Are you a guy 40+ (or near 40) looking to Live Leaner I Stronger I Longer I Better? Welcome to Barbells To Buddhas. Hosted by Mens Body Transformation coach Ror Alexander, join him as he shares his 25+ years of fitness and health knowledge, with the wisdom and experiences he discovered traveling all throughout Asia and India during his late 30s and 40s. Train Smarter! Eat Better! Experience the world! Check off those bucket list dreams! Live a life with no regrets! Book your FREE "First 10 P ...
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I love travel and adventure. I also love being lean, strong and fit. But for the longest time I thought those 2 things were oxymorons. As I discovered I was the moron. So today I cover my top travel experiences that I know being fit in my 40s made all the better. And I hope it inspires you to get in Train I Travel I Try New S*it! IS IT TIME TO FINA…
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E106: How To Get Lean, Fit, Healthy Cheap
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In this episode I discuss how I stay fit and lean for cheap, and help my clients do the same. FREE DOWNLOAD - No More Dad Bod Roadmap https://www.roralexander.com/nomoredadbod Follow Ror on INSTAGRAM RORS INSTAGRAM Follow Ror on TIKTOK RORS TIKTOK Thank you for checking out my podcast, and I hope you enjoyed this episode of BARBELLS TO BUDDHAS. Ple…
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E105: My 5 Top Reasons You're WASTING TIME In The Gym
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Stop wasting your time in the gym by making these 5 BIG mistakes, if you wanna ditch the dad bod to start living Leaner, stronger, longer and better! In todays episode I’m going to give you my TOP 5 tell tale signs that you’re kinda wasting your time in the gym. IS IT TIME TO FINALLY DITCH YOUR DAD BOD & START TO LIVE AWESOME”? Set up your 100% FRE…
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E104: How To Go To Bed Earlier (and be happier doing it) Tonight // Much Better Sleep.
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It’s been said that “nothing good happens after 9pm”, and I have to say I agree, AT LEAST when it comes to getting in awesome shape. Why? Cause after 9 it’s often, s#it food, booze, wacky tobbacky, munchies, Can Crunch', order in pizza, frozen burritos, chips and Netflix, Chips Ahoy crisp & chewies, Oreos, you get the idea... Well on todays episode…
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E103: How To Avoid Gym Injuries (Train pain free into your 40's, 50's, 60's and beyond)
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At 47 years young I can train just (nearly) as hard as in my 20s? How? Cause I made the conscious choices to not get injured in the gym. Does this mean I may have missed some PRs? Sure. But at 47 (and a half I might add), I'm still setting new PRs and feeling amazing doing it, while still traveling the world, snowboarding, kayaking, snorkeling , do…
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E102: Fitness At 47: What I Wish I Did/Knew Then
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Being in your best shape well into your 40's, is not something that most guys can say, and even less guys who have been training (like myself) consistently for the last 25+ years. In this episode I go into what I wish I knew, or did know, but didn't do for some reason or another, that I now do. WANT HELP DITCH THE DAD BOD FOR GOOD? Set up your 100%…
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E101: 7 BIG Mens Beginners Workout Mistakes
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There are a lot of mistakes newbie men make when it comes to the trying to get in shape in the gym. In this episode I go over some of the most common ones I see often, so you won't make the same mistakes. WANT HELP GETTING LEANER, STRONGER, FITTER? Set up your 100% FREE First 5 Pounds Strategy Call with Ror Alexander no matter where in the world yo…
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E100: Why Fitness Challenges SUCK and What You NEED TO DO Instead
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If there is one thing I cannot stand, it's all these ridiculous fitness challenges, diet challenges, personal development challenges that get tossed all over the internet. So in this episode I tell you exactly why you want to stay away from these challenges, and what you should do instead, if you really want to get the body, health, and life you dr…
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E099: Road To My FITTEST At 47 Years Old (a.k.a. 47 days to 47 Years Old Kickstart)
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Last year I did 46 days to my fittest 46 years old. This year I'm doing it again, and even better with 47 to 47. And in MUCH better shape at 1 year older than last year! Want to see what I did? What I'm doing now? What I changed? What I kept? Listen in. I hope you enjoyed this episode of the BARBELLS TO BUDDHAS podcast. Please share it in anyway yo…
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E098: How To Get the Body And Life You Want in 2023
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In this episode I go over the 4 big questions I have all my potential coaching clients get clear on before I work with them, so I can make sure they hit their body and life goals. I hope you enjoyed this episode of the BARBELLS TO BUDDHAS podcast. Please share it in anyway you know how, and/or toss me a 5 star review on Apple or Spotify podcasts ——…
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E097: How to Stay Lean After 4 Back to Back, All-You-Can-Eat Buffets
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In this episode I talk about the planning I put into my yearly Christmas vacation that involves not , not 2, not 3, but 4 back to back buffet meals, And yes, Im eating all that I want! I hope you enjoyed this episode of the BARBELLS TO BUDDHAS podcast. Please share it in anyway you know how, and/or toss me a 5 star review on Apple or Spotify podcas…
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E096: Top 10 Fit & Healthy Gifts For 2022
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In this video I go over my top 10 gift picks for the fit guy, or guy looking to get fit this holiday season and into the new year. Including one I just ordered myself right after recording this episode. I hope you enjoyed this episode of the BARBELLS TO BUDDHAS podcast. Please share it in anyway you know how, and/or toss me a 5 star review on Apple…
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E095: How To NOT GET FAT Over The Holidays This Year
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The holidays are not typically the time you think about losing weight, BUT it is also a time when you do not have to gain weight. Studies show that many people gain weight throughout the 6 last weeks of the year, and that's the additional weight they carry into their future. Of course, the next step in this cycle is the old New Years Resolution to …
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E094: 4 BIG Ways To Lose Fat, No Diet. No Gym.
