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How to Improve Your Computer Fitness

We talked about Your Computer versus Your Fitness yesterday. Today, we’re going to talk about how to improve your computer fitness, but we’re not talking about the health of your actual machine, for tips on your computer and computing, check out our computing blog. In the meanwhile, it’s important to remember when you are sitting at your desk, hour after hour; that there is something you can do to improve your own fitness in those hours. So How Can You Do It? Take a good look at your nutrition. What do you eat and drink when you are sitting at … Continue reading →

Sending Your Kids To College For The Summer

As you set out making your plans for summer programs for your kids, don’t overlook your local college. Many colleges offer classes and camps for kids. You can usually find out about these offerings through the department that handles continuing education or special courses. It’s a great way for your kids to get a taste of what college life is all about. Here in Mobile, The University of South Alabama offers camps for kids as young as 5. They offer a little bit of everything: art, foreign language, even a CSI Forensic Science Camp. Some campuses also offer enrichment classes … 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 →

Flex Your Mind

It’s rare that a fitness forum can endorse a video game as being good for you. After all, we’re often encouraging parents to get their kids off of computers and video games and outside in play, but Nintendo is putting out a new line of games that are great for adults and teenagers alike to stimulate their mental muscles. It’s important to flex your mind on a regular basis and to stimulate thinking and mental processes. The series is called the Nintendo Brain Age and it features a collection of mini games designed to improve cognitive ability and memory. What’s … Continue reading →

Mental and Emotional Fitness Workout

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I have always believed in combining a healthy mental workout whenever I am starting a new fitness regimen. Since I started working on the workout portion of the Abs Diet, it’s time to take a mental inventory in order to promote a better state of mind in order to target personal change and improvement. The following exercise can be done through fitness journal or just as an independent exercise that you can type up on the computer or write out by hand. More often as not, this type of exercise is best performed by writing it out longhand. In my … Continue reading →

Pilates Becoming Popular with Men

For years Pilates has been popular with women looking to improve their flexibility and strengthen their core. But, a new study out shows that the exercises designed for total body conditioning are now attracting a record number of men. Some 12.5 million people participated in Pilates in 2006, the latest year for which figures are available, up from 9.4 million in 2003, according to the Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association. What’s more, of those 12.5 million more than a third are men. That’s up more than half from 2003. Experts theorize that the growing number of men who are supplementing their … Continue reading →

Keeping a Workout Journal

When I first started a workout routine that included weightlifting and running (nearly 20 years ago) I kept a journal to keep track of what exercises I was supposed to do on a particular day. After a while my routine became second nature and I stopped journaling. Recently, though, I’ve been hearing more and more trainers recommend that athletes continue keeping a workout diary regardless of whether or not they have memorized a set routine. The reason: Keeping a journal helps you recognize improvements. For example, if you started a training program that includes running you would track the number … Continue reading →

E3 Gaming Rumors

Gamers everywhere are anticipating all of the new offers in the gaming world that will be announced at the E3 Media and Business Summit in Los Angeles. I’ll discuss which rumors have been confirmed, which have been denied and which are still anyone’s guess. There is everything here from a price decrease in a major video game system to the highly anticipated possible release of a new Halo game. There are major changes in the conference from last year. It is now by invitation only, reducing the crowd expected from 60,000 to 5,000. Last year, more than 400 game companies … Continue reading →

Tip of the Day- Play a game of tag

It’s just a fact of life that most of us need more exercise than we get. Most of us see it as a “have to” rather than a privilege to be able to move our bodies and go about most of the activities that we want to each day. Just for today, enjoy your family, enjoy life, and enjoy your body. Gather the kids around you and play a game of tag. Inside or out, be as creative as you’d like but get up and move. Combining exercise with the things we love most gives us an added benefit. Not … Continue reading →

The Power of Positive Thinking – Make it Work for You

The first time I ever heard the words that positive thinking can get you anywhere, I had to laugh. Seriously, how can positive thinking overcome financial setbacks? How can positive thinking improve your exercise routines? How can positive thinking make a diet more bearable? How can positive thinking do anything? Well, it’s not just the positive thinking – it’s the positive dialogue you maintain with yourself through the most trying of times. I’d like to take a moment to share a personal story with you. Several years ago, I made a few errors in judgment and found myself living in … Continue reading →