So, you’ve finally decided you have to do “something” to get yourself in better shape. It’s a fact that in the United States obesity and overweight have reached epidemic proportions. Overweight also plays a major role in numerous preventable diseases…
3 Ways to Exercise On A Busy Schedule
Most exercise programs are started with the best intentions. So why then, do treadmills turn into storage platforms, and walking shoes are worn only to Saturday night movies? The answer is more of a matter of poor planning then low…
5 Mistakes People Makes When Doing a Workout Program
When you start out with a workout program – whether the purpose is weight loss exercise or another – you have started a training process that hopefully is going to last for a while. It is important that you are…
7 Reasons To Start Up With an Exercise Program
Most of us need to follow an exercise program. This is due to the fact that just a minority of Americans exercise in a significant way. Below follows 7 good reasons to start exercising now. 1. Contributes to fat loss.…
Inactivity, Not Aging Causes Most of our Health Problems
Just like the young, older people can gain many benefits from exercising. Life can be made a lot easier through improvements in strength, balance, coordination, and mobility. If the person has not exercised for a while, they must start slow.…
Exercise & Self Image: How to Feel Better in More Ways than One
A RECIPROCAL RELATIONSHIP There seems to be an almost magical relationship between exercise and a healthy (or at least improved) self-image. Research shows that one of the best predictors (not the only one, but one of the best) of whether…
Best Abdominal Exercises To Get The Sexy Six Pack You Deserve
The key to getting those sexy abdominals lies mainly on what abdominal exercises you choose to perform. Here are the best yoga Exercises for Removing Abdominal Fat Permanently! 1) Dhanurasana-Bow Posture Technique: 1. Begin lying down on the stomach, reach…
Natural Pain Management: Exercise & Chronic Pain
When you find yourself living with pain every minute of every hour of every day, just getting up in the morning can seem like too much to ask. When you find it hard to remember the last time you weren’t…
‘But I Don’t Want Muscles!’ – Part 1: What Muscle is, and how to Build (or Avoid) it
One of the common comments I hear from my female clients is, “Please don’t give me any weights work – I don’t want any muscle, I just want to tone.” The reasons differ from client to client, but it most…
How Much Time For Fitness? Intensity Trumps Everything
What’s the minimum weekly time investment you can slide by with and still make gains? I would say six cumulative hours. Six times sixty is 360 minutes and this amount of time would allow for three 60-minute weight training sessions…