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In this episode host Ror Alexander talks about 4 BIG overlooked things that you can start today to start to lose fat with no dieting and no gym. I hope you enjoyed this episode of the BARBELLS TO BUDDHAS podcast. Please share it in anyway you know how, and/or toss me a 5 star review on Apple or Spotify podcasts ——— Want help earning your kick ass b…
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E093: How They Lost Nearly 50 Pounds in 30 Days (by Halloween).
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My 30-Day Halloween 'Spooktacular Body Transformation Kickstart' Challenge was a complete success! I had 6 people in it with a combined weight loss of right around 50 pounds, and 1 guy alone did 20 of that! And with access to NO GYM! Crazy! But here's the thing; it's not that hard! Getting to a healthy body fat % is actually quite easy if you just …
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E092: What You Can Learn From the Gym Fu*@tard
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In this episode I discuss what (if anything) you can learn from the guys who are complete idiots in the gym, YET, they are still in pretty good shape. How do they do it, when their workouts look absolutely FN ridiculous??? Let's find out now. I hope you enjoyed this episode of the BARBELLS TO BUDDHAS podcast. Please share it in anyway you know how,…
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E091: How I Get Paid To Travel The World, Bucket List Goals, Halloween Body Transformation Challenge
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In this listener Q&A I discuss how I have been paid to travel the world for the last 10+ years, and where else I want to get paid to travel. I also discuss some of my Bucket List goals, and experiences I want to have or get back into. BONUS: I also give you the first notice of my 2nd annual Halloween Spooktactular Body Transformation Challenge. Get…
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E090: How I Would Leave To Travel The World Today?
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It's no secret I LOVE travel, and trying new sh!t. And in my past I packed up and travelled the world on nothing but a hope and a big dream. And it worked out pretty well. But, what would I do different today if I was to repeat the past and set off with a one way ticket to Hong Kong?Find out now. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spot…
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E089: 3 BIG Things I'd Change On My Fitness Journey
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I was recently asked the question, "what would I change if I could go back in time and talk to myself?", and this is a great question as it's the same info that I now share with my coaching clients. So in this video I go over the 3 biggest things I would change, and make sure my current clients don't mess up now to ensure they get faster and lifelo…
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In this episode of the Stronger , Longer, Better Mini-cast, I talk about what I pack to stay fit on the road and in the air! Let me know if you would also like an episode on my fool proof plan to make Jetlag your bitch! It works. I do it. My clients do it. Ad your long distance vacations will never be the same again! --- Send in a voice message: ht…
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E088: How To Vision Board // Design MUCH Better Workouts
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In this episode of the Barbells To Buddhas podcast, host and fitness & lifestyle coach Ror Alexander goes over 2 topics, designing your long plan vision board, and how to design a much better workout program. I hope you enjoyed this episode of the BARBELLS TO BUDDHAS podcast. Please share it in anyway you know how, and/or toss me a 5 star review on…
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E087: 6 of the BEST Life Tips You Will EVER Get
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If you want a life that's meaningless, full of crap relationships, happy being fat, and weak, dressing like a slob, getting no respect, having low confidence, be boring, just live "good enough" and you have zero intent in living your absolute best life possible, then you better pass this episode by. But if you want all the opposite of that BS up th…
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E086: How To Cut The BS and Design the Life You Want
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There sure is a lot of weak ass talk in the world. I might, maybe, perhaps, around, about. F' that! I WILL! I AM! I'LL DO! That is the language you need to be speaking my friend if you want to crush those goals. From getting that hard body, to that killer career, too that bucket list trip and adventure. And in todays episode I talk about what you n…
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E085: You Got Goals! Great! Now Answer These 5 Questions.
