Archives for June 2017

Chicken Parmesan Pasta Skillet with Barilla ProteinPLUS™ Pasta

June 20, 2017

I love pasta. Spaghetti, lasagna, fettuccine, etc – if it’s pasta covered in sauce with some kind of meat and/or cheese — I’m usually all over it!

Today I’m sharing one of my all-time favorite pasta dishes – a clean, lighter version of a grilled chicken Parmesan that’s kid-friendly (my 3 kids LOVE this recipe), dishwasher-friendly (literally only one skillet pan!), time-friendly (30 minutes start-to-finish), and macro-friendly (enjoy your pasta dishes while actually INCREASING your protein intake?! It’s about to happen…). …

How To Check For Diastasis Recti

June 15, 2017

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Recently, my wife and I had the privilege of welcoming our fourth child into our home! Of course, with a newborn comes incredible joy, incredible fatigue, and an incredible amount of love!

My wife is now six weeks postpartum and ridiculously excited to resume working out again (even “ridiculously excited” it is somewhat of an understatement in her case! Let’s say she’s incredibly anxious to get her pre-baby body back!).

However, the physical therapist in me says that we need to check a few things before she jumps back in to working out full-time. The most important of which after having a baby is diastasis recti.

Today on Tone and Tighten I wanted to quickly discuss what is a diastasis recti, why it’s important to know whether or not you have one, and show you a simple test of how to check yours. Here we go!…