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    Tips & Tricks for Getting Kids Involved in an At-Home Fitness Routine - Part 1

    Street Parking has plenty of tips and tricks around fitness with youth, but here are three pillars that provide the foundation for our approach to programming (for all ages, but it’s especially necessary for kids and youth) and guidance on how to start. 
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      Why Dumbbell Training Builds Consistency

      When it comes to working out, have you struggled to find and build consistency?

      Have you found yourself bouncing from one program to the next? Hoping that somehow your problem of being “inconsistent” or “unmotivated” will fix itself with the NEXT BEST PROGRAM?

      You’re not alone.

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        Street Parking In The Wild

        Between April and the middle of September, we are hosting and/or participating in seven major events across the US, and we will pop up at some smaller, member-run meetups along the way.

        What is Street Parking In the Wild all about? What’s the deeper meaning of the phrase? What does it mean for you to get out, “in the wild” and why do we think it’s valuable?

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          What You Can Learn From Ditching The Barbell And Training With Dumbbells For A Month

          At Street Parking we believe this wholeheartedly, which is why for the month of April, the coaches, team, and community puts our “money where our mouth is” and shows that we believe in our message and program by only using dumbbells for the ENTIRE month. 
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            Prepping for an Obstacle Course Race or Mud Run

            Thinking of doing an obstacle course race (OCR) or mud run this spring or summer? Or maybe you’ve already signed up and now you’re thinking, “How can I prep for this thing?”
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              PART 2 - How to Succeed in Building Consistency: Advice from members with over 1,000 logged workouts

              Street Parking founder Miranda Alcaraz recently reached out to SP members who have logged 1,000 workouts or more — those who have found success in building consistency for years — to ask them what advice they would offer to newer Street Parking members.
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                PART 1 - How to Succeed in Building Consistency: Advice from members with over 1,000 logged workouts

                Street Parking founder Miranda Alcaraz recently reached out to SP members who have logged 1,000 workouts or more — those who have found success in building consistency for years — to ask them what advice they would offer to newer Street Parking members.
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                  4 Goals for Street Parking Nutrition & 4 Steps To Success!

                  Here are a few approaches to balance and measurement that we have seen work very well, time and time again - and are SIMPLE and SUSTAINABLE for most people in most situations. For us, this approach to finding precision and plugging in the right foods checks all of the boxes! We encourage you to start with the most basic one first and over time working your way through the others.
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                    What If I Want To Lose Weight?

                    Feeling that the best way to lose weight more quickly is to work out MORE is the wrong mindset to have - especially when the overall goal is fat loss/body composition change. While the short answer is “yes, exercise burns calories” it’s not as much of the weight loss equation as you would think.
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                      Intensity > Volume

                      Intensity is relative to each person. A workout is intense if it pushes the boundaries of what YOU are currently physically and mentally capable of (and don’t sleep on the mental aspect, because it is HUGE).
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                        Do I Need to Work Out MORE?

                        This feeling of “more is better” is a staple within the fitness industry. An idea that has been popularized after decades of clever marketing by fitness gurus and get fit quick schemes for as long as we can remember.

                        The same mindset has been attached to nutrition and eating LESS, or taking MORE supplements to somehow bypass the need for patience while reaching for our health and fitness holy grail.

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                          4 Steps to Plan Your Week for Workout Success

                          When it comes to exercise, we have been led to believe that MORE is better, or even necessary.

                          Contrary to popular belief, in most cases, this is not true.

                          Here’s why…

                          When we take on the “MORE IS BETTER” philosophy, we aren’t considering what is going to be realistic and sustainable for us in the long-term.

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