3 Things To Cut Out To Improve Your Diet
Some people are interested in improving their diet in an effort to lose weight or manage weight. Others may have been told by their doctor that they need [...]
Getting Your Day Off To A Flying Start
Why is it that so many of us have a hatred of the morning time? After all, this is a brand new day, full of possibilities, and what isn’t exciting about [...]
Five Simple Exercises that Develop Strength and Agility for Sports
While professional athletes sure make it look easy on whatever court they play on, competing in individual sports, such as tennis, demands more power, speed, [...]
Don’t Hurt Yourself! Three Exercises You Might Be Doing Totally Wrong
Do you ever feel like you've hit a wall in your workout? As if you're working as hard as you can and it just doesn't seem to be having any effect at all? [...]
Terrible Mistakes People Make When Their Gym Routine Isn’t Getting The Results They Want
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It hurts - but it's worth it.
Sometimes when you have a gym session scheduled, you don't want to go. But you drag yourself out into the cold. It's [...]
Can Active Wear Really Improve Your Fitness Performance?
Head down to your local gym on any given day and you will see a lot of people wearing fancy, high tech clothing that looks like it cost a [...]
Treating Plantar Fasciitis
As a sport or activity, running is really pretty basic. For the most part, it doesn't necessitate a ton of equipment or gear, nor does it require years of [...]
How To Take Your Blood Pressure
How Do I Take My Blood Pressure?
If you want to maintain optimal health, knowing your numbers is vital. Hypertension is known as the "silent [...]
What are the Effects of High Blood Pressure?
What Is High Blood Pressure?
Your blood pressure can be too high or too low. The more serious and more common problem is high blood pressure (HBP), [...]
Healthy Eating for Kids – Start When They’re Young
As a personal trainer I have heard this many times:
“I only have junk food in the house for my kids”
Childhood obesity has reached pandemic [...]
Fed Up Challenge – Sugar Free for 10 Days
Join the Challenge
Monday, June 8 for the Live Fit Fed Up (the movie) 10 Day Sugar Free Challenge.
Can you go 10 days without sugar?
Have you Seen [...]
Emotional Eating – Do You Eat for Emotional Reasons or Nutrition?
What is Emotional Eating?
Emotional eating is the practice of eating when not hungry or eating based on or to enhance or soothe an emotion. It may involve [...]
What Is High Blood Pressure and How Is It Treated?
What Is Blood Pressure?
Blood pressure is the pressure of the blood against the walls of the arteries (blood vessels). High Blood Pressure, or Hypertension, [...]
Motivate Yourself (and Others)
How to Motivate Yourself and Others for Better Health and Fitness
Motivation comes in many forms. What works for one, may not work for another. Understanding [...]
Diabetes Explained: The What, Why, & How
Diabetes explained is quite simple - it is a physical disorder where the cells in the body are not receiving glucose (the fuel the cells need for energy). The [...]
The Truth about Candida Overgrowth and how To Treat It
Guest Post by Mary Vance, NC
Is this you?
If you have candida overgrowth, you will experience one (or more) of these signs and symptoms.
Powerful sugar [...]
7 Easy Ways to Improve Your Health
Staying healthy is often difficult with the distractions and temptations of modern life. That is why this article will show you 7 easy ways to improve your [...]
Overtraining: The Female Athlete Triad
What is The Female Athlete Triad?
In brief: A damaging combination of overtraining and under eating.
Exercise is Good for You
It is common knowledge that [...]
Yoga is for Everyone – Yes, Even You
Yoga has become very popular over the last decade. Actors, athletes, politicians and moms are doing it. In fact, there is no firm demographic of people who [...]
The Time Trap – Fast Food vs Home Cooked Meals
Written by Caralyn Dea
A little while ago I read an article that was circulating on Facebook called ‘The Busy Trap’ about how busy Americans [...]