Strength training may sound like an intense, hard-to-perform activity, but it’s not. After your first workout, your muscles may be more fatigued than they were after other exercise programs – and that’s a good thing because it means you’re creating new fat-burning lean muscle. Besides its muscle-building benefits, strength training also boosts your body’s health. […]
Start this exercise in a traditional plank position, forearms on the bed, shoulders aligned directly over your elbows. Dip your right hip to the bed twisting the hip slightly as you dip your hip. Return to starting position now repeat by dipping your left hip to the bed again twisting the hip to the left […]
Morning Drinks Coffee – There’s nothing wrong with coffee if you keep it under three cups per day. Any more and you could be looking at irritability, insomnia, and anxiety. Green Tea – Great choice. It won’t burn belly fat like you see claimed in magazines (even if it comes in pill form). But it’s […]
Try doing 60 seconds worth of push-ups on a bed vs. doing them on the floor. Your body is going to be working 10 times harder on the bed because you are trying to stabilize yourself. Your core, glutes, hamstrings and lower lumbar regions have to stabilize the body.
Every New Year’s Day is filled with eager resolve to lose weight, eat healthier and get in shape. But by mid February all the good intent and determination gives way to old habits for another year. STOP Here are a few tips to help make your 2013 the healthiest year of your life, no matter […]
Not everyone has to have a gym membership to get fit. Will power, dedication and resilience are much more effective!!!
FACT: Ounce for ounce, broccoli has more vitamin C than an orange and as much calcium as a glass of milk. Veggie omelet, anyone?
Strength training three to four times every week with some cardio thrown into the mix will keep you fit, strong and agile!
Trends and fads in fitness come and go but one thing is for certain. If you really want to see results, you need to be consistent in your training.
“Embrace a challenge” When you get excited about trying new things like extreme sports, new classes or a new routine, you start to notice the positive changes and improvements in your fitness level rather than focusing on calories and time spent in the gym. You have to shake things up every once in a while!” […]
