Posted on: 01 April, 2005
Author: Matt Pitcher
If you're like me, you don't have the time to spend hours and hours in the gym everyday to get in a great workout. However, we DO want to make sure we're doing everything we can to be as healthy and strong and fit as possible -- only without it TAKING OVER OUR LIVES. So, wouldn't it be great if there was a program we could follow that would allow us to get in all the cardio, resistance training, stretching, etc. we need in just one 20-60 minute full body workout a few times a week? There is! It's called...
Posted on: 01 April, 2005
Author: Matt Pitcher
The two main purposes of stretching are prevention of injury caused by exercise or day-to-day activities and a faster rate of recovery from exercise. Stretching can also be used to improve posture and restore proper anatomical functionality. A regular stretching program will loosen muscle tissue, allowing an increased range of motion at the joints, which in turn helps prevent microtears at the muscle-tendon junction. Almost 90% of all injuries from muscle strain occur at the muscle-tendon junction (that is, where the muscle attaches to the bone near the joints) and repeated injury at this junction leads to a build up...
Posted on: 01 April, 2005
Author: Matt Pitcher
"If you and I want to change our behavior, there is only one effective way to do it: we must link unbearable and immediate sensations of pain to our old behavior, and incredible and immediate sensations of pleasure to a new one."- Anthony Robbins, Awaken the Giant Within Why isn't every person who wants to be fit and healthy exercising on a consistent basis? If we know what we should be doing, then why aren't we doing it consistently? Fitness Motivation Coach Lisa Nordquist calls this "The Fitness Gap" and many of us suffer from it. Knowing that we SHOULD...
Posted on: 24 March, 2005
Author: Aaron M. Potts, ISSA CFT
Anyone who has ever been in a gym before is familiar with the gleaming banks of shiny exercise ... Coming in all shapes and sizes, they are usually cause for the newcomer to the gym to pause and Anyone who has ever been in a gym before is familiar with the gleaming banks of shiny exercise machines. Coming in all shapes and sizes, they are usually cause for the newcomer to the gym to pause and ask, "What IS all of that stuff?" Well, according to the price that the gym paid for any one piece of that equipment, I...
Posted on: 11 March, 2005
Author: Sherri L Dodd
American Council of Exercise teamed with Consumer Reports to find the most effective exercise equipment. While they had plenty to say about weight equipment and cardio machines, abdominal, butt and inner thigh devices barely received a nod. In fact, the words used were None worth considering. Now, remember the purpose of Consumer Reports is to find the best buy for the money, which may contribute to the lambasting of belly and butt busters. But, the duo went on to explain that a large portion of the devices did not do what they claimed and the rest proved no more effective...
Posted on: 10 March, 2005
Author: Gary Gresham
An elliptical workout differs from a treadmill workout in a few ways. Both will give you an aerobic workout but an elliptical trainer will work different muscle groups than a treadmill. While both are excellent choices, they do have distinct differences. By knowing the difference, you can decide if an elliptical workout, the treadmill workout or even a combination of both works best for you. Elliptical Workout When comparing an elliptical workout to a treadmill workout the first thing you will notice is the elliptical trainer has much less impact. This low impact is especially good for people with joint,...
Posted on: 21 February, 2005
Author: Robin Shortt
I remember watching my boys growing up. They would go to their Scout meetingsand bring home a pole that they had cut from a sapling. They made it into a poleby stripping the bark and carving diff... I remember watching my boys growing up. They would go to their Scout meetingsand bring home a pole that they had cut from a sapling. They made it into a poleby stripping the bark and carving different designs into it. They would talk abouthow they used it for hiking and on campouts. Today things have changed a lot. The Scoutsstill make their trekking...
Posted on: 13 February, 2005
Author: Thom King
Now that we are well into the new year and we have all failed on our New Years resolution to lose that weight, it is time to stop feeling like a big fat loser and become one by losing all the fat you gained. And I am here to tell you how to do it in seven easy to follow steps. 1) Cut all the sugar out of your diet2) Reduce the size of your portions3) Always eat breakfast.4) Never let yourself go hungry, it slows down your metabolism5) Never eat after 8 pm.6) Drink a minimum of 64 ounces...
Posted on: 11 February, 2005
Author: The Icon Diet Reader
It's winter and it's cold. In the winter the mornings are very humbling. The nights are long, the floor is cold and it sucks leaving the house in the dark. Getting the morning paper involves a blast of cold air from the front door that really motivates one to crawl back into bed. It's days like these that getting beyond the duvet is hard. It's even harder to drag yourself through the wintry morning to the gym. It's the kind of thing I think about before I go to bed. I think about it when I'm waking up and I...
Posted on: 11 February, 2005
Author: The Icon Diet Reader
I am new to the world of the gym. Having resolved to make my health and fitness a priority, spending time at the gym is becoming a staple in my weekly routine. While I find that I am getting well acquainted with different exercises and exercise machines, there is one area of the gym that I fear to tread. Behind a partial wall, tucked to the rear of the building, away from the cardio machines, spinning rooms and yoga mats, is the free weight room. When I work the weight machines I am a stones throw from the free weight...