How to Eat Before and After a Workout

In order to maintain your optimal weight, the calories you consume should equal the calories you burn.  We lose weight by reducing the overall number of calories we consume and increasing the calories we burn through exercise and other daily activities.  From a mathematical standpoint, it doesn’t matter when you consume calories or when you [...]

Good for the Body and Good for the Brain: Reduce Your Stress

What does your body have in common with your brain? Besides both having cracks and crevices, they are also profoundly affected by stress. Research shows that most doctors’ office visits are stress-related and that stress contributes to many major illnesses, including heart disease and diabetes. Your brain is also affected by stress; most memory-loss episodes [...]

A Cure for US Obesity Epidemic?

There’s no question that obesity is a serious problem in the United States. The Center for Disease Control estimates that about one-third of adults in the U.S. are obese and about 17 percent of kids ages 2 to 17. Obesity is a risk factor for numerous serious health conditions, including diabetes, heart failure, strokes and [...]

Switching to Barefoot Running? Watch those Heels!

You may have seen people wearing those funny looking sock type shoes with separate toe compartments and wonder what in the world were they thinking. This type of shoe is a minimalist shoe or barefoot-style shoe meant so that the feet are near barefoot while protecting the foot from abrasions. Studies are showing that there [...]

Aerobic Exercise Beats Weights for Belly Fat Loss

While weight training can help you lose weight and tone your muscles, if you want to get rid of your stubborn belly fat, also known as visceral fat or abdominal fat, aerobic exercise may be more beneficial. Belly fat, or increased fat deposits around your midsection and internal organs, has been long known to cause [...]

8 Top Workout Tips for a Healthier You

If you have been spending longs hour at the gym and have not noticed a difference in the way you look, it may be because you are not getting the most out of your exercises. Even exercising 30 minutes a day, three to four times a week can be extremely effective if you know how [...]

Men: You Can Do Something about those Man Boobs

“Man boobs” aren’t just a funny phrase from sitcoms. If you don’t have them, sure they’re funny. But if you do, it’s likely an upsetting condition you must address. There are a few different reasons why men develop excessive breast fat. No matter why you have this problem, you’re not stuck with your man boobs. [...]

Is Hula Hooping a Great Workout?

Hula hooping? Yes, hula hooping. While it may sound like yet another exercise fad, people have used the hula hoop for exercise almost as long as humans have been exercising. The earliest hoops were made almost 2,500 years ago for religious dances, and medical texts from 1,300′s England describe the hoop’s use for back problems. [...]

The Talk Test and Workout Intensity – Does it Really Work?

For many years, the talk test has been used as a means of measuring aerobic intensity. Many fitness experts question the effectiveness and accuracy of the test. The talk proposes that if you can carry on a light conversation, then you are in a good range of intensity for fat burning and cardio results. Proponents [...]

Bad Knees? Ways to Tailor Your Workout

It’s not just those with existing knee injuries that need to worry about exercises that may strain the knees. If you’re not used to regular exercise or are overweight – or both – you may be more likely to experience knee pain when undertaking an exercise regimen. We all carry our weight around with us [...]

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