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  • Spot Training Your Trouble Spots - Does it Really Work?  By :
    Most mainstream articles and sources will try to tell you its just a myth... but you still want to know... "Does spot-toning or spot-reduction really work?" Most personal trainers and fat-loss coaches will swear that spot training doesn't work. But the rarely admitted truth is... "Yes, it does." - but only if you're on the right kind of exercise program that is designed to targets your trouble zones.
  • Back to School Fitness Plan  By :
    I'd like you to think ahead to your plans once your children do go back to school. There are a few things worth considering. For one, with the kids back in school, what type of time does this give back to you? I know summer plans often take priority over our intentions of sticking to a fitness plan. So now is a great time to think about how you will use an extra hour or so a day to help you get back on track and into a routine that
  • Meditation Leverage For Workout Results  By :
    Workout Meditation For Strength And Control Einstein said it best, "The most important thing a person possesses is their imagination." If an imagination (his while he was looking out of a train watching telephone poles one day) can break an atom, it can help you get strong as well. With an opened mind try this ten to twenty minute meditation/visualization to do before or after an intense workout.
  • Can Fitness Boot Camps Hurt You?  By : BJ Gaddour
    Learn how to select the right fitness boot camp for YOU by following the TOP 10 BOOT CAMP SAFETY CHECKLIST from a real world fat loss expert and nationally renown boot camp instructor.
  • New Rules of Exercise  By : fin2000
    Try the 50-40-10 Plan for Strength, Endurance and Longevity.
  • I Workout All the Time So Why Don't I See Results?  By : Holly Rigsby
    I workout ALL THE TIME. Why Can't I See Results? "I've been a so-called "athlete" for 10 years. I have participated in tons of road races, hikes, climbs, you-name-it. Even though I continue to add new workouts and routines to lose the excess pounds I've gained over the last 3 years, the fat will NOT budge. What am I doing wrong?
  • Fit for Life  By : fin2000
    A strong, flexible body makes everything in your life better, from running a 10km and starting a business to catching her eye. But if you’re working out the same old way, you’ve got to change.
  • Practical Tips on How to Be Fit Even on a Busy Schedule  By : Chanvit Phupook
    Most of us have been forever planning to fit fitness into our busy schedules. But we just can't find time to do so. It's not that we're lazy to exercise, or we're not inclined to keeping fit. It's just difficult to incorporate physical activity in the daily hustle and bustle of our busy lives.
  • Build a Beach worthy Body in the Dead of Winter  By : fin2000
    Despite all of your gravy soaked gluttony, you’ll probably gain only half a kilogram between autumn and spring. Unfortunately, research shows that most guys never lose their winter weight.
  • Our Cringing Back can be a Result of Healthy Exercise Session or Workout  By : Mandy Chagger
    Our cringing back can be a result of a good day's work, or a healthy exercise session or workout. However, rampant back pain continues to be a problem when it starts and a simple feeling of pain that we can once brush aside can turn into a serious condition.
  • Fitness: The Great Equalizer  By : Ainsley Laing
    One of the most rewarding things about being a fitness trainer is empowering someone to accomplish their goals and watching them do it.
  • Thought About Having A Go At Boot Camps?  By : Dan Thompson
    The article is about bootcamps and how they differ from gyms. It also tell you about our bootcamp in colchester and how we operate.
  • Stay Fit Travel Tips  By : Holly Rigsby
    I have been traveling on and off for the past two weeks. This week marks the last of our summer vacations and trips to visit family. I know first hand how being away from home can take a toll on your fitness regimen. Vacations are notorious for quickly packing on the pounds this summer. From road trips, camping, amusement parks, to visiting with family. Each destination is filled with tempting food and drink as well as a change in our exercise.
  • How To Maximize Your Workouts  By : Gina Cool
    Optimize your workouts in the gym and get clear on what works with these fitness strategies designed for the pros.
  • Love Handles Exercise  By : Ed Scow
    What is the best love handles exercise? That was a question a client recently asked. His heart was in the right place. He wants to get rid of his gut and love handles, and wanted to know the best love handles exercise.
