Working Up A Sweat

If you aren't sweating profusely when doing cardio, you will not see the results you expect. To see real results and reap the rewards from your aerobic workouts you'll have to sweat by the bucketful. You can get leaner and fitter by doing intense cardio workouts, which in turn will burn fat off and at the same time improve your cardiovascular fitness. This type of workout will also increase your metabolism, and not just when working out, but for a long time after as well. To maximize your metabolism (and everyone is able to increase their current metabolism) combine your cardio efforts with … [Read more...]

How To Avoid Becoming A New Year’s Resolution Statistic

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Are you one of those people who say they are going to work out and lose weight, start their new weight loss regimen on January 1st, and forget about it before the month is even over? Were you all enthusiastic about your New Year's resolution a couple of weeks ago, but by now have lost your motivation and stopped going to the gym? That's something that happens to many of us. Here are some reasons why, and what you can do about it now: When you first get started on a goal, you are full of enthusiasm and know no boundaries. You go all out with no sense of self-limitation, but before long learn … [Read more...]

How To Change The Way You Eat – The End Of Dieting

All diets work. Temporarily! They aren't fun. They aren't sustainable. And in the end they just make you fatter. I recently began watching British self-improvement guru Paul McKenna on The Learning Channel's show "I Can Make You Thin!" He presented his views on how we should change the way we eat in order to lose weight. He does not believe in dieting. He made some interesting points, some of which you'll love! Eat when you are hungry. Yes, do eat. Don't starve yourself. When you do starve yourself and / or go on a diet, you tell your body that food is scarce and it reacts by slowing … [Read more...]

Improve Your Posture – Simple Neck Exercise

The many hours spent on a daily basis in front of the computer can be detrimental to our posture, not to mention cause muscle pain and headaches. The typical head-forward position we assume when looking closely at the monitor causes the neck flexor muscles to be continuously stretched. A muscle that is in a stretched position for a long time will get weak over time. Here is a very simple exercise to strengthen the neck flexors and improve your posture that you can do anytime when driving your car. While keeping your chin tucked under, press the back of your head into the head rest of your seat. … [Read more...]