Sneaky ways turning your whole day into a workout
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Consider this - for those of you who say you have no time to exercise, you’re wrong.
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7 incredible body benefits of strong core muscles
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If we allow our core muscles to weaken and become inflexible, this can take away power you need to perform everyday tasks.
Read MoreEnhance your immune system with exercise
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Our immune system holds the key to keeping us healthy and free from illness.
Read MoreWeight lifting: A win-win for all women
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Weight lifting is not just for young women. It is encouraged and strongly advised that even older women in their seventies and up can gain significant strength improvements through weight training.
Read MoreExercise precautions when you have atrial fibrillation
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Regular exercise or physical activity is beneficial to heart – it can lower your risk of heart disease, improve cholesterol, lower your blood pressure and help with weight loss. But is this still true if you have atrial fibrillation?
Read MoreTips on getting accurate results from a PSA test
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Other medications that may falsely lower a man’s PSA reading are any man taking aspirin, statin drugs such as Lipitor or Crestor, or thiazide diuretics.
Benefits of working out using resistance bands
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These versatile bands will work your muscles in a completely different way than weights do making them a perfect workout for switching it up with your fitness training.
Read MoreWake up your sex life with exercise
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It’s amazing what a few days or weeks of exercising can do for us. We feel more energized, more confident, healthier and best of all, it jumps starts our sex drive into high gear.
Read MoreIsometrics: The secret to gaining strength
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Imagine pressing your hands together in prayer position as hard as you can for 10 seconds. You just did an isometric exercise.
Read MoreWhy yoga works wonders for digestive health
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Good digestive health is priceless. Anyone who’s had to endure regular digestive discomfort such as constipation, stomach cramps, diarrhea, nausea, indigestion, esophagus spasms, or irritable bowel syndrome, will agree a well-functioning digestive tract plays a huge role in feeling healthy.
Read MoreTop tips and tricks from fitness pros
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Here are 9 fitness secrets any seasoned exercise pro will tell you needs to happen to make getting and staying fit not only possible but lifelong:
Read MoreTop 12 ways sending energy levels soaring
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Feeling exhausted? That mid-afternoon slump or the struggle to stay alert on the drive home from work, are signs you need a shot of energy adrenaline.
Read MoreTake your workout up a notch with interval walking
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The only way to transform your body is to change up your normal workout routine. If you’ve found that your usual routine of walking 30 minutes most days has stalled on not getting the results you want, it’s time for a change.
Read MoreWhy yoga builds muscle while preventing injuries
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Ask a yoga instructor if their toned, muscular physique is from lifting weights. Most likely they will laugh and say, “Sure, I lift my own body weight.” Yoga is primarily known for gaining flexibility, increasing circulation, improving posture or relieving tension and stress.
Read MoreSorting out the differences between hiking and walking
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If you’ve ever used the term, “Go take a hike,” have you considered what that means when compared to taking a walk? Most of us would admit there are differences between the two but just how much do they diverge from one another and is one better than the other?
Read MoreBest exercises helping you fight inflammation
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Chronic inflammation is ongoing, often due to unhealthy habits such as smoking or eating a poor diet and is linked with many serious diseases such as atherosclerosis, arthritis, or type 2 diabetes.
Read MoreWhy climbing stairs is a superior fitness tool
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Next time you have a choice between taking the elevator or the stairs, choose the stairs. We know there is a benefit to climbing stairs instead of using the elevator which comes down to this– climbing stairs is the ultimate workout for strength and cardio fitness.
Read MoreMiddle of the night snacking may harm heart health
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It’s 3 a.m. Are you in bed sound asleep or standing in front of your refrigerator searching for snacks to eat? If you answered searching for snacks, beware. A nightly ritual of waking up past midnight to raid the fridge is no friend to your heart and may also put you at risk of developing diabetes.
Read MoreWhy push-ups are your best anti-age exercise
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Who can remember dropping to the ground to do push-ups in high school gym class? Either you loved them or dreaded the drill. This old-school exercise is still considered a good method for assessing strength and optimal fitness.
Read MoreIs the ketogenic diet right for you?
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Very likely you are familiar with the ketogenic diet. There is bound to be someone you know (or perhaps yourself) who has jumped on this fad diet as a way to slim down while subsisting on butter and bacon.
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