Exercise that orients around performance is far more effective than exercise that orients around time. You can transform your fitness results by shifting your mindset this way.
Is More Really Better?
For many, the sole reason to exercise is to burn calories, so it would seem that more time must be better, right? But what if you could train your body to be better at burning calories, all the time, and not just during exercise? Even if weight loss is your main goal, wouldn’t having a body that burns calories …

Summer is in full swing and with it comes the excitement to get outdoors and try new activities. If you’ve been indoors this past spring, watching sports more than participating in them, be especially careful when you re-start your exercise program. A good indicator of how hard you are working is the “Talk Test”.

I remember when I was a child, I observed my mother going on an extreme low calorie diet – eating only cabbage soup and bananas. I was disgusted by the soup, but impressed that she lost weight in such a short time. However, the weight loss didn’t stick. Eventually, she went back to eating normally and gained back the weight she had lost. Dramatically cutting calories is not the “be all and end all” of dieting.

Many people, particularly women, complain about their thighs being too big. It should go without saying though diet plays an important role in keeping a slim and trim figure. Women tend to notice weight gain first in the waist and thighs, so it’s important for us to watch our intake as well as sticking with a regular exercise program.

Do you hear the songbirds calling you to come and play outside? Maybe you’re thinking that you’d love to get into the garden but your knees and hips are feeling stiff. Not to mention your sore back. However, the more sedentary your lifestyle, the stiffer your joints will become. Regular activity will help you experience fewer aches and pains, better posture and balance, more energy, and an improved quality of life. Other benefits to starting an exercise program include meeting new people, feeling more relaxed, sleeping better, and having more …

By Kimberley Payne
There are four major variables to consider when setting up a cardiovascular fitness program. A well-designed program follows the FITT formula: Frequency, Intensity, Time, and Type.
A. Frequency
Frequency is defined as the number of cardiovascular exercise training sessions per week. You can exercise every day of the week with one day set aside for rest. By taking one day off each week, you will come back to your activity feeling stronger and more energetic.

Veloped Golf offers the following benefits:
Keep on playing golf and do yourself a favor by walking the golf course instead of riding an electric golf cart.
With the Veloped Golf you’ll stay sharp over 18 holes, while you’re getting plenty of healthy exercise at the same time.

Reduced load and stress on your ankles, knees, hips and back.
Excellent support, high safety and optimal comfort when you walk the course.
Healthy exercise and greater caloric expenditure, when compared to riding a golf cart.
Ergonomic gripbar that promotes an upright body posture and relieves your …

So, here we go again. January 1. Here comes the onslaught. All the articles on weight loss, the TV, radio, newspaper commercials, diet books, and the annual speech from Oprah. We can count on all of these things coming to pass, only because the retailers know that YOU are thinking about it.

1. The primary objective in losing weight should be to lose fat and not muscle. Raising your metabolism is the way to achieve this.
2. Intense aerobic activity is the primary tool in forcing your body to dump fat because it “shocks” your body into making changes and also causes it to produce fat-burning (lipolytic) enzymes. These enzymes serve as a “trucking system” in the blood stream carrying fat away from the fat cells and to the muscles to be used for energy.
3. Cutting back too much …

There is a new dawn for the walking aid. The Trionic Walker rises and shines for an active and exciting day. Gone are the bumpy and harsh walks of yesterday. From now on the sky is the limit. Live your dream. Achieve the impossible. Carry on walking where the road ends.