  • How You Can Get Your Body In Its Best Shape Ever With HIT Fitness  By :
    Hit Fitness is a growing fitness trend in the US. Hit Fitness, or High Intensity Training Fitness, is a fitness system built around a unique combination of science and sport.
  • Top 10 Workout Safety Tips  By : Lee Hayward
    Here is a list of some important safety tips that should be followed by all weight trainers. These tips can help prevent injury and help speed progress in building lean muscle and burning off stubborn bodyfat.
  • 6 Steps to Get Hipped with Tony Horton 10 Minute Trainer Workout  By : Xtreme Body Fitness
    Weekends are one of the much-awaited days after the whole week of stress and workloads. But what makes weekends really special and worth waiting? For those people who love exercise as being part of their routine as to release stress and bring back the healthy feeling. Tony Horton 10 Minute Trainer Wo
  • The Best Arm Exercises for Strength and Tone  By : Brooks Donner
    Do you know which exercises to perform to build up both your arm strength and arm tone? This article reveals the top five arm exercises that will both strengthen your arms and tone your arms.
  • Developing Good Fitness Habits  By : Gina Cool
    Clients approach me all the time and complain that they do not have the will or discipline to continue a workout program. This article explores the reason for thier lack of follow thru and explains how to get follow thru by developing habits rather than will.
  • Workouts Gym ' 8 Tips To Help You Succeed  By : Mike Howell
    Workouts at gym facilities should be fun! You do not need to perform every possible exercise available at your health club or gym. Simply focus on completing one well-executed exercise for each muscle group.
  • Walking May Save Your Life, and Save Money At The Same Time  By : Brandt R Gibson DPM
    As gas prices continue to rise and health concerns continue to mount, walking may be the key to both difficulties. As you walk you save money and save your life.
  • Fitness For Self Confidence  By : Gina Cool
    Before we start talking workouts and confidence, let's ask ourselves this question: Why do we workout? Knowing the why and getting to the heart of the matter really has so much more staying power and stickeness than not having a good reason why. One excellent reason to start a workout program and to stick with it is to do it for more confidence.
  • Will Walking Make You Fit?  By : Andrew Tomkinson
    This Article summarises the benefits of walking for fitness and health.
  • Swimming is the art to stay fit  By : Justin Boyce
    Swimming is that type of watersports which needs no introduction. With the passage of time, it has become an essential part of the recreational activities that people like to do.
  • How A Friend Shed Off 25 Pounds And Got Himself A Beautiful Wife And A Good Job  By : Jackson Neshah
    Obviously you understand as I do that people who exercise as a rule are healthier than people who do not have the preference to perform any kind of exercise. Experts believe that activity is the secret of longevity just as death is cessation of activity. Overweight and obesity can cut your life sho
  • I Don't Want Thunder Thighs, or a Big Butt....  By : Troy Anderson
    Insider Secrets to Getting Lean and Sexy Legs and Butt
  • No Cardio! Interval Training for Fat Burning  By :
    No cardio workouts, only interval training for fat burning. That is the secret to fat burning!
  • The Best Exercises For You Don't Require An Expensive Gym Membership!  By : Brooks Donner
    If you are considering an exercise program, or already involved in working out, you need to know which exercises are the best for your overall health and fitness. With so many workout machines and equipment in the gyms these days, you might be surprised to find that all of the best exercises do not require buying a lot of workout equipment or expensive gym memberships.
  • Easy Ways To Naturally Boost Your Metabolism  By : Daniel da Silva
    Boosting your metabolism is probably the easiest and safest way to lose weight naturally. Find out how you can boost your metabolism naturally so your body can start burning calories faster than ever.
  • Let's Compromise...Aerobic vs Anaerobic Training  By : Ainsley Laing
    As a trainer, I often get this question: don't I need to do long duration aerobic training to burn fat? The answer is (drum roll please) both aerobic (low intensity) training and anaerobic (high intensity) training will do the trick
  • The Secret To Metabolism Boosting and It's Not Aerobics  By : MJ Jensen
    How to boost your metabolism through interval training by adding it to your exercise routine
  • Caution: Shoulder Work Ahead!  By :
    Creating well-developed and balanced shoulders can be a daunting task. To say the least, it's not easy. It requires focus, determination, and consistency. If you can manage these three, there is no reason you cannot build superior deltoids to improve your overall physique.
