You hear it frequently in places where women congregate to discuss the reasons they don’t lift weights. Everything from “I don’t want to look like a musclebound freak,” to “I need to lose weight first.” Smells to me like it’s time to open a can of myth dispellant ‘round here.
If you’re a women who avoids [...]
As our decadent Western culture gets fatter by the minute, surprise, so do our kids. Right now, the consensus is that from 20-30% of kids are obese, defined as more than ten percent over ideal body weight. If a child has one obese parent, their odds of also becoming a fattie are 50%. If both [...]
There’s one simple thing you can do that will, according to statistics from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, help you lose twice as much weight. What is this magical action? Relocate to a deserted island with nothing but banana leaves for sustenance? Hire a professional seamstress to sew your lips shut?
Uh, no. Neither [...]
It goes without saying that exercise and proper diet are the best ways to lose weight. But it’s also true that there are a small percentage of people out there who have legitimately stuck with traditional diet and exercise routines and still can’t shed the extra poundage. Or maybe they have failed at diet after [...]
The word yoga means “union” in Sanskrit, the language of ancient India, where it originated. Modern practitioners think of the union that occurs between mind, body, and spirit. In real life terms what we commonly call yoga is described by the Sanskrit word “asana”, which refers to the practice of physical postures or poses. Asana [...]
To literally count every single calorie you ingest for the rest of your life could very well land you in the loony bin. Is counting calories even necessary to lose weight or is it simply the price that must be paid for a hot body? It’s quite the conundrum, isn’t it? But maybe there’s a [...]
Sometimes late at night you lie awake and think, “There MUST be more to life than a weight set and treadmill. MORE than dumbbells and exercise balls.” Well, I’m sorry to say that…there is. Yep, there’s a whole world of non-traditional exercise equipment out there just waiting to send you to the emergency room from [...]
Water, the magical fluid of life has been banished to the back row of convenience store fluid popularity by calorie laden sugar bomb soft drinks and “sports” drinks that never quite quench your thirst, but leave you always digging for change in your pocket to buy just one more.
Are you carrying around a few extra [...]
Low or high intensity workout? Which is better? Better for what, is the rest of the question. If you’re looking to burn fat and lose weight without spending most of your day in the gym, high intensity should be your choice.
So, what is high intensity anyway? High intensity is any workout which pushes your heart [...]
Tired of looking at the scale? Measuring success when you start a new fitness or weight loss routine can become the holy grail, but you might be looking for the wrong cup. There are dozens of ways to measure how successful your routine is, so here are a few to help you find the silver [...]
