Why Women Should Lift Weights

Why Women Should Lift Weights

Diet & Fitness / Fitness

Weight lifting can be a woman’s best friend. While men have long enjoyed the benefits of strength training, women have tended to shy away from the activity, fearing the body builder look. Fear no more, ladies. Incorporating weight lifting into your workout routine provides important benefits necessary to a woman’s…

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Stripping for Fitness: Try a Racy Workout!

Stripping for Fitness: Try a Racy Workout!

Diet & Fitness / Fitness

It’s fun, it’s sexy and it’s one of the hottest crazes in the world of working out. It’s called strip aerobics (or sometimes striptease aerobics), and ladies are doing it in gyms and living rooms across the country. Though inspired by striptease and burlesque dancing, most of these workouts are…

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Burn 100 Calories! Here’s How

Burn 100 Calories! Here’s How

Diet & Fitness / Fitness

While most of us think that burning calories only happens at the gym, the truth is that your body is burning calories round the clock — even when you’re relaxing, sleeping and eating! Your metabolism is running at a specific rate throughout the day, and certain activities only increase this…

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Worst Abdominal Exercises

Worst Abdominal Exercises

Diet & Fitness / Fitness

In American society, flat abs equal beauty and appeal. That is why Americans spend hundreds of dollars and thousands of hours trying to obtain the perfect, six-pack abs, only to find that it’s not working. The reason it is not working is simple: Six-pack abs involve a well-developed muscle made…

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How Can a Pedometer Help You?

How Can a Pedometer Help You?

Diet & Fitness / Fitness

If you’re committing to a walking routine to keep up with your fitness and exercise resolutions this year, you can keep track of your progress by wearing a pedometer. Experts recommend that everyone should take at least 10,000 steps per day for better health, but you don’t have to count…

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Banish Boredom: Rejuvenate Your Workout

Banish Boredom: Rejuvenate Your Workout

Diet & Fitness / Fitness

Have you lost your motivation to work out? Getting stuck in a fitness rut is a common cause of the exercise doldrums that might cause you to skip your workout routine completely and fall back into unhealthy habits. Still, there are dozens of ways to freshen up your workout routine…

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Ways to Commit to Get Fit

Ways to Commit to Get Fit

Diet & Fitness / Fitness

Even when you’re determined to get in shape and finally lose the extra weight, it can be hard to get going on a consistent fitness routine. Adding exercise to your daily routine and keeping up with your workouts can be a challenge, but you’ll be able to achieve your goal…

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Do Express Workouts Work?

Do Express Workouts Work?

Diet & Fitness / Fitness

With a seemingly never-ending to-do list and a daily time crunch, squeezing in a workout can seem like an impossible feat. Many people simply give up on the idea of working out regularly when their schedule’s full, but the latest fitness craze involves adding a quick workout to your lunch…

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Protect Yourself from Workout Injuries

Protect Yourself from Workout Injuries

Diet & Fitness / Fitness

By now most people are aware of the benefits of exercise. However, many people begin a program, only to have it interrupted by an injury. Fortunately, preventing an injury is easy, if you follow these simple guidelines. Use Good Form Precise and fluid movements yield better results than movements performed…

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