Even in the Cold: Don’t Let Your Fitness Go into Hibernation
Will you succumb to being one of the 30 percent of exercisers that skip their workouts all winter long? Your winter workouts don’t have to go into hiding. After all, are you committed to exercising come rain or shine, or committed to hiding out? Leave hibernating all winter for the bears – you have more important […]
Make Weight Loss Easy on Yourself
Does the thought of trying to lose weight make you feel overwhelmed and hopeless? Do you feel like your goals are impossible and you’ve just gone too far to reverse the weight gain? This type of negative thinking not only makes it harder to lose weight, but it is also simply not true! It is […]
BETTER SLEEP THROUGH EXERCISE
We are a nation of sleep-deprived individuals, many of us going through the day suffering from extreme fatigue yet being unable to sleep at night. The stress of work, family, bills, and other obligations create worry and insomnia, which we then try to cure with pills or alcohol. When sleep does come, it is often […]
Does Your Salt Intake Affect Weight Loss
You’re a compulsive calorie counter (which can be a good thing!) You know everything there is about carb intake, fat burning and how much protein you should be digesting daily. So why haven’t you lost more weight by now? The truth is, one of the most important factors to your weight loss, and the success […]
Can Exercise Benefit Your Memory?
Do you remember being skinny? If you are overweight, you may not. New research is suggesting, due to ongoing trends, that the brains of overweight or obese people may be working harder than the brains of those within normal weight ranges. Because of this hyperactive work that obese brains portray, normal functions like memory, decision-making and […]
Best Winter Workout Gear
Winter weather doesn’t always mean you must confine your workout to the indoors. In fact, with just a bit of planning your outdoor biking or running dedication can rival that of a U.S. Postal worker. Regardless of wind, rain, sleet, snow or hail you can still hit the trail with no worry of derailing your […]
Fitness Monitor Devices That Hold You Accountable!
The surgeon general recommends that to live the healthiest life, take 10,000 steps or more a day. How many are you taking? Whether you run, cycle or simply walk from home to work and back again, there’s nothing like knowing just how active you really are than by a device that does it for you. […]
5 Best Exercises For a Strong Back
The comedian Rodney Dangerfield used to joke about not getting any respect. If our backs could talk, they might share his complaint. Most of us never give our backs much thought, unless of course they start to bother us. Although we give far more attention to abs, glutes and quads our backs hold an important […]
Get Fit For a Cause
Just admit it: When you run in a relay, marathon or the Iron Man, you feel instantly, as if you could conquer the world. Running produces a similar sensation, a release of chemicals in our brain known as endorphins, that jumping, sprinting, climbing stairs and dancing does. Why? Because endorphins make you happy, and when […]
Getting Rid of the Muffin Top
If you’ve ever enjoyed a breakfast buffet, you probably have also experienced not being able to resist loading up your plate with all the trimmings: scrambled eggs, pancakes, hash browns, toast and a fresh baked muffin. Why not indulge, and treat yourself to a decadent morning meal? The problem is, while those muffins taste good […]
