Beginners are at a crucial juncture: they’ve made the decision to get into shape and realize they have a myriad of options in front of them. Make the wrong decision, and you’ll potentially derail your progress for months (or sometimes even years). Learn from someone with experience with fat loss and stay away from long…
How to Have an Effective Home Workout Program
So you want to workout at home? What activity should you decide to do? There are of course a hundred options to choose from, everything from running/jogging, swimming, weight lifting, biking, hiking, aerobics, kickboxing, rollerblading… you name it! In this article, I shall leave the specific modality for you to choose and instead concentrate on…
Stretching – The Truth
There are a couple schools of thought relative to stretching. One school says “why,” and my school says because it helps alleviate joint pain, back pain, reduce muscle soreness, reduce stress, aid in workout recovery, loosen tight muscles, improve posture, increase functionality, increase range of motion in joints, and possibly help your social life. Got…
What is the Best Cardio Exercise to Burn Calories?
The truth is that there is no one best cardio exercise to burn calories. The secret lies in consistency and intensity. Some people enjoy running, some prefer biking, and others like doing cardio on equipment such as a treadmill, eliptical machine, or stationary bike. These are all fine choices to burn calories, as long as you do them CONSISTENTLY and…
Muscle Workouts – How They Help You and Why Everyone Should Use Them
Muscle Workouts. What are these anyway? These can be strength training workouts, bodybuilding workouts, or even fat burning workouts. The wonderful thing is muscle workouts can accomplish all of these goals, even all at once if you’d like. In fact, muscle workouts are one of the best things you can do for your body. Muscle…
5 Tips To Get More From Your Workouts
“So, what do you do?” I get this question on a consistent basis from people when inquiring about what type of workout I do. The thing is, it’s not as much about the workout I’m doing as it is about the principles that I apply to all my workouts. To be honest, my workouts change…
Should We Stretch Before Exercise?
Stretching is a term that is used very loosely in the fitness industry. Everybody has been taught as young kids to stretch out. I remember in 1st grade physical education, my teacher leading us through stretches before a game of kickball. When to stretch or not to stretch at all is the question you can…
Cardiovascular Fitness Programs
Regular exercise is the most important thing that will keep you fit and healthy throughout the life. People make huge fuss around when it comes to shed some time for exercises. Exercise always helps in building strong immune systems that keeps away the infections. Thus, makes a person happy and healthy. Many types of exercises…
How to Boost Your Motivation to Exercise
It is likely that you regard the idea of exercise as highly appealing in order to enhance your general well-being and appearance. However, you may find yourself lacking the actual drive to carry out your intention to exercise, particularly on a daily basis. You may have started out exercising with full determination and enthusiasm but…
Strength Training Exercises – Important Facts You Might Not Be Aware Of
Strength training exercises are so-called because resistance is used to oppose muscle contraction in order to increase strength, enhance endurance and build muscle. Strength training may be done with or without weights. Weight training, as its name implies, is strength training where weights like dumbbells and barbells are used to create resistance, build muscle and…