Articles tagged with tone
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Two Exercises That Really Tone And Shape Your Arms
Although we are in the midst of winter, warm weather is only a matter of months away. Now is the time to ramp-up your fitness program in order to look your best by this coming spring. Here are two simple exercises to tone and shape your arms: Alternating Dumbbell Curls The alternating dumbbell curl is [...]
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Tone Butt With Plank Leg Raise
It is critical that you stabilize and strengthen your core area. A strong core lays the foundation for future strength training. A strong core area will also maximize your extremity (limbs) strength. Failure to adequately strengthen your core area will lead to injuries such as low back pain. The plank with leg raise [...]
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Foods That Make You Strong
Editor’s Note: You might be surprised to hear that strength and motivation go hand-in-hand (in at least one respect, anyway). In today’s guest post Kyle Simpson tells us how we can improve our lives and make our bodies stronger for exercise, by making a few, simple dietary changes! Did you know that your testosterone levels can [...]
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Exercise of the Week; The Leg Press
If you are at the gym, using the leg press is one of the best exercises for overall strength and development in your legs. First, sit in the seat, positioning your feet about shoulder width apart and chest high on the platform. Adjust the seat height by pulling the handle and sliding [...]
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Total Body Toning With Strength Training
You should tone your body with exercises in all planes of motion (or movements). Don’t lift weights to just build muscles. You want a beautifully toned woman’s body, not a bulky-looking, robotic body. If you move like a strong robot, you have probably just built up your muscles without training movements. If [...]
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Exercise of the Week: The Lat Pulldown
The lat pulldown is a great exercise for strengthening and developing the muscles in your upper back which are critical in having good posture. People whose shoulders are slumped forward most likely have under-developed upper back muscles. Sit down and adjust the thigh pad to a position that firmly fits over your thighs. Select a resistance [...]
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Tone Butt And Hips With One-Legged Exercises
Tone your butt, hips and thighs better with one-legged exercises. One-legged exercises really burn the leg fat. Your muscles will also be better balanced because the stronger leg can’t help the weaker leg to lift your body. One-legged exercises are also more intense than two-legged exercises. You will improve your dynamic balance by doing one-legged exercises. [...]
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Suspension Trainer Thoughts: My Exercise Routine
A few weeks back I finished up a 12 week Exercise routine and was looking for something different; something challenging that would keep me interested for a few weeks at least. Now that I had my suspension trainer, I needed to know what to do with it. Off I went in search of a workout. [...]
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Age is Not a Matter of Years, It's a State of Mind
Truthfully you are only 11 months old. Every cell in your body is replaced every 11 months. Old worn out cells are replaced by new healthy cells. Your body is designed to be healthy and fit for all of your life; not just in your youth. If this is true and [...]
