Looking to start a new workout plan? You don’t need a personal trainer or even a gym membership. Download a few handy apps and use your phone to guide your workouts. Here’s what you need: Run: Nike + Running As a light runner, I use the Nike + app for every run I do….
Everyone wants washboard abs, but here’s something they don’t tell you: everyone can get them. You just have to be prepared to eat well and perform these abdominal exercises religiously: Mountain Climbers Mountain climbers kill two birds with one stone. They work your abs (hard) while simultaneously giving an intense cardio workout. To get…
Medicine ball exercises have helped athletes train for thousands of years. The earliest documented use of them goes back 3,000 years when Persian wrestlers used them to build strength. Today, they can be found in nearly every gym. They work just as well as they did for the Persian wrestlers, working to build core, chest,…
Apps get forgotten. You start out strong, checking your app everyday and doing what you’re supposed to do for your daily fitness challenge or workout plan. But…then…life gets in the way, you forget about the fitness app for a few days, then a week goes by and you haven’t checked it. Sound familiar? Avoid this…
Belly fat is tough to shed, especially when it comes to getting rid of that annoying pooch that we, as women, tend to carry under our belly buttons. There are a few tricks to flattening out your tummy, from eating right to the hitting the gym. But, to speed up the weight loss process a…
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zhcCZQ_wAI[/youtube] Abdominal Hold Video Do do this exercise place your hands on the edge of a stable chair with your fingers facing forward. Push your hands down into the chair and lift your butt off the seat. Hold for 5-10 seconds (or as long as you can). Lower you bottom back down to the chair….
Those looking to build endurance and burn some serious calories need look no further. With a combination of running and cross training, you’ll be logging long distances in no time. This workout plan is geared toward runners who can easily log two miles and struggle a bit with a six. Just starting out? Cut every…
Here are the ten best workout videos for women published this month. Check out the newest techniques and thinking in women’s fitness from experts across the web. Get toned in the mid section as well as upper and lower body. Upper body workout [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5OLwavLqbY[/youtube] Abs and Glutes [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83ablwhsbvg[/youtube] Lose your belly…
Often times, the hardest part of working out is getting started. Whether it’s because of an off day, an injury or the fact that you’re still recovering from a tough workout earlier in the week, mental workout blocks can be difficult to overcome. Sometimes, a dose of literature does the trick and inspires us to…
Your biggest competition should be yourself. If you consistently push to achieve faster times, more reps, etc. you WILL get better and eventually meet your overall fitness goals. This is why I love the idea of the PaceBoat on my row machine. The PaceBoat is ME…the last time, yesterday, the old me, the only…
Run. Do yoga. Dance. Walk. Bike. Skip. Jump. Sprint. Swim. Ski. Kickbox. Jog. Get active. Get moving. Reason to be fit: Cause my body is the best investment I have ever made. (image) 10 minutes exercise? That’s still 10 minutes more than nothing. (image) 11 reasons why you should drink more green tea! It is…
Need some great stomach exercises to do at home? Planking is one of the BEST things you can do to work on your core strength and abdominal muscles. It also happens to be a great full body workout as well. Check out our plank workout roundup from around the web for 10 awesome workouts for…
Apps get forgotten. You start out strong, checking your app everyday and doing what you’re supposed to do for your daily fitness challenge or workout plan. But…then…life gets in the way, you forget about the fitness app for a few days, then a week goes by and you haven’t checked it. Sound familiar? Avoid this…
