exercise and fitness

Spring Fitness and Wellness

March 14, 2011

Spring is just around the corner and it is certainly time to dust off those walking shoes and get outside and smell the roses. Well, OK, you can’t smell the roses literally, but your spring fitness and wellness routine should start now if it hasn’t started already. One comment I often hear is that people [...]

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Beginning an exercise program

February 17, 2011

Well spring is finally here and you are beginning an exercise program… okay, spring isn’t quite here yet, but I can dream can’t I? And it is warm enough here in the northeastern United States that I could finally get outside and take my first run of the new season. But what cautions should one [...]

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Newmonth’s Eve Resolution – Get In Shape

February 1, 2011

Okay we’ve hit February and the gyms are starting to empty out a bit as we lose people who half-heartedly wanted to get in shape. No more putting up with the new years resolution novices. Don’t you get tired of seeing people who walk around the gym without a plan or a clue? if you’re [...]

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Fitness Workout Routine Interrupted?

January 20, 2011

It has been an extremely busy month around the old homestead. What with greeting the new year, launching a new online product (Video Money Generator) and finishing up my screenplay, I have been very busy.  But wait, what is missing in my life? Ack! No! Say it ain’t so!?! Yes, I have neglected the workout [...]

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Strength Training with Supersets

September 25, 2010

You need to shock your body occasionally to “restart” when you have reached some sort of plateau, and that can apply to few different areas, it doesn’t have to be just with diet or resistance training, but that’s where we’ll start today. If you have been doing resistance training for a while, and seem to [...]

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PPPPPP – Prior Planning Maximizes Results

September 1, 2010

Wow, another month has gone by. What results have you had from your fitness routine? If you are at the same place as 30 days ago, what do you think you need to do differently? OK, the last post talked about maximizing your results by using the principal of high intensity training. You want to [...]

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Workout Intensity Equals Results

August 30, 2010

I’ve talked a few times about doing HIIT, High Intensity Interval Training, while doing cardio. I absolutely believe that having intense bursts of highly concentrated effort makes the most impact on your health, and this is also part of the Seven Minute Muscle routine which I am totally following. As a matter of fact I [...]

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Ripped Six Pack Abs – Not Through Exercise Alone

August 25, 2010

If you are like many people you would like to see your abdominal area looking like the proverbial six-pack. And like many of those folks you may think that you can “sit up” your way to those abs, or maybe crunch them into existence and that is just plain impossible. Unless you have a low [...]

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The Two Secrets to Getting Flat Abs – Shhh, Don’t Tell Anyone

August 14, 2010

Let’s face it, you can work out until you are blue in the face (or more likely red in the face to be more realistic) but until those abs start peeking out from your midsection, you really haven’t reached the pinnacle of fitness. And yes, I’ll admit that for the average person having that six-pack [...]

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Listen to Mr. Miyagi – Don’t Forget to Breath

August 12, 2010

If you watch a little kid try to pick up something heavy usually you will see them holding their breath and scrunching their whole face up. It’s a serious business and they are communicating through their actions. Usually they will also take a peek to see who is watching them, and this doesn’t really change [...]

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