Archive for February, 2011
Who Else wants to Know More about Celebrity Fad Diets
Oh, Hollywood celebrities… their lifestyles are just as wild as their eating habits. And, all of us who closely follow their lives in the pages of Us Magazine and TMZ are just as wacky, especially when we copy their dieting practices. Recently, Yahoo! Shine asked the health experts at Mayo Clinic to evaluate seven fad [...]
Get Rid of the Bat Wings Once and For All
The Triceps extend the elbow and known for its pushing movement. The Triceps are made up of three parts. A long head which originates at the Scapula, a lateral head which originates at the back of the arm (Humerus) and the short head which originates on the Humerus a little lower than the lateral head. [...]
Make the Most of YOUR Muscles to have your Best Body Ever
Rob Williams is a kinesiologist and posture specialist in downtown Vancouver. His website is www.williamshealthgroup.com Check out Rob’s series Losing the last 10 Pounds here I know from regular reader feedback that people are always looking for great resistance training advice. Since strength training is so effective for maintaining muscle mass and keeping the metabolism elevated, [...]
Top 10 Tips that you need to Know about Late Night Snacking
Anyone who has ever tried to lose weight knows the struggle that one faces when it comes to late night snacking. It’s easy to stay busy during the day, but it seems like once the sky darkens and much of the family goes to bed, snacks come to the forefront of your mind. Even if [...]
End being Sore from Exercising
Guest post from Britney Exercise provides a lot of great benefits if done correctly. It can lower blood pressure, reduce the risk for certain diseases and even raise our self-esteem. But we ALL know what we hate about exercise—BEING SORE! You know, that soreness that haunts you when you wake up in the mornings after [...]
Top 10 Perfect Post Workout Food you Should be Eating
Post-workout snacks are very important due to the fact that your body uses muscle glycogen stores to energize your workout. Replenishing these stores is vital for muscle recovery, muscle growth and repair. If your workouts last for a longer bout of time than normal, you need to replenish throughout the workout. For example, I just ran a marathon and [...]
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What Everyone Ought to Know About Pre-Workout Snacks
Eating before exercising has been shown to improve performance and is a great way to improve endurance and stamina. The goal to snacking before a workout is to keep it simple. Don’t eat a huge meal that leaves you feeling bloated. The purpose of a pre-workout snack is to help prevent low blood sugar, increase muscle [...]
Natalie Portman Black Swan Ballet Workout
Natalie Portman Ballet Workout: The Bridge Ballet dancers are known for having incredibly strong, lean legs. This ballet exercise targets the inner thighs, back of the legs, core and butt to help anyone get a ballerina’s lower body. How to do it: Lie on your back with your stomach pulled in, knees bent and feet [...]
5 Little Known Tricks to Boost your Metabolism
What is metabolism and how does it work? Metabolism consists of hormones and enzymes that convert food into fuel and also effects how efficiently the body burns that fuel. The fuel is converted into energy for the body to do anything from thinking to exercising. According to KidsHealth.org there are two kinds of metabolism that occur [...]
8 Foods, 8 Weeks to Help your Heart
We are doing a mass giveaway of fitness books on Facebook right now! We are giving away this book plus a whole 7 more days of book giveaways coming up! So be sure to LIKE us on Facebook for even more groovy giveaways! Q & A with Janet Bond Brill, Ph.D. R.D., LDN Author of Prevent a Second Heart [...]
The Magic Nutrient that Banishes the Bloat
Do you experience of puffiness because of the weather, hormones or from a night of debauchery? There is a natural solution to help you to get rid of that excess water-weight and it’s found right in the foods we eat. The electrolyte potassium is a powerful ally to have around your kitchen when those bloated symptoms [...]
3 Little Known Ways to Help Low-Calorie Dishes taste Great
A low-calorie dish doesn’t have to mean a boring, bland meal. Certain ingredients can offer both taste and weight-loss benefits. Increase your metabolism and curb your appetite by incorporating these flavors weapons for weight loss into your diet. Turn a regular dish into a nutritionally enhanced favorite. Add these flavor weapons to your meals and [...]
The Worst Fitness Habits
We are doing a mass giveaway of fitness books on Facebook right now! We gave away a copy of this book away yesterday but we have another copy to giveaway PLUS a whole 7 more days of book giveaways coming up! So be sure to LIKE us on Facebook for even more groovy giveaways! The followng is brought [...]
Top 10 ways to Reward your Weight Loss Effort without Food
When you are in a habit of rewarding yourself with food treats for a job well done, what do you do when those treats no longer fit in your daily diet? After all, when you are trying to lose weight, it goes against all you are working toward to celebrate that five pound weight loss [...]
Oprah goes Vegan for a Week-Are you going to Follow?
The Oprah Winfrey show aired an episode today where she and her 378 Staffers go vegan for a one-week challenge. The special guests on the episode included Michael Pollan and Kathy Freston, who shared their thoughts on what you should know about the food you eat, and Lisa Ling gave the audience a look inside [...]
