’s the trick from celebrity trainer Joel Harper to let it go.

The Affirmation Habit: Lose Weight, Get Fit…Live Your Dreams
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The Affirmation Habit: Lose Weight, Get Fit…Live Your Dreams

Joel Harper | November 21, 2017

Celebrity trainer Joel Harper tells the right words to help yourself lose weight, boost energy, eat healthy, improve mood, stop negative self-talk, more.

What Boosts Willpower?
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What Boosts Willpower?

Joel Harper | October 24, 2017

Willpower works like the muscles in your body. With the right exercises, you can build your willpower stamina.