Archive for the 'Fitness' Category

If you begin to adopt new habits, if you’re willing to strength train 3 times per week for around 30 minutes, if you’re open to doing cardio workouts 4 - 6 times per week for 20 - 40 minutes, and if you are willing to eat differently with more supportive foods and get rid of the [...]


I think this is a well written article by Dr. Jim Bell on “What To Look For When Hiring A Personal Trainer:”
When you go shopping for food you have a pretty good idea of what you want to buy. You have years and/or decades of experience on what you like, your favorite brands, where you [...]


My car was being fixed at the repair shop last week, so the only alternative I had was to ride a bus to downtown Houston.  Not a problem getting there, but coming home was quite an experience. 
Since power hadn’t been restored in many areas of Houston after Hurricane Ike, the HOV lanes were closed causing massive [...]


 

“Why should I exercise?” is the question I sometimes get from people who believe exercise is really not that important and they can’t seem to fit it into their schedule.  I sometimes throw back another question back to them, “how can you afford not to exercise?”
The bottom line is this:  Consistent exercise will help you [...]


How To Build A Stronger, Leaner and Sexier Body In Less Than 3 Months GUARANTEED!
Forget about diet pills and spending rediculous amounts of time exercising in the gym!  Whether your dream is to look strikingly gorgeous in a bikini or dress or to look great and feel great, this ebook is the blueprint.
Build A Better [...]


In order to get progressive results, you must change various variables to your workouts at least every 4 - 6 weeks.  If not, you will encounter the dreaded plateau, and not attain the results you are looking for.
Here’s a few ideas to add variety to your workouts for better results:

Vary the order of exercises
Change the [...]


1. Increase weight loss
2. Improve maintenance of weight loss
3. Improve stress management
4. Improve the quality of sleep
5. Improve digestion
6. Enhance self-esteem
7. Improve resistance to illness
8. Help you feel energized
9. Improve bowel functioning
10. Improve tone
11. Provide more definition to muscles
12. Reduce blood pressure
13. Reduce tension
14. Improve flexibility
15. Build strength
16. Promote greater endurance
17. Decrease the negative effects [...]


Do the lazy days of summer have you worried about your waistline? You should be.
If you haven’t noticed, it is officially bathing suit and shorts season, a time during which most people actually gain weight. Rather than joining the ranks of those who will put on another few pounds this summer, you can decided right [...]


Whether you think about it or not, you are faced with this question every day.
Will you find the time for a workout today, or will the busyness of the day leave you exhausted on the couch? Frankly, most people don’t have reasons. They have excuses.
If you are like most then exercise doesn’t top your list [...]


A few years ago I was working out at a fitness center at a hotel in Las Vegas and I saw a poster on the wall that caught my attention. It was a quote by the former Washington Redskin coach, George Allen, on the topic of “What Is A Workout?” I thought it was the [...]