28 March 2011
I like to consider myself reasonably fit; I’m an active healthy person with a good diet and well used gym membership. I can swim for an hour, run for 40 minutes and feel fine afterwards. So perhaps I can be forgiven for being overly confident entering my first pad based boxing workout. It wasn’t my [...]
Posted in Dieting Help, Fighting Fit, Tough Dieting, Train To Gain, Weight LossComments Off
28 March 2011
I am truly blessed! I mean I get up each morning and have the opportunity to get out and exercise. Run, bike, walk, weight train; I can choose and I do. I am not an uber-elite athlete, in fact while I do like to participate in events like marathons; I do not consider my self [...]
Posted in Dieting Help, Fighting Fit, Healthy Living, Tough Dieting, Train To Gain, Trouble With Diets, Weight LossComments Off
28 March 2011
You don’t have to be Charles Atlas to power up with strength training. This kind of exercise is a key to fitness for everyone – especially seniors. Stacks of scientific studies prove this. In fact, senior muscles may benefit more from strength training than young ones. Strength training has many names. Resistance training, weight lifting, [...]
Posted in Dieting Help, Fighting Fit, Healthy Living, Train To Gain, Weight LossComments Off
28 March 2011
Would you rather swing a golf club than swing your partner? Then perhaps golf is your course to fitness. Golf is an outdoor game. Your goal is to use a club to send a small ball into each distant hole – preferably in as few swings as possible. No two golf courses are the same, [...]
Posted in Dieting Help, Fighting Fit, Train To Gain, Weight LossComments Off
28 March 2011
Try walking at different paces – some fast, some slow – during your workout. Add some hills to your route. You’ll work harder going up and get a little relief going down. Stay indoors one day and go outdoors the next. Or try different types of walking like the ones below. Find Fun and Fitness [...]
Posted in Dieting Help, Fighting Fit, Healthy Living, Tough Dieting, Train To Gain, Trouble With Diets, Weight LossComments Off
28 March 2011
Should you work out when you have a cold? How about if you have a fever? For many avid exercisers, especially beginners who have just managed to make walking a habit, stopping to give your body a rest can feel very threatening. You are afraid that if you stop, you may never start again. But [...]
Posted in Dieting Help, Fighting Fit, Healthy Living, Weight LossComments Off
28 March 2011
You can increase your strength in many ways. There are, for example, tools like tubing, swiss balls, body weight, and free weights that all work perfectly well in building muscle strength and endurance. For the sake of simplicity, however, I am going to stick with free weights since they are probably the most familiar to [...]
Posted in Dieting Help, Fighting Fit, Healthy Living, Tough Dieting, Train To Gain, Weight LossComments (0)
28 March 2011
Walking to work definitely has advantages and disadvantages. But, in my humble opinion, the pros outweigh the cons. For starters, it cuts down on parking and gas costs. Parking can cost several hundred dollars a month, particularly if you are working in the big city. With gas prices so high these days, filling up the [...]
Posted in Dieting Help, Fighting Fit, Healthy Living, Train To Gain, Weight LossComments (0)
28 March 2011
Exercise is the central ingredient of good health. It tones the muscles, strengthens the bones, makes the heart and lungs work better, and helps prevent constipation. It increases physical reserve and vitality. The increased reserve function helps you deal with crises. Exercise eases depression, aids sleep, and aids in every day activity of daily life. [...]
Posted in Dieting Help, Fighting Fit, Tough Dieting, Train To Gain, Trouble With Diets, Weight LossComments (0)
27 March 2011
Oh dear. Have you put on a few more pounds? Have the celebrations taken their toll on your body shape? Considering dieting, but can’t find the right one for you? It’s an all too familiar story of gluttonous orgy. Large meals, irresistible cakes and pies all washed down with copious amounts of alcohol. Why should [...]
Posted in Dieting Help, Fighting Fit, Healthy Living, Tough Dieting, Train To Gain, Trouble With Diets, Weight LossComments (0)
Added on 28 March 2011
