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Articles from 2003

By Paige Waehner, About.com

Updated: January 9, 2004

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Staying Committed to Exercise
Find out how to stay motivated to exercise for weight loss and health.

Book Review: Dr. Phil's Ultimate Weight Solution
Dr. Phil offers no-nonsense advice to help lose weight. He's great at the behavioral side, but the info on exercise and eating is nothing spectacular.

Cardio on the BOSU
Do you BOSU? If not, you're missing out. The BOSU is great for ab work, core work, leg work--everything work, but it's also fun for cardio workouts. Includes Cardio BOSU Workout.

Quick Fix Workouts - Lower Body
The Quick Fix series continues! Feast your eyes on my latest attempt to get you to exercise with these ideas for efficient lower body workouts.

Cardio Coach Guided Workout
The Cardio Coach is a guided workout CD with great options and music. Find out everything there is to know about the CardioCoach.

The Pocket Coach Cardio CD
If you like to workout on cardio machines, there's a new trend you might be interested in--guided workouts via CD. The Pocket Coach is just one of these new guided workouts combining music and verbal cues to take you through different levels of intensity. Find out of this CD is for you.

Lose Weight with Dr. Phil
If you haven't heard (and if so, we need to send someone over to check on you), Dr. Phil is the hottest thing on daytime TV since Oprah. While he's known for his straight-shooting on everything from relationships to eating disorders, Dr. Phil is tackling one of the biggest issues in American today: Obesity.

Quick Fix Workouts - Upper Body We're easing out of summer and you know what that means: we all start piling on the flab because we're too busy to exercise. Learn how to squeeze in exercise and try this workout, while you're at it.

Finding Time to Exercise Be honest...on your list of priorities, where does exercise fall? Is it even on your list? Some of you don't exercise because you think you don't have time. The truth is, there's never a right time to get moving. It's now or never, so read on to find out how to make exercise a reality.

Easy Desktop Yoga
If you work long hours at a computer, you'll enjoy this relaxing yoga workout you can do right at your desk. Get the details of the new Easy Desktop Yoga workout.

WeightMania Training Log
This exercise software is perfect for folks who want to want to keep track of cardio, strength training and daily calorie intake.  Learn how you can track your fitness goals with this new software.

Boot Camp Workout
You don't have to train like a soldier to lose weight and get in shape, but you can use some of their moves to make your own challenging workout. If you're ready to increase your intensity, try a little boot camp. Includes workout.

Abs, Hips and Thighs - Medicine Ball Training
Most of you know that a stability ball is an excellent way to work every part of your body, including your abs, hips and thighs. What you may not know is that combining a medicine ball with your stability ball is another way to challenge your body. Includes sample exercises.

Get Lean and Strong with Resistance Bands
When it comes to strength training, most of us stick to the usual: free weights and machines. However, it's a good idea to challenge your body in new ways, so why not try a resistance band?  Learn how to use a resistance band to pump up your workouts.

Careers in Exercise and Fitness
The fitness industry is booming and lots of you are interested in starting a fitness career. Being a personal trainer is a great job, but there are other options. Expand your horizons and learn about other things you can do to help people get healthy and fit.

The South Beach Diet
Does it really work?

Sculpt Your Lower Body
If you're looking for lean, strong muscles there's no better way than weight training. But if you've been doing the same old exercises for longer than you can remember, why not try a little pyramid training? Includes a Lower Body Pyramid Workout!

Are You an Emotional Eater?
Losing weight can be difficult and what makes it harder is when we eat according to our emotions rather than hunger. If you tend to use food to cope with your feelings, find out how to stop emotional eating and jumpstart your weight loss.

10-Minute Timesaver Workouts
When it comes to exercise, many of us make the mistake of thinking--if I can't follow the guidelines of exercise, why bother at all? Learn how to fit exercise into your life.

Fitness Fusion
We're tired of the same old traditional workouts and, as a result, we're mixing and matching everything from ballet and boot camp to yoga and Pilates. Find out how to pump up your workouts, burn fat and nix the boredom with a little fitness fusion. Includes Yoga Fusion workout.

The Truth About Low Carb Diets
With all the diets out there and this latest low-carb trend, you may be wondering: Do carbs really make you fat?

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