This Zumba Fitness DVD set can help you reshape your body, lose weight, and tone up in a fun and exciting way. Going out on a cold night is not always a pleasant experience, however having fun dancing and losing weight at the same time is a better way to go. If you don’t like her form, grab the DVD…
Category: Health Fitness
10 Useful Running Tips For Effective Weight Loss
Running is a great exercise for the mind and body. It is a great way to improve fitness and improve your mood. Personally, I enjoy my time running because I can always feel my mind unwind and free from everything going on around me. Improves heart health, reduces the risk of many diseases, including stroke, heart disease, and type 2…
Why you should eat kidney beans
Red in color and shaped like the kidneys of an animal or human, kidney beans are commonly added to soups, stews, salads, and other meals in most countries. You can buy them fresh, canned, or dried, and the nutrition they provide means they should always be part of a healthy diet. Red Kidney Beans Nutrition Facts 100 grams (3.5 ounces)…
Old School Wisdom – Go back in time to advance your training!
Many advances have been made in energy, health, technology, and other areas of life. In strength training, not so much! Stop trying to be original. Tap into the wisdom of our strength ancestors and start getting results! Why pave a new path when there is already a good one to follow? Here are two vintage-inspired routines to get you started…
Calculate your body fat percentage the easy way
Obesity is becoming a widespread problem in Canada and the United States. Over 60% of Americans age 20 and older are overweight (we’ll review later how you can calculate your body fat percentage to determine if you’re overweight or not). Unhealthy lifestyle and poor nutrition are the 2 common reasons for excess body fat. However, genetics or the side effects…
Stretching for Ballet and Understanding Myofascial Release
Most dance students understand that you can become more flexible for ballet by stretching your muscles. This is true, muscles can release tension and stretch safely. But many ballet/sports/fitness/cheerleading students and artists don’t understand myofascia. Myofascia is a tissue that surrounds and connects the entire body: all muscle groups and connective tissues from head to toe. This is not a…
Tuesday Training Update: Time Change
I usually try to give a triathlon training update on Tuesday, but it’s Wednesday. I’ll go ahead and complete this update to stay consistent. I also couldn’t post last week so this is a compilation of two weeks of training. The last two weeks have been a time change that can often occur in the life of an amateur triathlete…
Control of shortage of cash registers: is the mandatory return effective?
The high school senior was very excited for her upcoming school dance. Her dress was exquisite, and her shoes and bag matched perfectly. She was saving money from her job at the local fast food restaurant to pay for everything she needed to make the event so special. There were flowers to choose from, a limousine for her and her…
Progress depends on doing the little things every day
As we work to reach our Goals, it’s easy to get discouraged because we don’t always see progress. We want a quick result or at least something we can see every time we look, but that’s not how we should measure progress all the time. Sometimes our progress must be measured in the daily actions we take. When we look…
Tips and strategies to increase physical activity and lose weight
Tips and strategies for using increased physical activity to lose weight. You need to make a conscious effort to increase your daily physical activity. At home, take time to garden or mow the lawn yourself instead of contracting it out to others. You could also participate more in cleaning the garden, every little physical activity counts. Don’t worry if some…