Booty Bands are great and effective in the enhancement of your figure and in acquiring the figure you’ve been wanting for a long time. However and needless to say, it is one of the very awesome perks of Booty Bands! Booty Bands and recommended exercises are a much better alternative to just doing squats, as the resistance provided by a Booty Band, will help you keep your entire body aligned, without allowing your knees to go inward, which often happens when you only do squats. When this occurs, you are…
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What Rep Range Is Best For Me?
With so much information out there, it can be difficult to determine how many reps you should be doing in your workouts. Like many other topics I have discussed, this one has a similar broad answer, it depends on what you want to accomplish. Below I have broken down the most common goals with rep ranges that are associated with it: Strength- 1-6 reps Muscle Hypertrophy (size)- 6-12 reps Muscular Endurance- 12+ reps It is also important to remember that these rep ranges are not exclusive in that only that…
Read MoreExercises and Workouts – What Is Your Motivation to Exercise?
The hardest part of exercising is not doing the activity; more often than not, it is getting started. Physics dictates it takes more energy to put an object that is at rest into motion than it is to continue the action once it has begun. It is only natural this applies to exercise as well. Is it because of motivation (or lack of motivation) exercise is so difficult to get stuck into? To be more specific we are talking about the long-term. Anybody can go for a walk or a…
Read MoreSenior Citizens Flex At Fitness Bootcamp
Some fitness bootcamps will have classes especially for senior citizens. There are a couple of reasons for this, first in order to provide an inclusive environment, fitness bootcamps will not want to be seen to be excluding any section of society. Secondly, because of demand! Senior citizens today are more aware than ever before on how the quality of their life can be improved by maintaining a good level of personal fitness. They will seek out appropriate classes to keep their bodies in as good condition as possible at their…
Read MoreType 2 Diabetes and Exercise – There Are Advantages to Exercising at 6 AM
Many of the health benefits of exercise are immediate and take place even before you lose weight: this is true for the changes that help to fight Type 2 diabetes. So when are you going to start? While morning exercise is good, there is nothing quite like the kind that happens first thing in the morning. If this sounds like it is going to be a motivational piece, that would not be the point. It is easy to get excited about the idea of working out early and using the…
Read MoreModerate Exercises to Fitness
Here are some moderate exercises you can do and enjoy: 1. Do the Walking. Make use of your surroundings. You can walk your dog, with your partner or child. Encourage your family to do the walking exercise daily and you will find yourself burning calories while enjoying the surroundings and getting enough sunlight that is also good for your body. 2. Discover the wonders of Yoga. Yoga is one effective exercise that energizes not only your body but also your soul. You may want to learn even the basic yoga…
Read MoreHow I Keep Parkinson’s Disease at Bay
Ten years ago, when I was 72 years of age, I first felt the symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease. I noticed that my third finger on my right hand was trembling just a little. It did this on its own without me trying to do it. I simply put it out of my mind. A few days later it happened again and weeks would go by between occurrences. We were relocating to the west coast and as soon as I found time I found a family doctor and told him what…
Read More3 Common Sports Injuries Require the Involvement of a Doctor
Are you a sports person? If yes, then you may know that injuries and sports have a very close relation. Actually, as an athlete, you can never avoid injuries; it is not in your hand at all. There are various reasons that cause wounds and some of them include the incorrect process of exercise, wrong training procedure, and weakness and so on. Most of the cases, home remedies may treat these injuries. However, there are certain cases, in which they fail to respond to home remedies. Now, this is the…
Read MoreRecovery Spin, Just As Important
Today I was scheduled to do a recovery spin for training, and I had thought about taking the cross bike out because the weather was beautiful! Sunny and 53 degrees! Instead I turned to the fat bike and I am glad I did! I started away from the house and left the sub division and onto the bike path. As I made my way down I climbed landscaping boulders and rolled over small snow hills that are left over from winter… oh wait, it’s still winter! Anyway, I was having…
Read MoreExercises and Workouts – Cycling Versus Stationary Exercise Training
As you go about getting your cardio training in, you may start to wonder what the best method of cardio exercise is. Should you choose one over the other? The debate is often between running and using a stationary exercise trainer, but what about cycling? Where does it fit in? If you were going to choose between cycling and using the stationary exercise trainer, which one should win? Let us look at a few things to consider… 1. The Impact. The good news is both of these are a very…
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