Vote in This Week's Poll: How much sleep do you get each night?
Monday April 30, 2007
One of my favorite things to do in life is sleep but, like a lot of people, stress sometimes keeps me up at night, leaving me tired and cranky the ... Read More
How We're Tackling Obesity
Friday April 27, 2007
If you keep up with the news, it may feel like the weight problems in our country are impossible to conquer, either on an individual level or on a national ... Read More
Exercise of the Week - Bent Over Row with Bands
Tuesday April 24, 2007
A lot of us have a set of resistance bands lying around somewhere and maybe we even think of using them sometimes. We often wonder, what do we do ... Read More
Vote in This Week's Poll: If foods were labeled as healthy or unhealthy, would we be more likely to eat the healthier foods?
Monday April 23, 2007
There's always been some talk about charging extra for unhealthy foods and the University of Virginia Medical School decided to give it a try and see what would happen. ... Read More
Kicking Your Bad Habits
Friday April 20, 2007
This week we've been focusing on bad habits and stress. It's interesting that the two seem to go together, isn't it? Many of us find we indulge in ... Read More
Advanced Ball Workout
Wednesday April 18, 2007
If you've been using an exercise ball for awhile, you may be ready for new and more challenging moves. My latest workout, Advanced Ball Workout, offers some new ideas ... Read More
De-Stress with the Exercise of the Week - Corpse Pose
Tuesday April 17, 2007
Since today is the official deadline for filing income taxes, I thought I would highlight one of my favorite yoga poses...Corpse Pose. This move comes at the end of ... Read More
Vote in this week's poll: What's your worst bad habit that you know you need to change?
Monday April 16, 2007
Most of us know the elements of living a healthy lifestyle - eating healthy foods, exercising and not smoking, just to name a few. But, even knowing that, don't ... Read More
Around About
Friday April 13, 2007
It's Friday, thank goodness, and the perfect time to do a little surfing. I've put together some of the great content posted by our Health & Fitness Guides this ... Read More
No Time for Exercise?
Wednesday April 11, 2007
Slowly but surely, we're chipping away at the obstacles that stand in the way of exercise. One of the major obstacles we face is often time...or lack thereof. In ... Read More
Exercise of the Week - Pretzel Stretch
Tuesday April 10, 2007
As far as I'm concerned, stretching is the best part of any workout. It's so nice to end a workout with moves that feel good on the body and ... Read More
Vote in This Week's Poll: Do you think people really lack the time to exercise?
Monday April 9, 2007
One of the number one reasons people say they skip exercise is lack of time. Now, there's no doubt that we're busy, busy people and that, sometimes (maybe a ... Read More
Around About.com
Friday April 6, 2007
In honor of this Easter weekend, I bought a Cadbury Egg as a little treat since I'm too old to go on an Easter Egg hunt. I was excited ... Read More
Upper Body Strength & Endurance Challenge
Wednesday April 4, 2007
I'm always looking for something new and interesting to try with my strength training routines and one idea I came up with was a workout combining heavy weights and traditional ... Read More
Exercise of the Week - One-Arm Chest Press on the Ball
Tuesday April 3, 2007
One of the nice things about strength training (and there are nice things about strength training, no matter what you may be thinking) is that it doesn't take much to ... Read More
Vote in This Week's Poll: What's the primary way you deal with your stress?
Monday April 2, 2007
Last week, we talked about stress and weight gain, which prompted a few emails and comments from people who weren't sure how to manage their stress levels. Of course, ... Read More