All Entries in the "Featured" Category
Exercise Addiction:Too Much of a Good Thing
Exercise Addiction Everywhere we look, we are told we are fat and need to lose weight. For the majority, that constant drone from the TV and magazines goes ignored, but for a growing number, fitting in a workout isn’t just no-big-deal, it’s non-negotiable. With the emphasis on fitness, calories and weight loss, eating and exercise [...]
3 Wacky Ways to make Exercise Fun
Maruchy Lachance is president of Running Ninja!, a lifestyle brand for runners by runners. Running Ninja! offers a wide variety of apparel and gifts for runners to keep you happy and inspired while you’re on the run. Let’s face it, if exercise is not bringing you some form of joy, you will more than likely [...]
Top 10 Healthy Food for Under $1
Most of us don’t need to hear it or read it … we have felt it in our wallets every time we’ve gone to the grocery store. With the economy still recovering and people still struggling, I asked myself, can you eat healthy with one dollar? So this is the top 10 of the healthiest I could think [...]
How Stopping my Cardio Classes changed my Life
Perhaps I shouldn’t be admitting this as the co-owner of this fitness blog, but I have lost my motivation to get to the gym since the kids have been out of school. I used to drop them off at school for 830am and than I would go straight to the gym. I didn’t even think [...]
Curves Closes Thousand Locations
I came across this story and really made me think about how the fitness industry is changing… While Curves fitness centers have been pretty easy to find in shopping centers all across the country, that has been rapidly changing in recent years. Since 2007, Curves International Inc. has closed thousands of its franchise locations. Curves [...]
Comparing the Toning Shoes..what shaping shoes should you buy?
With every shoe company hopping on the band wagon to get a piece of the “toning’ shoes pie (shoes that claim to shape up and tone up your legs, improve circulation, burn calories, and helps you “lose weight”), how does the savvy consumer decide which shoes to buy? They are sometimes referred as wellness shoes, shaping shoes or toning [...]
Super Foods that Reduce your Fatigue
Guest blogger Amy Applebaum is a success coach whose work includes the Release Your Inner Millionairess coaching program designed to create life-changing breakthroughs in her clients. Amy’s groundbreaking six-step process has helped thousands of female entrepreneurs accomplish goals they never imagined possible. Amy’s coaching success has led to appearances on ABC News, CNN, TLC, and [...]
5 Diet and Nutrition Tips You Need to Follow
5 Diet and Nutrition Tips You Need to Follow Dr. Lisa Hark, registered dietitian, offers advice about a healthy diet. In this short video, she describes the 5 simple things that can make a big difference in your health and fitness journey:
Sex and the City Diet and Workout Secrets
Let’s talk about sex, baby! OK, lets just talk about the cast of Sex in the City, since everyone else is! When celebrities are talking diets, America listens. Our fascination with what the stars eat and don’t eat provides the fuel for countless diets, super food purchases and expensive weight loss remedies. We also know that [...]
Interview with Jillian Michaels on her new show:Lose it with Jillian
The Biggest Loser’s Jillian Michaels gave us a sneak peek into what her new reality series, “Losing It With Jillian” is all about. From a diabetic Apache family living on a reservation, to a cash-strapped family in Detroit, Jillian provides a wake-up call for eight families across America and helps them transform their lives inside and [...]
What ‘Toning Shoe’ is the Best for you?
Imagine a shoe that doesn’t just work at the gym, it works like the gym. That’s right. These shoes promise to tighten and tone muscles, rev the metabolism and even burn cellulite as you walk. How effective they are seems to be up to the wearer and the faith they put in the marketing and [...]
As seen on TV Fitness Products
We’ve seen them on those late nights when zoning out in front of the television is more appealing than going to bed. Whether it’s a device to tone your abs or boost your biceps, the infomercials for at-home fitness products have a fascinating appeal to them, which is why 20 minutes later, you can still find [...]
Oscars 2010: Celebrities’ Pre-Awards Weight Loss Plans
Elle.com contacted us to post this fantastic article about the celebrities Pre-Award Weight Loss plans, which the GGS crew thought our readers would enjoy. Oscars 2010: Oz Garcia, nutritionist to the stars, reveals Hollywood’s slimming secrets By Emily Hebert Hollywood’s leading ladies never fail to dazzle the night of the Academy Awards—but don’t be fooled: Their [...]
Want some new tricks for your treadmill workout?
Are you getting bored of your treadmill workout? I know I sure do. Here are some new tricks to try in the gym? Just don’t kill yourself in the process. The only one I would even possibly try is the one that you run off of and than back on. Try at your own risk! [...]
Workout Video: Bringing Your Sexy Back
Yup, this week’s video workout is all about bringing sexy back…to your back. Often we focus on our abdominals and forget to balance our ab workouts with an adequate back workout. The one thing I’d caution about the moves in this video is to really watch your form and make sure you power from your [...]
How to Dine Out Series Kicks Off
I love eating all types of foods and when I’m asked what my favorite is my answer can range from Mexican to Thai to Indian to Italian to Spanish and the list goes on. It really just depends on what day you ask me. With that said, eating out in restaurants that specialize in these types [...]
