Articles tagged with Physical exercise
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How Quality Gym Facilities Help You Stick To Your Routine
For some people, a gym membership is the best way for them to start, and maintain, a regular fitness routine. And as we all know, healthy living is all about routine! Today’s guest blogger, James Harper, explains why it’s important to look for quality, when joining a gym. I’m not referring to a gym that [...]
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Exercise of the Week; the Seated Row
The seated row is also an exercise that targets the muscles of the upper back. I like to incorporate two movements (please see my post dated October 10th) for the upper back because these muscles are often neglected and weak in most clients that I see. Weak upper back muscles not only lead to posture [...]
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Shape and Tone Your Glutes for Summer
To be effective, glutes should be trained with cardio and strength training. The American Council on Exercise (ACE) research found that the top cardio exercises for shaping your glutes (and legs) are: lunges, walking uphill, stair climbing, jogging and running. No big surprises here and no gimmicks! Just hard work! And [...]
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Everyone has the Perseverance to Lose Weight and Feel Better!
“In general, any form of exercise, if pursued continuously, will help train us in perseverance. Long-distance running is particularly good training in perseverance.” Mao Tse-Tung (Chinese stateman, the key figure in China, 20th century, 1893-1976) We learn a lot from fitness and doing something for the longer range goal. Although not the first reason [...]
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My Workout Routine
I work out in a public gym: nothing fancy but it’s got all the essentials for an effective workout. All you need is your bodyweight, free weights, pull-up bar, and a stability ball and you can create a great workout. Anyway, I was stretching after my workout a few days ago and observed some other people exercising. [...]
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Top 5 Energy Boosters for Workouts
Don't have enough energy to finish the workout? Don't depend on energy drinks to keep you slogging to the end. Make a few, small changes to your daily routine and watch that natural energy ignite...
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The Mental And Physical Requirements Of Staying Fit and Firm With Age
Last Wednesday I spoke to a group of people at an Active Adult Community about the mental and physical requirements of staying healthy, fit and firm over the age of 50. I explained that they had to incorporate the following three things into their lives to do so: a positive mental attitude, a fitness program [...]
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Can You Learn Self Control As You Try To Lose Some Weight?
Compulsive eating, without any doubt, comes under the heading of lack of self-control. So, if you’re a compulsive eater—can’t stop yourself from eating so much and just have to have that food treat, then you’re not exercising self-control. Having enough control over yourself is complicated. It is not something that you either have or don’t have—but [...]
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Following A Workout Program
You should never go into the gym without a plan. Most people enter the gym and wing it. This usually leads to wasted time, trying to figure out what exercises to do. Before you know it, all your motivation is gone and your training session is a wash-out. This is by far one of the biggest mistakes [...]
