Exercise Blog

myGoals.com recently released their New Year's resolution predictions for 2008 and it's no surprise that the most popular goals fall under the health and fitness category. In fact, the ... Read More

If you're like millions of people, you'd probably like to lose a little weight...maybe a lot of weight. You've probably tried a number of things to make ... Read More

Now that we're past Christmas and well on our way to New Year's, I want to talk about a critical issue - food hangovers. If you're like me, you've ... Read More

As I write this, I'm looking out my window at mounds of snow and ice-covered sidewalks. My general rule of thumb is that, if there's frozen precipitation on the ... Read More

If you have trouble exercising consistently, do you ever think of a future time when you can finally take control of your health? Maybe you think - as soon ... Read More

I'm a fan of total body workouts, especially when they're short enough that I can get through them in less than an hour. Below are some of my favorite ... Read More

I guess the theme of my blog entries this week should give you a clue about my own mindset as we work our way up to Christmas. As I ... Read More

The other day, I was talking to my nephew who just turned 13. He mentioned that he really, really, really needed a Wii for Christmas because, otherwise, what was ... Read More

One way to avoid holiday stress is to hop a plane to the tropics for the duration. I'm sure many of us would do that if we could but, ... Read More

How much time do you spend hunched over your keyboard or steering wheel each day? If you're like most of us, you spend a lot of time doing that, ... Read More

While I try not to spend too much time reading about Hollywood gossip, there's no question that celebrities (like the rest of us) feel tremendous pressure to look good. In ... Read More

The other day, my husband was scrolling through my iPod and he paused, looking at me with something like horror. "You have John Denver in your iPod?" I ... Read More

Do you ever feel like you do everything wrong when it comes to being healthy and losing weight? Like, you know you should walk more but there's so much ... Read More

There are secret muscles that live inside your shoulders. These muscles are collectively known as the rotator cuff muscles and include the subscapularis, the supraspinatus, the infraspinatus ... Read More

In my previous life, I worked in an office. Like many offices, I had a cubicle and I would sit in that cubicle for several hours a day until ... Read More

In honor of the snow I've shoveled this week, and the snow I'll be shoveling this weekend, today I'm focusing on the core. My back is all in an ... Read More

The gluteus maximus muscles are the largest muscles in the body. I'm sure a lot of you are nodding and thinking, "Yep, my butt is pretty big." The great ... Read More

When working the shoulders, the overhead press is a common exercise in most routines. One reason is that it's a great way to work the entire shoulder area while ... Read More

We all struggle to exercise from time to time and this time of year, it's even worse with the holidays in full swing. Staying on track may be the ... Read More