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You don’t have to be a body builder or want to compete in weight lifting to get benefits from strength training. Everyone should be doing strength training. It should be part of every workout no matter what your goal. Strength training provides many different benefits, besides building muscle strength. It’s great for weight loss, not […]
If you’ve ever worked out with kettlebells, you probably already know that one of the benefits from working out with kettlebells is a total body workout. It also helps improve fitness in all areas, strength, endurance, flexibility and balance. It’s the perfect functional fitness workout that can get results in a far shorter period of […]
There’s a lot of discussion and disagreement about the beneficial effects of exercise on your vision. Even though the jury is still out about whether it has a direct effect on near and far sightedness. Some say exercising, other than those for the eye itself, has no effect on your vision when it comes to […]
Unusual but amazing workouts can renew your interest in working out and help you get into shape while having a blast. Imagine walking your dog, while cross country skiing at the same time. It’s called Skijoring and there’s even races. While the dog does some of the work, having a harness and straps to pull […]
The biggest cause of fitness program failure is quitting it before success was achieved. You need to identify how to stay motivated, once you’ve created your goals and the plan to achieve them. As a trainer, I find that most people want instant results and after the first few weeks, their enthusiasm and desire seem […]
Are you sabotaging your calorie counting by subtracting the calories burned by exercise? Is calorie counting actually ruining your attempt to lose weight? There’s so many ways to fail to lose weight, you might think you need a big elaborate plan that must be followed to the letter, but in reality, the simpler you make […]
If you want adequate nutrition for life, you need to learn how to make healthier choices when it comes to food. While there are all sorts of programs, including one called Nutrition for Life the key to all of them is eating healthier. You need all the important nutrients to have your body perform properly […]
Lately, a lot of attention has been given to low carb diets. They aren’t anything new. The Atkins diet was a low carb diet and that came out over 45 years ago. While the Atkins diet was quite aggressive and extreme, since then a variety of modifications and new diets have been introduced. The Atkins […]
Before identifying whether you need supplements, let me first be clear about what that means. The very name, supplement, implies that you’re only supplementing healthy eating, not replacing it. That’s all that supplements should do. The next factors necessary to answer the question is the type of supplement, your health, age and lifestyle. While vitamin […]
There’s nothing that beats eating healthy and making smart choices when it comes to food for losing weight and keeping it from returning. However, once in a while you want to get a head start on weight loss and lowering the carbohydrate intake is one way to do that. The best low carb foods are […]