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Natural Weight Loss

Natural weight loss is popular subject these days among the thousands of people who are desperately searching for ways to lose unwanted fat.

Frequently the term natural weight loss refers to pills and diet supplements, but genuine natura...

Post-Workout Consumption

It seems to me that there are 2 kinds of people when it comes to eating after a workout: The 'Non-Eaters' and the 'Immediate Eaters'. The 'Non-Eaters' will not really eat anything after a workout, but instead later in the day will treat th...

Scary Easy Ways to Eat 1000 Calories

Hungry Girl is here to inform you just how easy it is to rack up over 1,000 calories in one sitting. Don't let this happen to you...

The Sandwich Scenario:
You're in the mood for a sandwich, so you pull out tw...

Family Fitness

Fit families are healthy families who have an active lifestyle. Frequently, they enjoy the things they do together, and the things they do together foster better communication and closer relationships than watching TV does.

Family ...

Tips on gaining weight

While many people have questions about weight loss and how to combat obesity, a great number of people also want to, and need to, gain weight.

"Impossible," those of you who struggle to lose a kilogram a week might say, “why would ...

The Order is Important

1. Stretching - The simplest way to remember what form of stretching to use is to think dynamic before, static after. Use a dynamic warm-up before performing any resisted movements and follow this up with static stretching after your last rep. Shoo...

Fitness toys and gadgets

Can your heart rate monitor make a cup of coffee and change the TV channel?! You can buy a bewildering array of fitness training gadgets these days so we cover the essentials in this review....

Ah, the good olds day: all you needed to ex...

Exercise Program Reduces Migraine Suffering

While physical exercise has been shown to trigger migraine headaches among sufferers, a new study describes an exercise program that is well tolerated by patients. The findings show that the program decreased the frequency of headaches and improved...

Post-Workout Consumption

Do Personal Trainers need a website?

If you are anything like most personal trainers you are lucky that you know how to open your emails. Or you may be one of the gifted few who has learned how to put your own group together on Facebook. So like many trainers you maybe haven’...

Interval Training

Interval training has been the basis for athletic training routines for years. The first forms of interval training, called "fartlek" involved alternating short, fast bursts of intensive exercise with slow, easy activity. Fartlek was casual, unstru...

Benefits of Stretching

As you age, your muscles tighten and range of motion in the joints can be minimized. This can put a damper on active lifestyles and even hinder day-to-day, normal motions. Tasks that used to be simple, such as zipping up a dress or reaching for ...

Sleep Better - Expert tips for healthy sleep

You might think—after a long day—that you’d be entitled to a good night’s sleep. You might be wrong. Maybe the kids are restless. Maybe it’s hard to get comfy. Maybe the kids jump up when the first bird chirps—ju...

Strong Bones and Strength Training

Calcium isn’t the only thing you need to keep your frame healthy. Strength Training can also hold off, or even reverse, dangerous bone thinning.

Osteopoenia – low bone density – can lead to the more serious bone-thinning ...

5 Daily Brain Exercises

Many men are devoted to exercise to bulk up their bodies, but the phrase “use it or lose it” applies to more than just the muscles in our bodies -- it also applies to the neural pathways and connections in our brains. There are a variet...

Fitness Alternatives For Those Who Hate Exercise

Exercise. It's a word many of us dread. Some find it boring, while others just can't stand doing it for whatever reason. Finding motivation to do it is a challenge for us all. Finding ways to make exercise enjoyable can be difficult, but it's qu...

High Intensity Interval Training Helps You Burn Fat Faster

High intensity interval training will help you burn fat faster and with much less overall training time. Even so, most people today still perform endless amounts of low intensity aerobic and wonder why they aren’t making the fat loss progress...

Sleep and Fitness

Sleep quality is reflected by the proportions of time we spend in different stages of sleep throughout the night and, more obviously, by the amount of time we spend without waking or being aroused. The proportion of time we spend in each sleep stag...

The Healthy Eating Pyramid - Sometimes we forget!

The Healthy Eating Pyramid sits on a foundation of daily exercise and weight control. Why? These two related elements strongly influence your chances of staying healthy. They also affect what you eat and how your food affects you.

Exerci...

Top 10 Tips on Coping with Stress

If you are stressed, don’t feel too worried on how to deal with it; this will only aggravate your stressful situation. There are different ways of approaching coping with stress and this article will be a start of it. Read the basics an...

