Looking for quick, easy ways to get in shape? There are simple exercises to help tone your body without having to go to the gym. Want to know the best part? They can be done anywhere, anytime! These
In as little as a minute a day, you can make noticeable changes to your physique and your fitness level (if you keep it up over time, of course). If you have one minute...drop and do 10 push-ups (or 2
Exercise is a very important part of one's lifestyle. It can help keep your weight under control. It can lower the risk of diseases like diabetes, heart disease, and countless others. It's also genera
Save money, time and gas with these ingenious new workouts you can do at home (bonus: none involve jumping jacks).Yoga Classes for the Overscheduled and UnorganizedGoing to yoga class can be more stre
Everyone knows that exercising is really good for you. It improves your vitality, boosts your health, and leaves you feeling really re-energized and de-stressed. Everyone also knows though that findin
Our body requires sufficient amount of liquid intake throughout the day. It is important to drink water even before and after working out. During workouts it obviously becomes necessary since we our e
Aerobics is a kind of exercise which involves stringent physical activity and moves all muscles of your body. It includes sustained, rhythmic body movements in coordination with your breathing. Thus,
If you do not measure you cannot improve. This is a simple truth but very often overlooked. Even with the best intentions, you will plateau very quickly if you don't have measurements to support you w
Rethink the 15 minutes before you jump on the treadmill and you're guaranteed to have a better, more efficient, more fun workout.Fill Your Bottle With Water, Not BacteriaRemember to fill your water b
Keeping to a new training program is probably one of the most common problem people face after New Years Eve. Promises of better health and a fit body are common at this time of year but if simply mak
There's a popular saying among fitness experts: ''The best exercise is the one you're not doing.'' The take-home message? To achieve the best results, you need to regularly challenge your body in new
If you have never felt pelvic pain, a "little spritz" (thank you, Whoopi Goldberg, for that phrase), or organ prolapse, you probably want to keep it that way. The best strategy for shaping up "down th
Stretch! It will improve your flexibility, of course—but it will also make you stronger.The HippiePretend your head weighs 500 pounds, and let it pull you down. Bend one knee and hold for 15 sec
These can convert even the most workout averse.Set Minimal GoalsGood intentions often lead to unrealistic plans. Instead, for a week or month, choose a doable number of days to work out and stick to i
We all know we should get more exercise … but most of us don't manage to be nearly so active as we want to be. It's easy to blame busy lives. If your boss expects long hours – or you run
Do you keep putting off your workouts?It's a struggle at times, I know!What we need to do is put some firm habits into action. Getting a regular routine going, with workouts taking place at the same t
You've got a million options, but fitness experts say these are the moves to focus on.Must-Know Exercise 1: The Push-UpWhy: Earlier this year, the American College of Sports Medicine released what was
“First we make our habits, then our habits make us.” – Charles C. Noble.Committing to exercise is always a difficult thing. We throw ourselves at the task only to quit a few months later becau
"The value of mental-training games may be speculative, as Dan Hurley writes in his article on the quest to make ourselves smarter, but there is another, easy-to-achieve, scientifically proven way to
Jarring knees, bursting lungs and pouring sweat – these are just some of the unsightly consequences that social runners endure in an effort to get fit. However, there are non-physical reasons to
Are you exercising enough?For most people, the answer to that question is “no” – especially at this time of year, during the holidays. Exercise might not feel like your top priority right now.
On more occasions than one you might have thought of starting on some kind of exercising, but lack of time, typical excuses or sheer laziness may have kept you away from actually starting it. But it
A lot of people who wish to become tall don't really know the right height increasing exercise to perform. Doing the right exercises can actually make you increase your height and thereby improving
In ‘Why We Get Fat: And What to Do About It‘, Gary Tabues spends a lot of time debunking the theory that to lose weight we need to exercise more.He details many studies conducted on unsu
When I'm feeling anxious or sad, a long, brisk walk is a surefire way to cheer me up. All I need are a pair of comfortable shoes and good music and whatever's troubling me falls away, ste
Circadian Rhythms. Cool sounding word, but how can this be they key to productivity? Let me explain. We are all different, yet similar in some basic ways. One of these ways is our circadian rhythm.
Working out is frustrating for some people because it takes too long for them to see any results. Some give up when they see too little results at a much longer time. What we don't realize is that
I'm the first to admit that I'm a gym rat. To me, it's relatively easy to sweat for about an hour while watching the Today Show, and then sail on through my day filled with those ha
Whenever we hear about new exercise recommendations being foisted on American adults (it's currently two and a half hours of vigorous activity or five hours of moderate-intensity activity per
(AP) -- Ten minutes of brisk exercise triggers metabolic changes that last at least an hour. The unfair news for panting newbies: The more fit you are, the more benefits you just might be getting.We