I AM Exercising! Why Don’t I Lose Weight?

I used to think my body was some kind of machine. I thought that losing weight was a simple matter of cutting the intake and/or increasing the output and soon I would look like your average Hollywood starlet. If I wanted to lose a pound, all I had to do was eat 3500 calories less than my maintenance level of 2000 calories a day or walk 35 miles or some combination of those. If you were of the same opinion you have probably noticed, like me, that the reality isn’t quite so simple. In fact,... Read more »

Fat Consequences In Children

As the world battles with an epidemic that is proving difficult to manage and showing signs of becoming a costly affair, our children are getting caught in the cross fire. Adult onset diabetes, weight loss surgery and weight loss medication for children is not exactly what parent had in mind when planning for their posterity. An article by Kids Health highlights some report that shows that as many as 45% of U.S children newly diagnosed with diabetes have Type 2. One of the main causes is pointing... Read more »

Jump Around In Joy

One of the best ways to tone your body is actually jumping around. Not exactly as a kid does because it just received those happy news that it is going to get the bicycle of its dreams, but close enough. Perhaps the joyful screams and the happy jumping around will occur later, when you will be able to see the results of your training being reflected on your bathroom’s mirror, but that is a matter of personal behavior patterns and is subject to another study and not the one relating to your... Read more »

Celebrity Personal Trainers - Part 1

Who are these amazing personal trainers that work with movie stars, professional athletes, musicians, and the rest of the rich and famous? Research into exactly how one becomes a celebrity personal trainer reveals that, like the rest of the personal training industry, no formal requirements exist to become one of these trainers to the stars who charge $300+ per hour. Most celebrity trainers simply happened to be in the right place at the right time. An unknown trainer visited a chiropractor following... Read more »

Start Getting Fit With Yoga Exercise

Yoga through meditation works great to achieve synchronization of the body and mind. It’s actually a very common occurrence for people to be unable to perform tasks properly and satisfying because of their mental state of mind. Stress is the largest suspect for affecting parts of physical and emotional systems of all of us. Yoga however, can help cure this. In the physical sense, yoga has proven to be one of the most effective way to cure yourself of various disorders. Listed here are some... Read more »

Cardiovascular Exercise Program For You

A cardiovascular exercise program is needed when you are planning to compete in a marathon, sporting event or even if you just want to get yourself in better condition than your current fitness level for personal and health reasons. When developing a cardiovascular exercise program, you first need to test your current cardiovascular fitness levels, and then you need to devise a plan to slowly increase the intensity and duration of your cardio workouts to increase your fitness performance. To create... Read more »

Weight Lifting Diet For Power

Eat! Eat! Eat! Your weight lifting diet is vitally important to your pre and post exercise recovery and preparation, If you are a weight lifter you need to eat healthy nutritious foods to keep you energized, so that you can fuel your body for peak performance and increased recovery rate all because of a well balance weight lifting diet. Now lets talk about food and your diet, try to cut down or stop eating junk to be able to lift heavier weights because when you eat right you are more powerful and... Read more »

Weight Loss Techniques Look Set to Change in the Future

Millions of people have taken to regular exercise and eating healthy to try to loose weight and/ or maintain a particular physique. Regular exercise involving nothing more than pure sweat and willpower has traditionally been the way in which to achieve the aforementioned results. Today, science is now indicating that staying trim is more complex than previously thought. For people who have genes that predispose you to becoming overweight there is often no level of exercise and healthy eating that... Read more »

The Importance of Proper Hydration and Stretching

Whether you’re taking a brisk walk or running a 26 mile marathon, hydration and stretching are extremely important to preventing injury and to maintaining optimum fitness. However, there are many myths about both these things that have crept into most people’s thinking. The number one myth about hydration is that you should let your level of thirst signal when you need to drink. This is absolutely untrue. Most athletes only replace about 2/3 of the water they lose when they follow this... Read more »

Loosing Weight With Pilates

The excess weight around your hips and waistline is in fact the outcome of poor nutrition and low exercise levels. According to scientists, the decreased exercising levels of current busy working professionals have resulted in poor metabolism rates and in many cases obesity. In fact, low levels of metabolism can be a serious problem, as more fat cells remain trapped in one’s body and less muscle tone does lead to various pains and health problems. However, even if you have been witnessing your... Read more »