Exercise
When we are busy, faced with deadlines, appointments or when emergency strikes, our commitment to fitness is often the first thing to go. And when we commit to a fitness program, we are faced with worry and self-imposed stressors.
How can I stay on track?
What if I lose my resolve and eat too much, or too fast, or the wrong things?
What if I’m laughed at by the girls in the gym? What if...
Fitness ball exercises work to strengthen the core muscles including the hard-to-get-to muscles. They also improve balance and overall coordination. Below are fitness ball exercises that should be part of everyone’s exercise regime.
Fitness Exercises - General Recommendations
Give some of these exercises a shot in addition to your regular workout next time you're at the gym, and after a...
Having pet is already a healthy habit? Having a pet can bring joy into your life and into the life of your family. But the impact your pet can have on your family health is something to keep in mind. While most pets are not going to cause severe health issues, the better care you take of your pets, the better. With these family health tips for pet owners, you can ensure that you are keeping...
Fitness testing seems like something which might be best left to a professional. After all, it seems like a scientific process which no layman (or woman) could understand. But maybe you don’t have to worry about the process of fitness testing, especially when you have a fitness testing program at your fingertips. Some people are finding that these computer systems are not only helpful in...
Want to improve your fitness level but too busy to exercise? Everyone thinks they’re too busy to exercise. Whether they have a tough job or they have an active family life, the busy excuse is one which is used often. But the truth is that most people do have the time to exercise, though they might not choose to use it well. There are many sneaky ways you can fit exercise into your...
Once you’ve begin to exercise more, it can be easy to become complacent. After all, you’ve gotten an exercise habit started and that’s the most important part, right? While adding more activity to your day is a great start, it is certainly not the end of your health progress. Since the body can adapt easily, it needs to be challenged again and again if you want to continue to...
Just because you are watching TV doesn’t mean you can’t improve your fitness. Though living a sedentary lifestyle is not recommended, you can actually use the time you spend watching programs to get in shape. After all, if you like to watch television, you are still going to do so, thus it’s a good idea to help make this time as productive as possible. There are three simple...
Thinking about improving your fitness but have no time for it? For most people, having a job means sitting in a desk every single day, typing on a computer or working on a project in some manner. While this might bring in money for the household, it is not necessarily the best way to get into shape. Those long hours at the desk are adding up to less calories burned, more muscle lost, and less...
Your biological age is something you can change. While you might not be able to adjust your birth certificate and get a few more years back, you can change the way your body functions and feels. You may not realize that your body actually replaces itself, cell by cell, every seven years. What does this mean? It means that your body is able to do wondrous things in order to rejuvenate itself, but...
We now live a static lifestyle where most jobs do not require the use of bodily kinesthetic. When we travel we no longer need to move. We have cars, airplanes, ships, trains and other forms of transportation that no longer requires us to move. Everything is now available at the touch of a button that we don’t really want to do anything that would make us sweat. Almost everything now is...