Exercise – How Much Is Enough for Beginners?

If you have never worked out before, or haven’t in a very long time, some of the prescriptions out there for lengthy sessions at high intensity can seem rather intimidating.  So where do you start? How much is enough and how much is too much? Here are some general guidelines to get you started.
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Weight Training: Avoiding Neck Strain During Workouts

The neck is one of the most flexible sections of the spine, but it is delicate. A strained neck can be extremely painful, and the muscles spasms, stiffness, and pain can interfere with your regular day-to-day activities and sleep. Taking time off from your workout plan to recover from such an injury will definitely interfere [...]

Cardio – Blast Through Your Cardio Funk

Are you getting bored with your cardio workouts? When you’ve been doing cardio exercises for a while, it’s easy to slip into a pattern of doing the same exercises in the same ways, day in and day out. That can lead to boredom and to your body getting used to the routine so that you [...]

Protect Your New Workout Routine From Your Old ‘UnFit’ Routine

Is your new Workout Routine being sabotaged by your old routines?
Okay so you’ve decided, again, that you are absolutely, definitely, without a doubt, going to begin your workout program tomorrow morning. If you are anything like me, you have said this to yourself on several (dozen) occasions, only to let days slip by without being [...]

Home Gym Workout – Making the Switch From Going to the Gym

Making the switch to a Home Gym Workout may seem like a last resort but, as the global economy takes a hit, people are cutting back on their expenses and gym memberships are on the decline. However, giving up your gym membership in order to save a few extra dollars doesn’t mean giving up your [...]

Weight Loss: How Alcohol Affects your Weight Loss Plan

If you’re in the habit of regularly tying one on, you may be sabotaging your weight loss plans. Alcohol undermines your fitness plans in almost every way imaginable. It adds calories, makes you hungry, changes the way you burn the fat that you are already carrying, and encourages you to carry more fat.
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Your Diet And Nutrition Program: 6 Kitchen Tools You Must Have!

When we think about the tools we need for fitness, we usually think about gym equipment, workout clothes, a scale, DVDs, and so on. But there’s also a nutrition aspect to fitness and, like any other area, it has its basics, its gadgets, and its gizmos. Here are the 6 kitchen items I wouldn’t want [...]

Calorie Counting: Calculating Your Dieting Budget – Part 3

In Calorie Counting: Calculating Your Dieting Budget – Part 1 and Part 2 we talked about how to figure out the size of your calorie budget as well as how to learn how much of your calorie budget you are spending, and on what so that you can reduce how much you eat enough to [...]

Calorie Counting: Calculating Your Dieting Budget – Part 2

It has always amazed me that some of the most disciplined and creative people I know, when it comes to finances and saving money, can still have as difficult a time losing weight as anyone. After all, they are very similar. Both require sustained, incremental efforts, both are the results of not spending more than [...]

Calorie Counting: Calculating Your Dieting Budget – Part 1

You know how much you get paid right? Maybe not down the very cent but you probably wouldn’t have to respond with a series of question marks if you had to fill out a form asking for your salary range. And would you ever walk up to the cash at your favorite store and throw [...]

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