All Entries in the "Workin’ Out" Category
How Many Sets Should I Do to Add Strength
Here is a great question we received from a GGS Reader. We turned to a Muscle Man, Bill Hartman for the answer, P.T., C.S.C.S., the co-owner of Indianapolis Fitness and Sports Training. Q: I’d like to get stronger, but I’m not sure which how many sets of which exercises I should do … help! -Daniel K. [...]
Is Post Workout Burn for Real?
Guest post – jdeardorff@tribune.com Turning up the heat on your workout may cause your body to burn calories after you’ve finished During an exercise session, vigorous cardiovascular workouts such as running or biking can typically torch more calories than resistance or strength training. But what happens once the workout is over? Exercise scientists have long [...]
7 Creative Ways to Shake off the Winter Blues
The mercury is dropping, the nights seem endless, and all you want to do is live under the covers with an unlimited supply of carbohydrates and pout. You’re battling the winter blues, and they’re winning. Seasonal depression, characterized by mood swings, anxiety, weight gain or loss, exhaustion or any combination thereof, can make swimming pools [...]
Quick Workouts to Pump you Up
Who says you don’t have time to workout? Here are some super quick weight workouts to get you started. Beginners start with no weights and each time you do this workout, add slowly. I would call myself an intermediate and used 10 – 12 lbs when weights were involved. You be the judge and remember proper [...]
Top 11 Mistakes You Make on the Elliptical Trainer
Stop making these exercise mistakes when you’re on the elliptical machine and maximize your calorie burn: Click each for even more information from Prevention… 1. You’re too lazy to enter your information. 2. Your resistance is zero. 3. You’re a sloucher. 4. Your machine sounds like it’s going to take off. 5. You don’t change directions. [...]
Quitter’s Never Win: 10 Ways to keep Your New Year’s Resolution
They’re out there, in gyms across North America. On New Year’s Day they made a resolution that 2012 was the year they were going to get in shape by going to the gym. Are you one of them? I’ve seen a few of the newbies where I work out. And, as I’ve noticed many a [...]
7 Habits of Truly Happy People you Should try to Follow
We are excited to share one of our fave stories from Prevention here on GirlGetStrong! The best way to ditch the seven deadliesis to replace them with what psychiatrist Dr. William Glasser calls the seven caring habits: supporting, encouraging, listening, accepting, trusting, respecting, and negotiating differences. They sound simple, right? All you have to do [...]
The Secret to Working Out Harder and Longer – Join a Class
Whether it is Zumba, bootcamp, yoga or kickboxing, whatever your workout pleasure is, there’s nothing like a great fitness class to get you to the gym and keep you coming back for more. That’s why major fitness chains keep eyes peeled and ears pricked for the next big thing. “The single biggest benefit is community,” [...]
Looking Back: Diet and Fitness Trends for 2011
The year in fitness and dieting 2011 was far from uneventful. The introduction of MyPlate, larger conversations about nutrition in school food, and the condemnation of too-thin celebrities kept things interesting and proved that we don’t see diet, nutrition and fitness as just fads, they’re a part of our lifestyles. From our vantage point, there [...]
The Tops 15 Diet and Fitness Apps for your Smart Phone or Blackberry
Smartphones offer a convenient way to stay on track with your diet and fitness goalsanywhere you go. It’s important to find the app that will best meet your needs and with which you are the most likely to interact on a regular basis. If used wisely, these apps can be an important tool in meeting [...]
The Secret of Yoga to Help Winter Athletes
After a full day of snowboarding, skiing or snowshoeing the muscles of the hips can shorten and tighten. Flexible, open hips are a must for winter athletes. Without them performance may decrease while the risk of injury increases. The following hip opening yoga poses are a must for keeping the lower body healthy and limber. [...]
Why Run? 6 Health Benefits of Running
Why do runners do it? What makes them take a perfectly good day and decide to take an hour to run when you can get great health benefits from walking as well? There must be some reason they do it? There are actually many reasons, here are a few, including some that are a little [...]
The Secret of Yoga for Detoxification
Toxins come in many forms from harsh and deadly organisms such as snake venom, to man-made environmental agents like asbestos. While some toxins are fatal, others simply serve to cause mild annoyances like headaches, nausea or irritability. To detox with yoga is to assist our bodies in the removal of non-life-threatening toxins such as those [...]
The Secret to High Intensity Interval Training to Burn the Fat
High intensity interval training (HIIT) or cardio interval training is a type of training that helps improve performance or current fitness level with the use of short training sessions. It is a form of cardiovascular training that is designed to burn body fat in a quick and extremely intense workout routine. HIIT sessions can be [...]
11 Funny Running Tips to Help you Gain Speed
~Guest writer Mike Romaniuk shares “The Secret Thoughts of Men” Thank goodness for running partners! They motivate us. They keep us focused. And when we feel mean and nasty? They can be a lot of fun too! (I look at it as one of the psychological benefits of running. My partner….um, not so much.) Here [...]