  • Three 10 Minute Trainer Upgrade “ Heavy Resistance Workouts  By : Xtreme Body Fitness
    The 10 Minute Trainer Upgrade “ Heavy Resistance is an additional to the 10 Minute Trainer “ Heavy Resistance. It includes intense workouts that are not included in the original heavy resistance. Heavy resistance workouts are those that require greater energy and endurance. These workouts offer m
  • 4 Reasons Why to Take the 10-Minute Trainer Upgrade“Medium Resistance  By : Xtreme Body Fitness
    Busy people do no usually have enough time to deal with their fitness or workout routines. They just spend their whole time on their works. They tend to eat more while sitting a lot of times in their offices. Their muscles are not even exercised and the metabolism could not burn all their fats and ch
  • Short Cut to Health & Riches! Let Muscle Testing Lead the Way  By : LaRue Eppler
    My formula helped me make amazing connections between my thoughts and my reality. But, it wasn’t until I took applied kinesiology training that I understood exactly how, why, and which thoughts were sabotaging my best efforts.
  • The Significance Of Physical Fitness For Executives As Depicted In Donald Trump's Apprentice  By : Jackson Neshah
    As you watched Donald Trump's Apprentice did you notice the number of exercises scripted into the first three seasons? Kwame and Troy were prominently short regularly keeping fit with exercises. This was deliberately written to show us all that physical fitness and mental alertness are necessary for
  • How does fitness really help weight loss  By : Charles Carter
    We want you to think the next time you're tempted to diet your way out of so that unwanted weight gain
  • Weight Loss Information for BodyControl  By : Vernon DeFlanders
    Small frame large frame heavily muscled in the muscle does not enter into BMI calculation. Lose fat and increase muscle mass. Every day you wait is a day of lost progress! This is possible because the amount of lean (muscle) tissue in the body decreases, as we get older.
  • Guide To Building Strong Legs with Thigh Exercises  By : Dominic Ferrara
    For those who are into fitness and bodybuilding machines are not necessary if you want to have well toned thighs. You can build the strong legs you want by doing some basic thigh exercises.here are some exercises you can do.
  • Fat Loss Circuit Training Workout  By : Yuri Elkaim
    The fat loss circuit training workout I’m about to provide you with is an example of the type of circuit training workouts that are a key component of Fitter U™ fat loss fitness program.
  • Become Fit With Muscle Tone and Good Nutrition  By : Robert Covillien
    These days it is pretty common knowledge that, in order to continue to have good health even in old age, you must build fitness in the strength and tone of your muscle system in your body. There is a common myth about the slender person believing they are also physically fit. This just isn't true. Just because a person is not fat does not mean that they are properly fit.
  • Your Office Sucks You Dry Of Energy, Of Course, You Will Not Workout  By : Tim Goodwin
    No matter how strong willed you are, after a energy sapping day in the office the last thing you want to do is go and do a workout. Tim Goodwin explains why you really MUST get in the Gym
  • Is Exercise a Dirty Word?  By : Pat Brill
    We all know that exercising is an important part of maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Yet...do we do it? What if you could give yourself permission to start small in your exercising efforts...and still feel good about yourself?
  • The Calories Used in a Day for the Average Person Are?  By : Philip Kebbell
    This article points out the problems encountered when considering a diet eating plan for loosing weight.
  • Get Over It! Exercising Hurts  By : Dr Marybeth Crane
    Today should be the last day you try to use lame excuses to continue being fat, tired and a cardiac risk! Lose your excuses. Starting an exercise program can be a monumental challenge, but we are all up to it! Here are some great tips to get you started. I guarantee you will thank me in a few months when you are closer to your ideal self than you thought possible!
