Showing posts with label exercise. Show all posts
Showing posts with label exercise. Show all posts

May 16, 2008

2 Weeks into the Journey – An Initial Review of P90X

One of the things that you don’t get when you see the P90X infomercial is an inside look on what it is truly like living the P90X lifestyle. Everything looks exciting and awesome on TV, but is it really that great once you get it home? To answer that question, here is my initial review of P90X after spending 2 straight weeks sweating it out in my living room! Link to Full Story

April 2008 $10,000 Winner lost 63 pounds!

One of the great things about being a member of the Million Dollar Body Club is that every week they update the video library of real-life success stories, and the April 2008 winner of the $10,000 prize should be an inspiration to women and men everywhere! Link to Full Story

P90X Review Day 7, Stretch X

Flexibility is such an under-rated component of physical fitness, and in a program as intense as P90X®, it might seem like a stretching for an hour is a joke compared to the intensity of the other workouts. Is it far less intense? Yes. Should you just skip it then? Absolutely not! Link to Full Story

Women, Heart Disease, and How to stick to your Workouts

1 in 3 women in the U.S. die from heart disease, making it the #1 killer of women in America. Learn how to stave off heart disease by sticking to your exercise program, even in the beginning when it is the most difficult. Link to Full Story

P90X Review Day 6, Kenpo X

Kenpo X is one of the most enjoyable workouts in the P90X program! Even though it is an hour long, the hour goes by very quickly, and you get a great workout - almost without even realizing it! Link to Full Story

P90X Review Day 6, Kenpo X

Kenpo X is one of the most enjoyable workouts in the P90X program! Even though it is an hour long, the hour goes by very quickly, and you get a great workout - almost without even realizing it! Link to Full Story

P90X Review Day 5, Legs and Back

Day 5 of the P90X® programs brings back several great workouts, including Ab Ripper X and several exercises from the back routine first done on Day 1. In addition, however, Tony Horton and the gang bring on some leg exercises that don't look like much, until you try to DO them! Link to Full Story

8 Ways to Know If You’re Fit

With a national obesity rate of nearly 30 percent, we know that we're overweight. But if thin isn't the indicator of fitness, and you can't be large and fit, how are we supposed to tell if we're healthy? Let's decipher what these studies indicate and sort through the murkiness about what it really means to be fit. Link to Full Story

P90X Review Day 4, Yoga X

OK, for all of you people who think that yoga is for wimps, I challenge you to try the P90X version - Yoga X! Not only is it incredibly challenging, but rather than just perverting yoga into some mindlessly intense workout, Yoga X actually flows in a manner that is both extremely effective, as well as executed in a manner that is true to the yoga lifestyle and philosophies. Link to Full Story

P90X Review Day 3, Shoulders and Arms

Finally - a P90X workout that didn't leave me wanting to curl up into the fetal position and cry for Momma! That being said, the P90X® Shoulder and Arm routine is no joke, and is every bit as effective as every other P90X workout that I have been through. Link to Full Story

May 4, 2008

P90X Review Day 1, Chest and Back and Ab Ripper X

The P90X chest and back workout is no joke! It is as intense as they claim it is, and at the same time it is fun, and radically effective! Link to Full Story

April 29, 2008

A Review of WOWY and the Million Dollar Body Club

Beachbody's online WOWY workout community and their Million Dollar Body Club are truly extraordinary in the opportunities they represent for someone who wants to lose weight or get in shape. Beachbody's offering gives new meaning to the term "over-deliver," and a quick look at this list of goodies will prove that conclusively. Link to Full Story

Are you a Skinny Fat Person?

Despite a startling amount of scientific research and real-world examples, there is still a grossly inaccurate belief that the key to weight loss is starving yourself. Not only is that an exceptionally false statement, but starving yourself actually causes your body to store body fat, and it also deprives your body of much needed energy and nutrients, which in turn makes your health decline - regardless of what the scale says. Link to Full Story

How to Lose Weight by Dancing

People have been sweating it out on the dance floor for years now, and the fact that it is a great workout is pretty well understood. However, like any workout, there are ways to get the most out of it, or ways to minimize the benefits that you'll get. Link to Full Story

January 17, 2008

It’s Not Your Fault You are Fat!

Whose fault is it REALLY that you are fat? I mean, it couldn't possibly be your own, right? Link to Full Story

November 26, 2007

Top 5 New Year’s Resolution Weight Loss Programs

As the New Year approaches and you start thinking about your New Year's weight loss resolutions, consider what you have done in the past and how effective it has been. If you haven't yet attained your weight loss goals, make sure that you do things differently this year. Link to Full Story

September 24, 2007

Exercise of the Day - Forward Ball Roll

This is another one of those exercises that looks a lot easier than it really is! However, when done correctly, it is a great core training exercise, and you will build up the stability of your shoulder joints as well. Link to Full Story

September 17, 2007

How to Exercise - Bent Knee Leg Raises

Solid information about the Bent Knee Leg Raise abdominal exercise, as well as good info about effective abdominal exercises in general. Link to Full Story

September 15, 2007

Exercise of the Day - Dumbbell Squats

The squat exercise has many different variations, and not all of them are the classic image that people get of some huge guy with chalk all over his hands trying to squat down with about 800,000 pounds of metal on his shoulders! Link to Full Story

August 17, 2007

How to Increase your Cardiovascular Endurance with Cross Training

Having a high level of cardiovascular endurance means that you can exercise both longer and harder, resulting in more rapid weight loss, a better level of heart health, significantly lower blood pressure, and an overall increase in your level of health. Link to Full Story