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Exercise Tips: Squats & Lunges

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Squats and lunges are two great exercises that build strength, tone and look. These exercises are great because you don’t need any exercise equipment. We’ve talked about frugal workouts and saving money, so this is another great way to build muscle, tone up and save cash at the same time. Squats Let’s talk about squats. This is an exercise that works, shapes and tones the muscles around your hips, abdomen, glutes, and legs. You get a lot of results for one simple workout. I know a lot of people who don’t like squats because they feel like it makes them … Continue reading →

How Is Your Fitness Going?

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How do you measure how your fitness is going? Do you measure it in how you feel personally? Do you measure it in inches lost? What about pounds? Do you measure it in performance? These are all valid ways to measure your fitness, but you shouldn’t just use one of these to measure how you are doing. Consider for a moment, how do you measure how your job is going? A Measure By Any Other Name When I look at my job or my career, there’s any number of questions that I ask myself in order to measure how it … Continue reading →

TotalVID – Total Fitness Options

We’ve talked about a lot of the workouts that are available on the Internet from personal trainers such as those found at Trainer-To-Go to the downloadable programs found iFit, iTunes and more. The Internet is packed full of easy at-home workout routines and when it’s as hot as it is outside at the moment, finding one of these is ideal. Get Bored Doing the Same Workout Video? Workout videos are great, but we all get bored doing the same thing day in and day out. But the workout video is the perfect solution to the extreme heat of summer, not … Continue reading →

The Keys To Personal Fitness Success

So what are these secret, mystical keys to personal sucesss that take our time spent and make it into rewards that are well-earned? I wish I could say that it’s as easy as me sitting here and typing all of these up for you. They sound great – they sounded great to me for years. But it’s one thing to read them here and it’s altogether another for you to put them to work for you. When you discover the truths and keys for yourself, they have a great deal more meaning. But that being said – here are the … Continue reading →

Better Personal Fitness Choices

There’s a lot we can all do to make better personal fitness choices. We can get up off the sofa and walk to change the channel rather than use the remote. We can wash the two or three dishes in the sink by hand rather than just tossing them in the dishwasher. We can walk to the corner store to pick up one or two items that we need rather than driving there. We can park farther away from the store when we do drive. We can build a regular exercise routine. We can add steps to our daily lives. … Continue reading →

The Future of Personal Fitness

While today is Earth Day and you should certainly be taking some time out to celebrate the Earth through personal activities, recycling, physical fitness or gardening; I wanted to give you a little heads up about what we have coming in the Month of May. The April Spring Forward to Action 30 Day Challenge began on April 2 and will conclude on May 1. May Day is a very old holiday also called Beltane. It celebrates fertility and in some cultures, also marks the longer days leading up to the Summer Solstice (the longest day of the year). Coming up … Continue reading →