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Thanks for all the feedback on my previous episode 84, Got Goals? Now You Will! And I was asked to make this a bit of a mini-series on how I designed my clarity, vision board, and 5 years plan. So I have done just that, and to do that I asked myself 5 BIG questions to start to design my roadmap. Speaking of my roadmap, I will be following that up i…
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You got goals? You better! In this episode of the Health By Design podcast, I discuss the importance of having goals, which is one of the keys to happiness, and something I KNOW every one of you should have. I discuss my goals, how they have changed over time, why it's okay for them to change, and how you can start to develop some of your own big g…
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A lot of people think that the grass is greener on the other side, that they need to "be somewhere else" to get what they want. Sometimes it's true, but most of the time it's not. And for many years I believed that as well, to one point saying "I will NEVER come back to Canada. Never back to Vancouver. There's nothing there for me". Yet here I am, …
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E082: 18 Life Lessons I've Learned to Live A Lot better
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I have learned a lot of lessons over the years. Some a long time ago, some only very recently. And I have also learned to appreciate a number of things that in the past I did not. In this episode I go over 18 of the top lessons that have made the biggest differences. And I'm sure there will be many more to come yet, after all to quote Muhammad Ali …
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E081: Invest In Yourself - The Worlds Safest Investment
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Apple? Tesla? Bitcoin? Maybe AMC? Nope. The best investment you can make is in yourself. I hope you enjoyed this episode of the Health By Design podcast. Please share it in anyway you know how, and/or toss me a 5 star review on Apple podcasts. ———---- Guys (and ladies welcome too) want help earning your kick ass body and grabbing everything you wan…
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E080: As One Journey Ends, Another Begins - HBD 2.0
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For the longest time I have been struggling with this podcast, my social media, how others perceive me, and myself in general, and I realized I have been lying to myself, and its bled over into this podcast. Well that's all over now, and the NEW Health By Design podcast is now here, no apologies, no regrets, and no exceptions. So hold on to your ha…
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My Top Tips to Creating a Movement Inspired Home (S,L,B Blog)
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NEAT or non-exercise activity thermogenesis is an extremely valuable part of your weight loss, fitness and health journey. yet in our modern society we have really reduced this more than ever in human history, and it's literally getting worse every year, I mean how many of us can't even be bothered to just go buy groceries now a days and get them d…
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This episode of the S,L,B Blog is taken from my Friday Facebook live. It covers the aspects of detoxing I have done to my home covering some of the main areas of optimal wellness. It's also available for replay on my YouTube channel in the Home & Your Spaces playlist. Stronger, Longer, Better Mini-Casts are audio clips from my Ror Alexander YouTube…
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In this SLB Blog, I go over some of my top tips to creating a healthier home for you and your family. Inspired by my studies in traditional environmental art-sciences like feng shui, and vastu, psychology, and modern functional and integrative health sciences. Stronger, Longer, Better Mini-Casts are audio clips from my Ror Alexander YouTube channel…
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There is a lot of bad advice when it comes to eating healthy out there in the lands of social media and print. And honestly I can see why so many people think "it's so expensive to eat healthy", and even I couldn't do it if I listened to over half the advice I see and hear each day. Well the fact is, it's honestly not expensive to eat pretty darn h…
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Are you overweight and looking to lose a few pounds? Maybe 20, 30, 40 or even more pounds need to go, but your overwhelmed with all the health and fitness gurus making it seem so frickin complicated, or telling you do do stupid activities like sitting your testicles on red lights, sticking your bare butt to the sun, or doing all out CrossFit works …
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E078: EAT TO LIVE STRONGER, LONGER, BETTER
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In this episode I take a break from fitness and fat loss chat, to go quite a bit deeper into healthier nutrition to help for more than just weight loss, and instead aim towards living longer, and better. This was a fun one and I hope you like it. ----------------------- I hope you enjoyed this episode of the Health By Design podcast, and please sha…
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E077: Design Your Spaces for Ultimate Success
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In every aspect of our lives we deal with the environments we are in. Literally anything outside of your body is your environment; what you see, hear, smell, touch, speak to, how you react, and what prompts you to take action, or refrain from taking action. Your environments are the MOST powerful influence on your behaviors, and they can strongly p…
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E076: What is Your Dream? Passion? Goal? And How To Get There!
