Archive for March, 2006
Get Ready For Shorts Season With Squats
If you’re dreading the fast approaching shorts weather, then these classic squats are for you. These squats are ideal because they not only work out your glutes, but your hamstrings and quads too. This lower body workout will take only 5 minutes.
Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart behind a chair for balance. Stretch your arms [...]
Don’t Let Your Vacation Sabotage Your Diet
If you’re planning a vacation but you’re worried about straying from your regular exercise routine and your diet, don’t worry. If you’re near a beach, make sure you go for a walk each day in the sand. Walking in sand burns twice the calories as walking on pavement. Strive for a pace of about 4 [...]
Have Your Ice Cream and Eat It Too
If you’re on a low-carb diet but you love ice cream, you can still treat yourself to your favorite dessert.
Look for a low-carb and sugar-free ice cream. You have to read the label closely to tell if it really is low-carb. Some manufacturers cut back on sugar and label their ice cream low-carb when it [...]Banish The Flabby Bum!
If you want to tone and shape your butt, you need exercises that target the gluteus maximus muscle, as well as the gluteus medius and gluteus minimus. You can work these muscles by doing these three simple exercises.
Lie flat on your back with your knees bent and arms at your sides with palms down. Press [...]
Boost Your Metabolism
Do you often go for hours without eating and then eat a huge meal because you are starving? If you do, then you need to stop doing that now! This is sabatoging your metabolism.
You can boost your metabolism by eating smaller, more frequent meals. If you eat a 200-300 calorie meal every few hours, your [...]