Category: Strength Training

New Research: Exercise Beats Drugs for Stroke Recovery, Heart Disease & Diabetes

New Research: Exercise Beats Drugs for Stroke Recovery, Heart Disease & Diabetes

You have been lied to! You have been told that your high blood pressure, cholesterol, blood sugar and stroke recovery require prescription drugs for the rest of your life. New research shows that these drugs have likely been unnecessarily prescribed.… 0 Shares | | Posted in Fitness, Health, Health, Medicine, News, Pharmaceuticals, Strength Training, Weight Loss
Best Exercise to Reverse Metabolic Syndrome and Diabetes

Best Exercise to Reverse Metabolic Syndrome and Diabetes

You know that you need to exercise but you think you don’t have the time. You think that exercise is too hard or requires you to purchase a gym membership and workout in front of other people. What if you… 0 Shares | | Posted in Fitness, Health, Strength Training, Weight Loss
Perform ab workouts standing up for six pack abs

Perform ab workouts standing up for six pack abs

Ab workouts performed on machines don’t build functional strength. Doing ab exercises on the floor is a more realistic type of training, but most people spend their days moving around in an upright position. The ab muscles aren’t just there… 0 Shares | | Posted in Health, Strength Training
Three Variations of Exercise Ball Crunches for Advanced Exercisers

Three Variations of Exercise Ball Crunches for Advanced Exercisers

Exercise ball crunches are one of the best exercises for targeting the abs, but like any exercise they may stop losing their effectiveness as you get stronger. If regular exercise ball crunches are failing to make you sore, don’t waste… 0 Shares | | Posted in Strength Training
Ab Workouts: Use an Exercise Ball for Obliques Exercises

Ab Workouts: Use an Exercise Ball for Obliques Exercises

Ab workouts on the floor are effective for getting six pack abs, but bringing in an exercise ball increases the difficultly to get you a sexy abdomen faster. You can feel the challenge as soon as you rest on the… 0 Shares | | Posted in Strength Training
Eight Reasons to Build Your Muscles

Eight Reasons to Build Your Muscles

It is common for people to overlook the importance of training their muscles. Instead they concentrate all their efforts on cardiovascular fitness. There is no question that building good cardiovascular endurance lowers the risk for countless diseases, while increasing energy… 0 Shares | | Posted in Fitness, Strength Training
Is Sick and Tired The New Normal?

Is Sick and Tired The New Normal?

As we age we stop playing like we did as little kids. We don’t run around, climb and jump over things, duck under tables or slide across floors anymore. The old adage “if you don’t use it you’ll lose it”… 0 Shares | | Posted in Chemicals, Chemtrails, Electropollution, Environment, Fitness, Fitness Nutrition, Fluoride, Food, GMOs, Health, Health, Herbal Medicine, Holistic Medicine, Hospitals & Surgery, Lifestyle, Medicine, Mental Health, News, Nutrition, Nutritional Medicine, Personal Care, Pharmaceuticals, Pilates, Strength Training, Vaccines, Water, Weight Loss, Weird, Yoga
Natural Treatments for Osteoporosis

Natural Treatments for Osteoporosis

Natural treatments for osteoporosis should be considered before succumbing to prescription medications. Having personally lost two friends to esophageal cancer (both had been taking prescription medications for osteoporosis for a number of years,) I am resolute about managing my bone… 0 Shares | | Posted in Fitness, Fitness Nutrition, Food, Health, Holistic Medicine, Medicine, Nutrition, Nutritional Medicine, Strength Training
Exercise Safety Awareness – What You Don’t Know CAN Hurt You

Exercise Safety Awareness – What You Don’t Know CAN Hurt You

Like many of you… I thought I knew a thing or two about working out. I mean, I’ve watched the infomercials, read the magazines and even hired a few personal trainers here and there. I’ve also participated in exercise classes,… 0 Shares | | Posted in Fitness, Health, Health, Mental Health, Strength Training, Weight Loss
Health is Wealth…

Health is Wealth…

I consider myself lucky in that I grew up in the 70s, one of four children with parents who were active and got us out of the house as often as they could. We would walk, run, cycle and generally… 0 Shares | | Posted in Fitness, Fitness Nutrition, Food, Health, Lifestyle, Nutrition, Recipes, Strength Training, Travel, Weight Loss, Yoga