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It may just be the extreme amount of west coast sun this week, but combined that with my new weekly planner sheets I developed, and I've had a hell of a week productivity wise, and add that to the many exciting and goal driven projects I have going on, and that's a formula for success. When you look up things that create happiness, many articles an…
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At the end of the day, a diet that's lower in cals will always win. Paleo, keto, vegan, low carb, low fat, intermittent fasting... When you boil it down it's all just a different way to eat a bit less. But you don't need to live by some lame label, there are LOTS OF SIMPLE things we can do to eat less, and still feel full. And now you'll know them.…
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Way too many people try to make eating healthy and losing weight overly complicated and confusing, but it really is not that hard. So listen in and learn how to eat healthier, easier today. I hope you enjoyed this episode of the Health By Design podcast, and please share it in anyway you know how, and/or give me a 5 start review on Apple podcasts. …
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Our homes MUST ba a place that influences us to make healthy and constructive choices, and it does that be reinforcing passive and positive habits, while also actively directing us towards actions that will benefit our lives in many ways; health, fitness, career, relationships, and more. Yet most peoples homes tend to be just utilitarian, a place t…
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E072: My No BS Top 10 Tips to Lose Fat Today
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In this episode of the Health By Design podcast, host, healthy living expert, and weight loss coach Ror Alexander gives some no-BS advice of how to get and stay in a healthy body weight for life. I hope you enjoyed this episode of the Health By Design podcast and please share it in anyway you know how. If you want help with your weight loss, health…
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E071: A Cleaner, Greener Sleep with Yves St. Hilaire
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While getting a great sleep night after night is very important, WHAT YOU'RE SLEEPING ON is also so very important, and a topic no one ever talks about. You care about your nutrition right? Eating whole foods, clean water, etc. You care about your soaps, perfumes, scents and lotions right? I know you care about your fitness and training! But why th…
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Working out doesn't have to take over your life. In fact, just training 3 - 4 times a week, or even as little as 2 days a week can work wonders, IF, a big IF, you know what you're doing. Luckily for you this episode is great way to start to learn just that. Let's be honest if you're in your 30s, 40, 50s, and even 60's plus, you probably have better…
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E069: Top Tips for People New To the Gym or Working Out
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We all now by know that the top resolution EVERY year is lose weight, get fit, get healthy, etc. And for most people this means joining a gym, going to the gym consistently, or more than ever building a home gym. But the fact is 80% of resolutions fail and end within 4 months, 60% within 2 months, and many don't even make it out of January, and bel…
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A lot of people did a lot of nothing in 2020. Sure Covid did, and is still, throwing the world into a loop, but many people also used it as an excuse to not do much of anything. So now you have a choice, continue this pretty much useless path, or regain your focus and productivity and make 2021 a MUCH better year in many aspects of your life, healt…
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In this SLB Blog I discuss some of my top tips to designing a zen zone, an area that is sadly lacking in nearly all westernized homes. Stronger, Longer, Better (SLB) Mini-Casts are the audio portion of videos from my Ror Alexander YouTube channel. To see these videos, check out the YouTube link around in the notes below. If you like it, please shar…
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The oddball year of 2020 is nearly over (thank goodness), and a lot has changed in the world of health and fitness! And in this annual end of year tradition, I make my top predictions for what the upcoming year will hold in store for us when it comes to our personal health and wellness. -------------------------------------------------- I hope you …
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Top 6 Tips To Designing A Healthier Kitchen Today
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Stronger, Longer, Better (SLB) Mini-Casts are the audio portion of videos from my Ror Alexander YouTube channel. To see the original videos check out my YouTube link in the show notes below. In this SLB Blog episode, powered by Health By Design, I cover my top tips to designing a much healthier kitchen that will have you losing weight, feeling grea…
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E066: Designing A Healthy Home for 2020 and Beyond
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A LOT has been taken from us this year! Then some given back. Then depending where you live taken away again. let's be honest, it's enough to drive anyone a bit mad. Well enough is enough! So instead of waiting around for someone to take it all away again, whether it be our fitness, food, fun, or social time, let's instead take it back and make sur…
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In this second Stronger, Longer, Better blog bonus episode I quickly cover my top 4 all to easy tips to keep the pounds off for good. I will be doing a lot more of these mini-casts as I can now easily upload the audio from my YouTube videos. To see the original video, please check out my YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/roralexander I hope you en…
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