Is Your Scale Being Mean?

So you’ve decided to lose weight. You’re now eating healthier and exercising daily. You’ve thrown out all the junk food from the cupboards, and you’ve been using every opportunity you have to get your heart pumping and calories burning.

You’ve been doing everything right, and now you want to see how much weight you’ve lost. You [...]

Skipping Rope as a Cardio Workout

Do you have $5.00 in your wallet? If you do, then run out and buy a jump rope. That’s right, a jump rope.

Many people don’t realize how great skipping rope is for your body. But if you walk into any boxing gym, you’ll see boxers training with skip ropes. Why do they do this? Because [...]

Slim Your Thighs for Summer

My thighs have always been a problem area for me. I never wore shorts when everyone else was, and I’ve never owned a short skirt. So every other day, I do these leg exercises which work out my inner and outer thighs and also my calves.

1. Outer Thighs

Lie on your right side, supporting your upper [...]

Proper Cardiovascular Exercise

Cardiovascular exercise is basically exercise that works out your heart and lungs which raises your heart rate. If you’re in your target heart rate zone, or your ‘fat burning zone‘, you should be able to carry on a conversation but with some difficulty. A lot of people associate cardio with burning calories, which is correct. [...]

Losing Weight After Baby

As much as I would have loved to get my pre-pregnancy body back with the snap of my fingers, I had to be realistic. I’m still being realistic and my son is now almost 3 months old. I keep telling myself that it took me 9 months to put the weight on, and it’s going [...]