  • Muscle Stretching And Warm-ups - The Essential Pre-sports Routine  By : Moses Wright
    Article reveals that many people are not quite sure exactly why they do warm-ups prior to exercising. Although, they continue to do this they are only doing it because someone has told them to do so. While it is important to warm-up before exercising for a number of safety reasons, article explains that there are other benefits as well.
  • Things You Must Know Before Going Into A Fitness Club  By :
    A fitness club can be the central part of your fitness regiment if you use the fitness club to your advantages. Since you are most likely paying for membership into one of these fitness centers, you might as well make it an integral part of the path to reaching your personal fitness goals.
  • The Amazing Benefits of Salsa Dancing  By : Shannon M
    Music and dancing has been a part of many different cultures for centuries. It is part of celebration and entertainment. And whether they knew it or not, way back when the dancing began, there are numerous amazing health benefits. Now that the American population is facing a major obesity epidemic, health benefits from dancing is something that should be taken a closer look at.
  • The Improvisation of Tai Chi  By : John Crewdson
    With tai chi it's very important to learn to color inside the lines. It's essential to do each move in just the right way. Once you learn to do this, you begin to feel the energy within your own body.
  • Ways to Get Rid of Belly Fat  By : PeterHutch
    Toning along with cardiovascular work will speed up and improve the process, but don't think that you only need to work on your abs. This is another grave misconception.
  • Pilates Workouts Are For Every Body  By : Aliesa George
    The Pilates Method teaches a common-sense approach to efficient movement habits for whole-body health. Every Pilates exercise combines strength and flexibility with breathing and total body awareness.
  • Physical Fitness Isn't Just A Cosmetic Exercise  By : Charlie Cory
    Physical fitness, is no longer a luxury, it is a necessity. With over one third of American's now classified as obese, it is finally time to act to improve your health today!
  • The Facts and Myths To Women's Weight Training  By : Dorianne Schwaiger
    Research continues to prove that weight training is great for women. It builds body strength and helps to slow bone loss and osteoporisis in some cases. However, most women continue to avoid resistance training out of fear of developing large muscles and losing their femenity. Read on and finally get the hard facts and bust the myths that surround womens weight training.
  • Get Over Exercise Procrastination With 12 Easy Steps  By : Ian McConnell
    Does it seem like every year you seem to put on a bit more weight? Has the gasping for breath at the top of a flight of stairs made you think about trying to improve your fitness level, or lack of?
  • Why You Need Politically Incorrect Workouts to Lose Weight  By :
    Lame fat loss articles result in lame fat loss. Choose the politically incorrect way instead.
  • Six Pack Abs: the Big Picture  By : Robert Thomson
    All the ingredients you need to develop a stunning set of six pack abs are exposed below. Read on to learn more.
  • The 8 Best Ways To Ease Muscle Soreness  By : Ian McConnell
    Muscle soreness can be easily relieved but, like always prevention is better than cure.
  • The Massage Secret For Pain-Free Muscles  By :
    Massage involves the manipulation of soft tissue, via the therapist's hands, usually, to serve the physical, functional and even psychological needs of the patient, or client.
  • Fitness Without Equipment  By : Terry Sandhu
    Fitness doesn't have to cost,and you don't need lots of equipment to reach your goals.Your body is one of the best pieces of fitness equipment there is.
  • 300 Workout Versus the Bodyweight 500 For Fat Loss  By :
    The 300 vs 500 workout comparison.
  • Are All of the Basic Muscle Mass Exercises Obsolete?  By : Derek Manuel
    What I love best about workouts for muscle mass and gaining weight is that no matter what great salesman comes up with a new and improved workout gym, exercise, or supplement, there is nothing better to build a mass of muscle then the same basic exercises men did way back in the 50's.
  • Fitness Slogan For Women  By : Andy Rogers
    Being thin has become a fashion statement. From the rich to the poor, every man and woman these days aim to be in good shape. But are you getting obsessed with it? Are you on a track to starving yourself?
  • Exercise - The Most Powerful Drug  By : Debbie Sipe
    A brisk walk, hike or stretching and toning session will release endorphins into your system and give your mood an immediate boost. This leads to quick, natural weight loss!
