Fitness

Madonna is unlikely inspiration for 50-plus set

Sure, Madonna may have scandalized the Vatican and shocked nearly every parent in America at some point during her long and provocative career full of shrewd image transformations. But as the Material Girl hits the half-century mark this weekend, she may be stepping into a role that even she, with ...

When exercise isn’t worth all the time and effort

Aquatic exercise can be a great low-impact workout, but spending hours on thousands of reps is silly. Getty Images stock Q: I’m a 62-year-old woman and I exercise every weekday morning in my hot tub, doing 2,000 forward bicycles, 2,000 reverse bicycles, 2,000 frog kicks and 2,000 reverse ...

Bad karma: When yoga harms instead of heals

Can Exercise Save Your Life?

Just 150 minutes a week –that breaks down to 30 minutes 5 times a week- helps prevent Type 2 diabetes. Type 2 is the fastest moving disease in the world since it’s brought on by excess food intake, improper use of insulin in the blood and lethargic physical activity. To be blunt, to those that bec...

5 Pieces of Abdominal Exercise Equipment for Your Ab Workouts

People are always looking for the best ab exercise equipment and here is a run-down of 5 pieces of equipment that you can use in your ab workouts (for pictures and full descriptions of more than 50 abdominal exercises check the resource box below). #1 The Stability Ball (Exercise Ball) The stability...

What are the Best Abdominal Exercises?

Since I am a personal trainer, I am often asked… What is the Best Abdominal Exercise? And my answer is often it depends. It depends on the goal. Now, I know most people want to know what is the best abdominal exercise to get rid of fat on their stomach, but unfortunately ab exercises by themselves ...

Exercise Ball Exercises for the Abs

The Exercise Ball has become one of the most popular pieces of exercise equipment in the fitness industry. It has many names. Some people refer to it as a Stability Ball, Swiss Ball, or Physioball. There are 3 main reasons people perform abdominal exercises on an exercise ball. When doing abdominal ...

The Most Important Core Exercise for the Transversus Abdominus

Forget about crunches, sit ups, or leg raises. The drawing-in maneuver to engage the transversus abdominus is the most important core exercise to master if you want to develop core stability. If you’ve never heard of the transversus abdominus I wouldn’t be surprised. It the deepest of the abdomina...

5 Fat Burning Bodyweight Exercises for Women

Bodyweight exercises for women are a fantastic way to build strength and muscles. And for women, muscles are great for burning the fat away. Also bodyweight exercises for women are very flexible and can be used anywhere using very little room to get your routine done.

Exercise Apparel - How Do You Choose the Right One?

You know, the most stylish exercise apparel usually doesn't do a good job... And the so-called new, modern, in-trend attires don't do up to their marks either... So, what's in and what's out, for exercise apparel? Here are some of the things that should be "in": -That they're of comfortable s ......

There are plenty of myths in the fitness industry that ab workouts will not generate fat loss. If yo

You're going for a daily exercise workout routine? Daily instead of 3-4 or 4-5 times per week? We shall refer the 3-4 or 4-5 times per week of exercise routine as the regular routine. "What? The regular routine is already a "tall" order for me to get by....The daily routine? Forget it!" You wai ......

Ab Workouts and Core Exercises: A Circuit for Fat Loss and Strength

The fitness industry is filled with ab workouts that don’t generate the flat stomach and overall fat loss that you’re looking for. Use these strength and fitness training tips to create a workout of core exercises that will building core strength and result in fat loss and the abs you’ve been dre...

Core Workout Is Something More Than Your Average Abs Exercise.....

Your core muscles are important as they support you with a good base so that you can do the daily physical activities with ease. Core workout therefore would have to be one that works on all your core muscles simultaneously, to develop and stabilize the "central" strength of your body

Seven Tips To Beat Back Exercise Burnout

Exercise is a powerful weapon against stress, encouraging the production of energizing endorphins, strengthening our immunity system and easing anxiety. Exercise helps with fitness. Studies also show that exercise is also how we energize our brains. Biologist John Medina’s book, "Brain Rules: 12 P ...

Core Strength Exercises - They Take More Than Abs Exercises!

What are core strength exercises? They're exercises for your innermost muscles - the muscles that run the length of your trunk and torso and consist of many different muscles that stabilize your spine, back and pelvis. These muscles stabilize the spine, pelvis and shoulder and provide a solid base ...

4 Things to be Weary of When Diet or Exercise Shopping

The diet and exercise fad is a multi-billion dollar a year industry. There are new products that are released to the public each day. You may have the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) as a watchdog for some of the items, but much of them come from factory direct to you with no review or control at all....

10 Tips to Start and Maintain an Exercise Program

Watching a basketball, football, baseball, or hockey game from your couch as you click through the channels is not considered physical fitness. If the sound of the whistle from the gym coach may have been the last recollection of you doing anything close to an exercise routine, you may have been awa...

Water Aerobic Exercises

Getting into water is not only refreshing but fun too. Both the non-swimmers and the swimmers enjoy water aerobics. One of the aerobic activities that people cherish during the summer months is water aerobic. Water aerobics helps in enhancing one’s overall strength and body fitness. Injuries to bon...

Include Regular Exercise As Part Of Your Healthy Lifestyle

If you want to live better, for a longer time, you need to take good care of yourself. Part of your plan to good health should include regular exercise, along with eating well and getting enough sleep. Exercise Regularly Our bodies are meant to be in motion, not sitting at rest. Whether you make a p...

Weight Loss Diet and Exercise

I’m about to let you in on the secret of weight loss. It’s as simple as reducing the intake and burning up the existing. That’s it, there couldn’t be anything simpler. The problem with most is that they concentrate on what they can eat vs. what they shouldn’t. Home much cake can I have and stil...