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Use Medicine Balls to Explode Out of That Exercise Rut
By Paul Chek, HHP, NMT
Founder, C.H.E.K Institute
When chicken soup was the preferred antidote for the common cold
and Rocky Marciano was boxing's heavyweight champion (1952-56),
medicine ball training was the method of choice for...
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7 Reasons To Start Up With An Exercise Program
Most of us need to follow an exercise program. This is due to the fact that just a minority of Americans exercise in a significant way. Below follows 7 good reasons to start exercising now. 1. Contributes to fat loss. It is well documented...
Faddy Exercise Machines.
Hands up whose bought an exercise machine? I'm not talking about rowing machines or treadmills these are great machines, with very valid uses. I'm talking about what I call ‘lifestyle exercise equipment’; machines that are designed to work on a...
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Music improves exercise performance
Music and exercise. Can good workout music improve your exercise performance and help you lose weight?
I remember walking into the gym one day and seeing a friend of mine on the elliptical machine - sweat running down his face, his eyes were...
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How to Lose Weight without Exercise
Most weight loss programs advise some kind of exercise alongside
modifying your diet. And without doubt, exercise does make a
difference if you can keep it up.
The trouble is that most of us start out fully committed to an
hour long gym program three times a week and then find it's all
too much. Either we don't have the time or we don't have the
energy or we just can't be bothered with the getting there,
getting changed, getting going - not with all the other things
going on in our life. It's simply one big effort too far when
we're tired and overloaded.
If it's one of those days when you just can't see your way to a
full-blown exercise session (and even if every day is one of
those days) make yourself feel better and use up some calories
with mini-activities. This can be as little as
* a walk around the block
* taking a single flight of stairs instead of the lift
* spending 5 or 10 minutes tidying your home
* walking over to chat to someone in your office instead of
emailing
* kicking a ball with your children in the garden before tea
* making alternate circles with your feet while talking on
the
phone
* holding your tummy in when you're stuck in traffic
* getting up to switch over the channel instead of using the
remote
Every time you do something, anything at all, you're adding to
your fitness bank and burning calories. Try to do something
whenever you think about it during the day. And give yourself a
pat on the back each time you do it.
Some recent research has shown that slimmer people actually use
up to 350 calories more a day than overweight people just in
everyday activity - even if they don't do any formal exercise
and sit down all day at work. The calories are used up just by
moving around a bit more in the course of the day. That's enough
calories used to make (or lose) a pound of fat every ten days!
So if you can't or don't want to get to the gym, just remember
every little counts and have an active day every day anyway!
Copyright 2005, Janice Elizabeth Small
About the author:
Janice Elizabeth is a weight loss coach and author of "The Diet
Exit Plan". Request her FREE 15 page report "How to lose weight
without dieting - 7 secrets the diet industry doesn't want you
to know" at http://www.SimplySlimming.com TODAY!
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