Looking to get in peak condition… Fast? Looking to melt away slabs of adipose tissue? (Fat). Are you still doing steady state aerobics? If so, then it’s time to get with the program… Another type of program. An interval program.
It’s not uncommon for me to be bombarded with the same questions day in and […]
What is it?
The term core refers to the lumbo-pelvic-hip complex. The lumbo-pelvic-hip complex is composed of the hip, lower back and the pelvis. There are 29 muscles attached the complex that help stabilize the connection between each one of them. The core works with the rest of the body to produce […]
Fun Fitness for Kids
The best exercise for kids is to get moving. Develop some fun fitness ideas for kids. We’re not talking about body building or abandoning them to the treadmill for a half hour each day. If it’s not fun, they won’t do it.
In a previous article, The Epidemic of Childhood […]
IT ALL STARTED ON A TYPICAL NOVEMBER MORNING back in nineteen eighty seven.
Life was changing for me quickly; I just didn’t realize it at the time. I had been successful in some bodybuilding contests as a teenager, but that was really as far as I wanted to go in the sport. I worked at […]
Do you believe that exercisers need to take potassium, magnesium or any other mineral? The only mineral that you need to take during prolonged exercise is sodium, found in salt.
The definitive studies on minerals and exercise were done during World War II. Dr. James Gamble of Harvard Medical School paid medical students to lie on […]
Rebounding: Health and Fitness Benefits
As quoted by NASA, rebounding is “the most efficient and effective exercise yet devised by man”. It is an excellent, non-impact, aerobic excercise gained by bouncing on a mini-trampoline.
The benefits of rebounding are astonishing and have been promoted significantly within the last decade.
It is a unique excercise in which a weightless […]
Body image is a topic that usually makes one think of teenaged girls starving themselves thin. But most people, no matter how old or young, have a feeling or image of the way their body should look. This image is composed of the actual view in the mirror combined with life experience, such as the […]
I always feel that spring and summer are the most wonderful seasons of the year. I can do many things outside the house during those seasons.
Although I can also do my activities during autumn and winter, I find that spring and summer are more exciting, especially when it comes to burning off calories.
Here are some […]
We all know that we’re supposed to exercise, so why are 63% of Canadians are not active enough to receive any health benefits? If we would all just get off our keisters our bodies would thank us. I know your busy, but, it’s easier than you think.
First we have to define the proper level of […]
My Aunt Helen once said to me “Sooner or later ole Uncle
Arthur-Itis will get you.” She lived to be 99 years old, so
apparently Aunt Helen was able to hold Uncle Arthur at
bay.
Osteoarthritis is one of the most common medical
conditions, affecting an estimated 15.8 million Americans.
Usually it is chronic and […]