A lot of women and more men than we would care to admit, have trouble losing weight.

For most it centers around their waists, hips, thighs, and butt.

They reason if they could only lose an inch or so around their waists then they would be happy, but try as they might, they just can’t seem to lose weight for good, more often it comes back in spades, meaning they gain back more than they lost.

Is it any wonder then that men and woman spend thousands, if not millions of dollars per year on weight loss and weight loss related products? Continue Reading

I know a lot of women are scared of lifting weights because they are afraid of becoming too bulky or too big. Or if they do lift—it is only with very small amounts of weight, done for high reps. Both of these ideas are wrong—and below I will give you three reasons why you should lift.

REASON # 1

The first reason why women should lift weights and I mean lift weights heavy enough for them to only do sets of eight to twelve reps—but possibly lower—is this:

Strength—to me strength means health—it means you can walk up the stairs or get up out of a chair unassisted. Continue Reading

While most people do not have room for a pile of weight plates and fancy equipment—most people can find room for a couple of high quality dumbbells. And this is great, because contrary to popular opinion you can get in a fantastic workout using nothing but dumbbells.

I realize that most people reading this do not want massive muscles; however I am sure they would not mind some muscle gain along with an increase in their overall fitness. Continue Reading

Walking has been around forever, and for good reason – it is a wonderful form of exercise.

However, I feel that with all of the other forms of exercise that have popped up – things like Pilates, spinning classes, and all of those late night infomercial gadgets that are very popular – walking sometimes gets shoved aside.

Really, this is a shame because walking can be and is a wonderful form of exercise and below I am going to give you three reasons why YOU should give walking a second chance. Continue Reading

I just read an interesting article (see it here) that states that people who drink alcohol exercise more often than people who don’t drink at all. This was a government survey of adults in America and found that the more alcohol an adult has the more exercise they do.

Sounds Crazy But It’s True!

The study found that it was heavy drinkers that would do the most exercise and those who didn’t drink wouldn’t exercise much at all. The studies conclusion was that people who drink alcohol do more vigorous forms of exercise. Continue Reading