‘Fitness’ Archives
It’s Easier to Get in Shape than Out of Shape
There's no need to get discouraged if you miss a couple of days of your exercise program or panic if you don't hit the gym for a week or two straight. Many people don't start an exercise program because they are worried they won't be able to keep it up regularly. But instead of focusing on the negative and worrying about whether or not you'll be [...]
Don’t Let a Rainy Day Slow You Down
Don't wait until the weather is better to go out and walk. There's no excuse for not exercising at home on any day when the weather is too cold or windy or too hot. But be careful about exercising outdoors when it's very hot or humid. Heat exhaustion and, in extreme instances, heat stroke are complications frequently found in those exercise nuts [...]
Walk with Weights to Lose More Weight
There is no need to engage in strenuous aerobic exercises or to lift heavy weights at the gym (either free weights or machine weights) to achieve cardiovascular fitness, weight loss, and improved lean muscle mass. When you walk with light one or two pound handheld weights, you build muscle mass, which speeds up your metabolism because muscle [...]
Slow and Steady Wins the Race
Losing weight through a moderate exercise program and healthy diet is a gradual process. The most important point to note is that so long as you stick with the moderate walking program, the chance of regaining back the weight is minimal. This is because the body has gone through a time consuming metabolic process in which the adjustment to the [...]
Walk Those Pounds Away
Walk Those Pounds Away Walking is a great form of moderate exercise that not only helps you lose weight, but is also healthy for your heart. The great part about walking as an exercise is that you aren't limited to a particular time or location. Walking doesn't require special clothes or equipment. You don't need to join a fancy gym. You can [...]
Don’t Fall for These Exercise Myths
Don't be fooled by these common exercise myths. Myth: The More You Perspire, the More Calories You Burn Just because you sweat an extra amount doesn't mean you're burning extra calories. The key to burning more calories and losing more weight is twofold. First of all, it's the intensity of your workout that determines how many calories you [...]
How To Schedule Your Workouts
We're all busy, overworked, and overscheduled. You have a million things on your to do list every day. So how can you make sure that exercise is one of them? Until your exercise program becomes a habit, it is a good idea to schedule your workout into your day. Your exercise program should be planned to meet your individual schedule; however, [...]
Antioxidize with Exercise
Antioxidants are chemicals that help neutralize the potentially dangerous free radicals that result when your body converts oxygen into energy. If free radicals aren't neutralized, they can give rise to a host of problems, including cell damage and a condition called oxidative stress that results from an imbalance between the factors that cause [...]
Warm Up to Stretch
Stretching exercises can improve the flexibility of the joints, muscles, and tendons, thus making the body less prone to injury. Stretching also increases the flow of blood to the stretched muscle and helps to promote bone growth where there is a stretching motion against gravity. Stretching before your workout tunes and tones your muscles and [...]
Gain Without Pain
Exercise doesn't have to be stressful, painful, or exhausting to be beneficial; moderate exercise prevents heart disease and is a healthy component of any weight loss or fitness plan. In a recent study of over seventeen thousand women and men, it was concluded that moderate exercise is an independent factor in the prevention of deaths by [...]
