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You know it, your co-worker’s have said it, and your devoted spouse reminds you of it frequently – when it comes to your weight loss, you’ve come a long way, baby. In your own community of those daily folks who know you and love you, you’re an inspiration. You’ve shown them that when you set […]

A weight loss boot camp is a great way to workout with a group. It’s essentially small group personal training, and you have the support of all the other members around you. You will see a wide variety of exercisers at a boot camp, each with different activity levels and fitness goals. There’s just something […]

Losing weight. The dreaded notion that invigorates some and scares the mess out of the rest. It’s not breaking news that America is facing an obesity epidemic. If beauty is in the eye of the beholder, it doesn’t really matter what someone looks like when they carry too much excess fat. The same American society […]

If you suffer from painful, aching joints from arthritis (like osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis), fibromyalgia, or you simply hurt from a lot of physical labor, exercise is probably one of the last things you want to do. It’s understandable to feel apprehensive to training with painful, aching joints. Your mind is just trying to protect […]

Yuichiro Miura climbed Mt. Everest at the age of 80. Gladys Burrill finished a marathon at 92, and she isn’t even the oldest person to traverse the 26.2 mile course. That record belongs to Fauja Singh who completed his last marathon at 101 years old. Singh started doing marathons at the comparatively tender age of […]

Ballistic stretching? Stretching balistically? It’s not a new trend, but a new twist on the old stretching routine, and when it comes to your flexibility, balance, agility and injury prevention, you’ve got to get on board. After all, your overall health could depend on the way you stretch – and if you’re not stretching right, […]

Food occupies a pretty big space in our lives. It is the center of entertainment activities, consolation in times of stress and cause for celebration. In fact magazines, some careers and even research are dedicated entirely to food. It is no wonder, with food taking up so much space in our lives we find it […]

With a busy schedule and a standard workout routine, it’s important to find new ways to improve your time at the gym. Your new best workout buddy? Adrenaline. While you are most familiar with this hormone in exciting or scary situations, it’s invaluable to your fitness routine. Raise your oxygen levels and heart rate slowly […]

If you feel just a bit like an age old Russian Olympian while lifting your Kettlebells, it’s no wonder. If it were several centuries back in time in old world Russia, you’d see something close to the modern kettlebell – a device used to help men and women get in shape in order to fight […]

Summer is fast approaching. Temperatures are rising, and more and more people are venturing outdoors to enjoy a hike, run, or workout. If you like being in the outdoors, kudos to you. Your body is pining for the Vitamin D offered up by the Sun and nothing beats fresh air. If cooler temperatures are more […]