Exercise Blog with Paige Waehner August 2006 Archive

It's not officially fall yet, but we're getting there and that means gearing up for cooler weather. To make your workouts comfortable, you'll want to keep it light but ... Read More

There's always been a certain amount of controversy surrounding Body Mass Index (BMI) measurements. Because the BMI formula uses weight and height to measure how healthy your weight is, ... Read More

Getting started with an exercise program can be a little confusing, especially if you've never followed a structured program. A typical beginner's program will include some cardio (about 3 ... Read More

There are a variety of ways to do squats, but one of my favorite travel versions is the Tiptoe Squat. When you don't have access to weights, but you ... Read More

Starting an exercise program can be a hit-or-miss process when you first get started. You may even find you get going for awhile, only to get sidetracked a few ... Read More

Personal training can be a great resource and it's now more accessible than ever. There are personal trainers in health clubs, community centers, studios and even trainers who can ... Read More

When I was a kid, my sisters and I used to practice walking across the room with a book on our heads. The idea, of course, was to have ... Read More

Structured exercise is important if you're trying to change your body or get in better condition.  But, for general health, simply moving around more throughout the day is just one simple way ... Read More

This advanced exercise is very challenging for the abs and back. By holding your body in a plank position as you twist the ball to the right and left, ... Read More

A lot of us spend time thinking about the parts of our bodies we'd love to change. For some of us, it's slimmer abs, for others, it's a firmer ... Read More

In the past few weeks, you've gotten some new and challenging strength training workouts involving Upper Body Supersets and Lower Body Supersets. Today you have a new challenge, this ... Read More

We all lose our way from time to time on the way to our fitness goals. Sometimes it's because life gets in the way - you get sick, move, ... Read More

Tree Pose, a balancing pose you may remember from yoga, may not seem like much of an exercise, but it's great for strengthening the legs while improving your balance and ... Read More

One question many exercises have is: what's the best time of day to exercise? The answer? Any time you can find. Of course, morning exercise does ... Read More

Recently, I extended a challenge to you...namely, to crank up your lower body workouts with my Lower Body Challenge featuring both bilateral and unilateral moves. You may have been ... Read More

I recently reviewed Sara Holliday's first prenatal yoga video so I was excited to see her second video which, of course, is for pregnant women in their second trimester. I'm not ... Read More

I've talked a lot here on the blog and in a variety of articles about results...specifically, having expectations about your body's response to exercise and healthy eating. Most of ... Read More

We all have our favorite exercises and activities. For some of us, we love strength training and dread cardio and, for others, it's just the opposite. It's hard ... Read More

I have to admit, I'm not a huge fan of working my legs and, as a result, I get bored with the same old lower body exercises and the same ... Read More

When it comes to upper body exercises, most of my clients enjoy training the triceps. Maybe it's because they're imagining that extra arm flab (fondly known as batwings) slowly ... Read More