Lose Fat the Safe and Permanent way!

How do I believe we can lose real fat and safely? I learned this myself after years of yo-yo dieting, and it wasn't until I stopped trying so hard, and started to make small seemingly insignificant changes in my lifestyle that I achieved real fat l...

Physical Exercise and Mental Performance

Did you know that exercise is not only good for your physical health and fitness, but can also help your brain to work better? Many exercisers claim that after exercise they are able to think more clearly. Many non-exercisers, on the other hand, ca...

How to get better results in less time at the Gym

As an experienced strength trainer, one of the biggest mistakes I see new members make is working out for too long, too often. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s two-hour, twice-daily workouts back in the 1970s are the stuff of legend, but times have ch...

Dark Chocolate is Healthy Chocolate

Got high blood pressure? Try a truffle. Worried about heart disease? Buy a bon-bon.

It's the best medical news in ages. Studies in two prestigious scientific journals say dark chocolate -- but not white chocolate or milk chocolate -- is ...

What exactly are the Core Muscles?

The torso, the largest part of the body, contains the core muscles.

Most people think of the abdomen when they hear the words core muscles but they’re more than just the abs although, certainly, the abdominal muscles are a large p...

Weight Loss Motivation for Success

The biggest factor in weight loss is your motivation.

It’s more important than which diet you choose. It’s also the biggest reason why diets often fail. Since it’s so important, let’s find out how...

Strength Training

Include some type of strength training in your weekly exercise regimen no matter what your fitness goals are. Resistance training provides many health benefits. Read articles that discuss the benefits further.

Do...

5 Reasons to Love Omega-3 Fatty Acids

The age of nonfat foods seems to be drawing to a close as the benefits of certain fats, particularly omega-3 fatty acids, make the headlines almost daily. Found mostly in cold-water fish like salmon, omega-3s do some wonderful things for your body....

What is BodyPump?

BodyPump (Pump) was introduced into Auckland by the Les Mills Chain of gyms as a way to get males into group fitness studios. Its a 55min choreographed weight to music program using a a combination of free weights, a bar and an aerobic step.
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Golf Specific Workout

For most of us, this time of year means we have to hang up the clubs and wait until spring to play golf again. But just because you can’t go to the golf course or driving range, does not mean that you can’t work on your golf game. Fitne...

Avoid these common Exercise Mistakes and Misconceptions

Clear up any confusion and let these workout tips improve your workout routine.

Experience has shown that even seasoned fitness fanatics sometimes hold onto certain exercise misconceptions and make some pretty common mistakes. The ...

Why would you need a Personal Trainer?

Sure, you may think you're the "go-it-alone" type when it comes to working out. Who needs a trainer, right?

Well, you may. Consider this: Are you just starting out and trying to learn the ropes? Or have you been training for months (or y...

Exercise and Fat Burning

Fat is burned in the body due to a response to a number of different stimuli. The main one is your bodies metabolic rate, which accounts for about 70% of all energy expenditure.

Thermogenisis or heat loss accounts for about another 15%, ...

7 exercises to keep a firm body

To maintain your muscles, aim for 20 minutes of strength-training exercises two to three times a week -- with at least one day off in between workouts so your muscles have time to rest, recover, and grow.

Liz...

General Exercise Tips

Be consistent.

Set a daily schedule and keep to it. In no time, you will feel so good you won't want to change it.

Check your pulse.

Use a heart rate monitor, or count the pulse at your wrist for 15 sec. and ...

Alcohol and Body Building

You may have wondered how detrimental your drinking habits really are on your muscle-building progress. Is it really that harmful to go out with the guys and have a few beers after work on a Friday? If you’re trying to get lean, does this mea...

A little about Yoga!

What is Yoga?

Often associated with Hinduism, yoga actually is older. It is the oldest physical discipline in existence. The exact origins of yoga are unknown, but it is thought to be at leas...

10 Exercise Myths

Although some old fitness fictions, such as "no pain, no gain" and "spot reducing" are fading fast, plenty of popular exercise misconceptions still exist.

Here are some of the most common myths as well as the not-so-common facts based on c...

Winter is here. Don't Hibernate!

Inactivity during the winter months is common.

The cooler weather and shorter daylight hours can make the TV and arm-chair an attractive option.

Don't use the weather as an excuse to give up your active lifestyle. There are many exe...