Articles tagged with Strength training
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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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How Women Avoid Stooped Posture
You have to workout correctly to avoid stooped posture. Getting healthy and fit is more than just burning body fat and sculpting your body. Pictured below is good standing posture-the spine has its natural “S” curve (not sway back), the shoulders and back are not stooped, the pelvis is not tilted forward and the [...]
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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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3 Ways To Improve Your Life With A Home Fitness Routine
These days, we all have a hectic schedule. A lot of us are taking second jobs or helping out loved ones and there just isn’t enough time in the day to hit the gym on a regular basis. So what do we do?
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Once Lean and Toned, Always Lean and Toned?
So, you leaned out your body with hard work and clean eating? Great! Keep it going! You will stay lean and toned with more hard work and good nutrition. Even though muscle never changes to fat, you can lose muscle mass and the fat cells will fill up again, if you become [...]
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Why Some Women Burn Fat and Lose Weight
There are several reasons why some women burn fat and lose weight, and others don’t: They find strength training and cardio routines that they enjoy, and exercise regularly, (many times with a buddy), they adopt a nutritious meal plan that they enjoy (and comply with) and they never quit trying to improve their bodies.
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Tips For Fat-Burning Over 40
As a personal trainer, I am in and out of health clubs all day. I love to observe the things people do in their efforts to "get in shape". The major thing I notice, is the over-whelming amount of cardio I see women doing while neglecting to do much strength training. While cardio is [...]
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Shrink Fat Cells, Lose Weight and Keep Working
You have to keep working to burn fat and lose weight. Fat cells will shrink when you burn fat but they will fill up again when you are inactive for a long period of time. And, the body fat will come back with a vengeance! Keep body fat off your body by building and [...]
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The Lost Art of Pushups
A lot has changed in the fitness industry over the past couple of decades. Our health and fitness seems to revolve around the latest fitness gadget, which is supposed to be the magic solution to our overall health. Hopefully you have not been duped into fitness “toys.” The truth is, you can obtain a great physique [...]
