Fitness Tips...
Tip of the Week: March, 03 2008Health tip of the week #10 To add strength to leg muscles and get a cardiovascular workout at the same time, try climbing plain old stairs. This can be done at home, in your office, apartment building, or on stair-climbing machines in the gym. C...read
Tip of the Week: February, 25 2008
Health tip of the week #8 Weight Training Tip When using a leg extension machine to strengthen quadriceps, make sure you set the machine so that you do not sit too far forward which puts stress on your knees or sit too far back which can put s...read
Tip of the Week: February, 18 2008
Health tip of the week #7 Weight Training Tip Proper breathing technique is extremely important during training. Breathing supplies oxygen to the muscle cells, which is essential for muscle contraction, and helps deliver energy and build the ...read
Tip of the Week: February, 11 2008
Health tip of the week #5 An extremely important part of your fitness program is being able to measure your progress. Body fat testing is not painful, nor is it expensive. You can get it done at most any gym or fitness center. Simply ask if they ...read
Tip of the Week: February, 04 2008
Health tip of the week #4 Stress Management Tip Spend 20 minutes a day doing something that is relaxing and not work related. Try taking a walk, stretching, reading a book, or doing yoga. These activities can help you keep your energy level ...read
Tip of the Week: January, 28 2008
Health tip of the week #2 Weight Training Tip If you want to benefit from an aerobic workout too while weight training, try supersets. This simply involves taking two exercises (not for the same muscle group) and performing one after the other...read
Tip of the Week: January, 21 2008
Health tip of the week #1 Water Works for Weight Loss Nothing quells the appetite like water, lots and lots of water. Start out with two quart bottles in the morning and carry one with you to work or wherever you go. If you like, divvy up the ...read
Tip of the Week: January, 14 2008
New Years Resolutions Part 2 Five Tips on How to Stick with your New Year's Resolutions 1. Focus on positive self-talk. Congratulate yourself every time you take a step towards your resolution goal. Be your own best cheerleader. 2. Avoid berat...read
Tip of the Week: January, 07 2008
Six Tips on How to Stick with your New Year's Resolutions 1. Focus on positive self-talk. Congratulate yourself every time you take a step towards your resolution goal. Be your own best cheerleader. 2. Avoid berating yourself if you should fall b...read
Tip of the Week: November, 26 2007
Procrastination - The Arch Enemy of Success Part II 6. Reward yourself regularly. Bribes work with kids… why not you? If you make the bribe good enough, you’d be surprised what you might do. Try getting a group of friends together w...read
Tip of the Week: November, 19 2007
Procrastination - The Arch Enemy of Success The majority of us do it at some point in our life… and hey, some of us might do it every day… procrastination has a way of finding its way into many corners of our life. At home it usua...read
Tip of the Week: November, 12 2007
The Number One Way to Improve Your Diet Eat Breakfast. These tips make it both fast and nutritious. Mornings are busy, but if in your haste to get out of the house you rely on coffee-shop muffins for breakfast-or skip the meal altogether-you'...read
Tip of the Week: November, 05 2007
Laughter is good medicine. Laughter is good medicine: A recent study found that even thinking about doing something that makes you laugh significantly boosts your body's feel-good chemicals. Lee S. Berk, PhD, a Loma Linda University associat...read
Tip of the Week: October, 29 2007
Make Sure Your Exercise Routine Is Effective Stop Making It Harder on Your Body, and Start Working WITH Your Body Think about this... if what you've been doing all these years hasn't been getting you the results you want, doing more of that s...read
Tip of the Week: October, 15 2007
October is Breast Cancer Month Fight Breast Cancer at Every Meal A healthy diet is as important for your breasts as it is for the rest of your body. To help reduce your risks of breast cancer... Eat More Fruits and Vegetables - they contain po...read
Tip of the Week: October, 12 2007
Fit people's hearts are much stronger under high levels of stress. Heart-damaging stress-related chemical soared five times as high in the least fit subjects as in those who cycled twice a week and incorporated weight training in their exercise routi...read
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