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Yoga or Pilates? Which is better for my body?
Pilates Exercise
Yoga Exercises
So which is better? Yoga or Pilates?
Thousands of beginners ask themselves this question when they decide to take their health and fitness seriously. It’s tough to make a decision because many gyms offer both Pilates and yoga classes. And according to many people I know, both of these classes are very popular. Read the rest of this entry »
How To Inspire Your Mental And Physical Fitness
Inspiring Mental Fitness
Mental fitness starts with paying attention to the thoughts that you entertain on a daily basis. What are you thinking about most of the time? Are you aware of your thinking patterns? What are you thinking about when you first wake in the morning? What are you thinking about at night just before you go to sleep? Are you hanging on to old negative thoughts?
Whatever you think about most of the time is what you are going to get. Let’s get mentally fit by thinking thoughts that we wish to think….thoughts that make us feel good….positive thoughts! Thinking positive thoughts on how we want our lives to be is the place to start. Imagining ourselves as already having accomplished our goal is the way. Visualize yourself in our own mind (imagination) as having already accomplished your goal….then take action! This is the way to your mental fitness!
3 signs your workout is torching fat and not wasting time.
English: Workout room. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
3 Signs Your Workout IS Torching Fat (Instead of Wasting Time) by Guest Blogger – The Natural Health Sherpa
Did you know getting into “the fat burning zone” during exercise can actually make you fatter?
Or that pushing too HARD, too LONG, can backfire — unleashing a storm of age-accelerating inflammation?
Or that millions wrongly believe they are too old, too out of shape or too injured to take advantage of exercise’s powerful youth-enhancing ability to turn back the clock?
Yet none of those are the worst mistake you can make with exercise… Read the rest of this entry »
4 useless fat burning exercises by fitness expert Jon Benson
[ Note: I really liked this article from my friend and fitness expert Jon Benson. I think you’re going to like it as well]
4 useless fat burning exercises
You may be wasting your time in the gym or at home if you are trying to shape your body or get rid of body fat.
Most people are. That is when it comes to exercise for getting rid of bellyfat and getting into better shape.
I was in the gym today (nothing new… ; ) and I saw all 4 of these exercises being performed by various gym members (again… nothing new.)
And they are useless for 99% of the people on the planet.
Here they are…
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USELESS EXERCISE 1: Walking Dumbbell Lunges
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Okay ladies, this one is for you… although I see guys do this exercise as well.
This is where you take a pair of dumbbells and kneel with one leg, then the other, and so-on, walking around the gym as you go.