Here’s part two of the top ten tips of avoiding injury at the gym:
6. When you’re exhausted, it’s time to go
This one is actually much more complicated than it seems. There are differing schools of thought. Some say that exhaustion is an “event” while others view it as something that can take place in the [...]
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Top ten tips of avoiding injury at the gym… Part 2
Posted in Proper exercise form, tagged all muscle workout, conditioning, dehydration and performance, drinking lots of water, eating right, exhaustion, fitness, full body workout, get a spotter, gym spotter, improving your core strength, lower back strengthening, preventing injury, proper diet, reducing the risk of injury at the gym, sports injuries, spotting, work out all muscles, workout buddy, workout spotter on October 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Breaking Down The “Bikini Challenge” – Part 2
Posted in General health & fitness, The newcomer, tagged beach body, best diets for summer, best diets for women, bikini challenge, bootcamp program, cellulite, cellulite reduction diet, diet, eating right, exercise, fitness, fruits, health, meal plan, newcomers to fitness, newcomers to health, reducing cellulite, sexy swimsuit body, smoother legs, smoother skin, swimsuit season, tyra banks, vegetables, wellness on September 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Hey all! In the last post we discussed what Nivea’s “Bikini Challenge” is and it’s first component, nutrition. Now we’re gonna take a look at the other three components; fitness, cellulite and style.
Fitness
Under the fitness tab, there are three different types of exercise routines in The Bikini Challenge: Cross training, bikini circuit and cardio interval. [...]
Breaking Down “The Bikini Challenge” – Part 1
Posted in General health & fitness, The newcomer, tagged beach body, best diets for summer, best diets for women, bikini challenge, bootcamp program, cellulite, diet, eating right, exercise, fitness, fruits, health, meal plan, newcomers to fitness, newcomers to health, reducing cellulite, sexy swimsuit body, smoother skin, swimsuit season, tyra banks, vegetables, wellness on September 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I’ve heard the same question from quite a few women I know, “What do you think about ‘The Bikini Challenge’”. When I first heard this, I was like “What’s that?” Apparently, the skin product Nivea has developed “The Bikini Challenge”, a four week diet and exercise plan to lose weight for swimsuit season. It has [...]
Gaining Definition In Your Abs… more diet, less exercise?
Posted in General health & fitness, Nutrition, tagged ab routine, ab workouts, abdominal muscles, abs, burning the fat, definition, diet, exercise, fitness, gaining definition in your abs, gettng cut, health, how to get a six pack, how to look good naked, how to tone your stomach, mid-section, more diet less exercise, obliques, sculpting, shaping, slimming down, stomach, toning, toning your core, training your core, what does it take to get ab definition? on September 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A lot of people want to know the key to getting either a flat stomach or a six-pack. In this post, we will look at testimonials of those with a great set of abs, scientific research and my own personal experience with sculpting my mid-section. The truth is: there’s more than one way to do [...]
A solution to Lactose Intolerance?
Posted in Supplements, tagged Andrew Ritter, dairy, dairy pains, dairy regiment, dietary supplement, eating dairy without the pain, fitness, health, how do you get rid of lactose intolerance, how to eat dairy products if you have lactose intolerance, Lactagen, lactose intolerance, milk, preventing diarrhea, preventing stomach cramps, solutions to lactose intolerance on September 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It is a disorder that affects almost 50 million people in the United States alone. And I was once one of them. Until the age of 14, I suffered from lactose intolerance. Lactose intolerance is defined as the, “Inability to properly digest lactose (milk sugar) and related dairy products” (as stated by the health blog [...]
What I ate on my cheat day… round 3
Posted in Cheat Days, tagged 5 meals a day, 7 meals a day, assorted berries, bananas, blueberries, bratwurst, cheat day, cherries, coca cola, cornbread, cranberries, diet, earning your cheat day, eating healthy, egg whites, fitness, health, healthy diet, healthy eating habits, hot dog, ice cream sandwich, is a cheat day good?, meal plan, peanut butter, proper portion control, protein shake, quesadilla, shrimp tostada bites, smoked salmon, spinach, sunflower seeds, yogurt on September 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s that time of the week! Saturdays tend to be my cheat day more often than not. I really wanted to start the cheat day off right, so breakfast was definitely the best meal of the day… I wish I could say the same for the rest of my meals!!!
Meal #1
3 Egg whites
Smoked salmon
Spinach
Assorted berries [...]
The wonderful world of fiber
Posted in Nutrition, tagged cholesterol, colon health, digestion, digestive efficiency, digestive system, fiber, fitness, fruits, glucose, health, how much fiber should I be getting?, insoluble fiber, LDL, low density lipoproteins, lower cholesterol, lowering cholesterol, nuts, soluble fiber, stabilizing blood glucose levels, vegetables, wellness, what foods have fiber? on September 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »
So everyone knows that we should be getting fiber in our diet. But how much and why is it important? Here’s a couple of reasons why we need to incorporate a certain amount of fiber in our diets.
The Digestive System
The way I think of it is comparing the digestive system to a system of pipes. [...]
Proper form for bicep curls
Posted in Proper exercise form, tagged better bi's, bicep curls, biceps, exercise, fitness, form, muscle definition, muscle peak, proper form, video tutorial on bicep curl, video tutorials on working out, workout, workout efficiency, workout tutorial, workout video on September 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The bicep curl is the most popular arm exercise that you see performed at the gym. The problem is that most people really don’t know how to do a proper bicep curl or why the proper form is so essential. Here’ a video tutorial on how to do the proper bicep curl:
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