  • The Most Common Women's Fitness Myths: Part 1  By : Seth Albright
    This is a short article combatting the most common fitness myths related to women I see occurring frequently.
  • And Relax...  By : Richard Nugent
    This article is written for serious athletes who need to relax more before big games or key events. It describes a simple technique that can be learned in minutes and has helped top professionals in a range of fields.
  • 64-Year Old Grandma Knows How to Work it  By : Fred Nicklaus
    Karen, a 64-year old Grandma kicked her walker to the curb because she refused to let her age or her pain keep her from being more fit than ever before.
  • Signs of Over-training for Sports Athletes  By : Patrick Beith
    Signs of physical over-training as it relates to sports athletes.
  • Wedding Day Blues ? Here Is A Workout Program To Fix That  By :
    Discover the Bridal Fitness plan that will dramatically reshape your body in a hurry. Find out more about the only guaranteed Bridal fitness coaching offered.
  • Aging and the pH miracle diet  By : grumpyjack sa
    The amount of unwanted acid in your system can have a profound effect on your health . Fortunately , you can restore the balance by being careful about what you eat .
  • Top Secret: How The Easter Bunny Stays Fit  By : Marci Lall
    Th Easter Bunny reveals his secret to being so fit! With all the hopping around this bunny has to do he has no other choice but to stay super fit. And now he's passing on his secrets to you..Get super fit super fast with this quick workout
  • What is Corrective Exercise?  By : David Osgathorp
    Corrective exercise is the precise training method that will keep your body in balance by addressing exactly what the body needs. Through resistance training, stretching, breathing and movement coaching you will discover what it really is like to feel physically good!
  • How the body adapts and responds to a training stimulus  By : Alex Poole
    In this article you will be introduced to the basic principles of how the body adapts and changes to become bigger, stronger, leaner and more athletic. The fundamental principles of what happens within the body as you start to train and why so many people hit plateaus.
  • 5 Ab Exercises that are Better Than Crunches  By : John Barban
    Crunches are an overused and under productive exercise. They present a considerable risk to the health of your lower back and spine and only work a limited range of your core muscles. They never have and never will burn fat off of our 'stomach' or midsection and if you do enough of them will simply cause you to grow bigger and stronger abs muscles without working your lower back and oblique muscles.
  • Do Heart Rate Monitors on Treadmills Really Work?  By : onebrady
    How accurate are heart rate monitors on familiar fitness equipment? Find out how they work and what types are available today.
  • Top 10 Ways to Regain Weight After Weight Loss Surgery or Weight Loss  By : Cathy Wilson
    As many weight loss surgery post-operative patients know, it is possible to regain weight after having weight loss surgery. If you aren't a weight loss surgery patient, the same applies to you too. A nutritious, active lifestyle is the key to losing weight AND maintaining your weight loss regardless of how you do it. Learn the Top 10 reasons how to do it. Follow the opposite of the Top 10, you can have weight loss success.
  • Be The Strongest Women In The Gym... No Weight Training Allowed!  By : Dax Moy
    Forget training on shiney gym machines if you want to get super strong and toned. Use Dax Moy's relative strength supercircuit for just 30 days and see the difference for yourself
  • Jillian's mission to keep America fit  By : Jim Mackey
    The last component, attitude, focuses on helping the dieter develop a healthy perspective about food, their emotions and body.
  • How To Flatten Your Belly And Stay Motivated  By : Heather Picken
    Learn the 3 best things on how to flatten your belly without the use of sit-ups and how to stop sabotaging your fat loss progress.
  • Jerry Hill's Dirty 30 CrossFit Workout  By : Jerry Hill
    A High Intensity Interval Strength Training Workout for Those Wanting to Push Their Fitness to a New Level.
  • How deep should you squat?  By : Alex Poole
    This article discusses the key issue of squat depth. How deep should you squat? Is a below parallel squat the best or are there situations when it is less than ideal? These key points are discussed and a video is shown that explains why certain important points should be understood not just for reducing the risk of injury but increasing the muscular work and therefore strength, performance and fat loss.
