Posts Tagged ‘Fitness Advice’


Quick Tricep Workout With Chair Dips

Dips can be effective in working your triceps and toning your arms. This exercise can be done quickly at home or office by simply using a chair. Trainer Ashley Mariott demonstrates proper technique and takes you through a quick workout and stretch in this demonstration video:

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Lunges For Toning Your Backside

Image by MyGymworkout.co.uk via Flickr Lunges are a great bodyweight exercise to help firm the butt and thighs. Like squats, lunges are compound exercises working multiple muscle groups. It’s good to start your lunge routine without weights until your balance and form is established. Work lunges into your routine 1 or 2 times per week, [...]

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Water Intake During Workouts

Image by Pink Sherbet Photography via Flickr Today we’ve included an article about the importance of replacing fluids not after your workout, but during. The benefits of staying hydrated are many, and include helping with endurance and reducing fatigue related to exercise. Why Drink Water During Your Workout? By Mark M Moller Exercise is important [...]

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Medicine Ball Workout

Image by Beneteau Sailor via Flickr One of our recommended tools for busy moms is the medicine ball. Here is a video from Walnut Women’s Fitness Bootcamp. Eric demonstrates 3 basic medicine ball exercises to really work out your core. A couple of tips: The ideal ball weight determined by the pros at the camp [...]

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Double Crunch Ab Exercise

Double crunches are part of our recommended workout routines to isolate and work the abs. If performed properly, this exercise works both the upper and lower abs, far more effective than standard crunches, since the entire body is in motion. Here’s a good demonstration video for this simple exercise. Please remember to keep your back [...]

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Kettlebells

Image by WilsonB via Flickr Kettlebells are cast iron weights that look similar to a shotput (or cannon ball) with a handle. Modern kettlebells can be rubber coated, and have adjustable weight settings. Kettlebells have an advantage over dumbells, because the weight is distributed further from the hand, allowing swinging motions not available with dumbells. [...]

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