  • The World's Best 10 Minute Workout  By : Dax Moy
    Not enough time to train? Leading UK fitness expert Dax Moy shares an amazingly powerful exercise system that you can do in 10 minutes or less from your own home. Now what's your excuse?
  • 10 Things You Need to Know About Kettlebells - Part 2  By : Troy Anderson
    This the 2nd of a two part series detailing the top ten reason kettlebells are relevant implement in any type of fitness or exercise program
  • The End of One Hour Workouts.  By : Matt Murphy
    A deconstruction of the myth that fitness training sessions should be one hour long.
  • 10 Things You Need to Know About Kettlebells - Part 1  By : Troy Anderson
    Part 1 of a 2 part article series: 10 Things You Need to Know About Kettlebells. Covers the exact value of implementing kettlebells into any results based fitness program
  • TV Shop Ab Machines, pointless or worthwhile?  By : Tim Goodwin
    TV infomercials are screened 24/7 with everything from cook wear to magic beads. There is a fair assortment of fitness and fat loss related products available, how do you spot a dust collecting machine from an invaluable tool that actually gets you the results you are looking for?
  • Why Almost Everyone Is Wrong About Stomach Exercises And Abdominal Muscles  By : David Grisaffi
    Article talks about how there is no such thing as stomach exercies...
  • Dieting and Exercise for a Healthy Life - The Basics  By : Harwood E Woodpecker
    Being over-weight can be an unbearable burden, but for a lot of people knowing how to break the cycle of eating the wrong food is the hard part.
  • How To Choose The Right Trainers  By : Harwood E Woodpecker
    I'm sure we all remember the days when you could walk into a sports shop to buy your trainers and the only decision you had to make was what size you need. It's not quite so simple nowadays.
    Let's just imagine that you need some new sports trainers, where do you start to decide what to purchase?
  • Nutritional Support For Joint Structure and Function  By : Dr. D.S. Merchant
    The FDA in the United States regulates claims for dietary supplements through a process, which is different than for medicinal drugs; it does not "approve" dietary supplements, but allows producers to substantiate structure/function claims through critical review of scientific studies.
  • Why Everyone Can Interval Train  By : Tim Kauppinen
    Speed coach and personal trainer Tim Kauppinen discusses the potential dangers of interval training - and what you can do to avoid them and still get all of the benefits from high intensity training.
  • The Will to Work  By : Fred Nicklaus
    When did we get so lazy that we needed a machine to exercise our body for us? Read on about the reasonable, logical strategy to get your body into tip-top shape.
  • Top Six Ways to Avoid Getting Fit  By : Charles Essmeier
    A humorous look at the failure of most Americans to exercise regularly.
  • Fit Over 40  By : Fred Nicklaus
    Find out about the Grandpa who made fitness his lifestyle and was still doing handstands when he was 80 years old.
  • Two Workouts in One  By : Weston Lyon
    You can speed up fat loss and muscle gain by working out twice as hard. Or, you can workout twice a day and get similar results.
  • Creating an Exercise Program You Can Stick With  By :
    It's a new year, or maybe swimsuit season is quickly approaching, and you've decided to start exercising. Congratulations on taking the first steps to a new and improved body and mind.
  • A Senior Citizen Exercise Regime  By : Kenneth Scott
    When we select a workout program and try to follow it religiously we tend to ignore the finer points and the import of the workout regimen in its totality
  • HIIT Your Fitness Peak by Summer  By : Bill Mann
    An introduction to HIIT (high intensity interval training) and how it can help you get fit by summer without sacrificing the rest of your life.
  • Don't Ignore Sports Injury Warning Signs  By :
    Sports injuries are common and expected for those who enjoy an active lifestyle. But according to experts in the sports medicine field, there are warnings signs that you may have an injury that needs attention. While some sports injuries are evident immediately, others can grow progressively worse with time. If both types of injuries are ignored, chronic problems can occur.
  • Weight Gain to Obtain Athletic Superiority  By : David Jones
    However, athletes are not the only ones who desire body mass gains. Many recreational weight trainers also strive to gain weight, and the protocol used to achieve this goal should be no different from that used by athletes.

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