As Founder of Dumbbell Club® I have read many books and magazines that had all kinds of different routines to get results in your midsection. You can do all the ab work you want and not get the results you’re looking for until NOW. This is a secret that many people don’t understand and it’s so easy to initiate into your …
Smart to be Fit™
By: Dr. Ronald Law, MD There are 5 buckets of wealth, three are financial, one is relational and finally the most important bucket is your health. We are only talking about this last bucket. Your health is comprised on 3 buckets: Diseases and medical condition bucket: this bucket is only partially managed because you cannot change the condition, say rheumatoid …
Set Fitness Goals to Get Results
Over and over you will hear guys say that they want to lose their spare tire or their stomach. While women tend to be more concerned in reducing their thighs. It’s important to set goals, but be realistic about them. There’s no such thing as spot weight reduction when targeting a certain body part. When you undertake weight loss, it’s …
Set Goals to Achieve
Without personal goals you are a ship without a rudder. Goals get you focused and make you strive towards something. All champions started as beginners and throughout their years they set goals. This was part of their success. First set your goal, visualize its success, and create a plan to make it happen. Consistency is the key to keeping and …
Eating Healthy is Costly
Eating healthy costs much more than eating processed foods. However, there are healthy foods you can eat that won’t break the bank. The cheapest protein available are eggs. They don’t have a lot of calories and they’re healthy. You would have to eat hundreds of eggs a day to be concerned about increasing your cholesterol or to worry about …
Unilateral Exercises With Dumbbells
Unilateral exercises are an important part of any strength-training routine. Unilateral training involves training limbs individually, rather than engaging both sides together. Everyone has a weak side. Bilateral training allows your dominant side to compensate for your weaker side. This can set you up for injuries later. Unilateral exercises allow you to train away these differences. By using one …
Abs are Made in the Kitchen
Many people gauge whether they’re in shape or not by checking their abs. We are sure you have witnessed gym members doing hundreds of sit-ups and hundreds of leg raises without any results. You can also do as much cardio as possible and still not move the fitness needle to better abs. It’s true if you aren’t reducing calories in …
Your Thoughts Impact Your Workout
By Dr. Patti Johnson Did you know that you have about 60,000 thoughts a day? Most are repetitive, and 95% or more are the same thoughts you had yesterday. Some are positive thoughts, other negative, and some are fearful or dysfunctional. In addition, most of your thinking is not in the present moment. It tends to be focused on the …
The Mind is Willing, but the Body Can’t Keep Up
An athlete’s mind might never lose its competitive drive, but the body won’t always respond like it did when you were younger. When you start feeling more age related aches and pains, it’s time to change your workout to accommodate this process. It’s just a fact of life that the risk of an injury increases as you age, if you …
Music or No Music During a Workout?
Is it just background noise or are you actually listening to the song when you are training? My personal experience has been, if it’s a new playlist I am practically dancing in my head to every song. But, if I haven’t changed my playlist in awhile, it’s just noise. Once or twice in my workout, I will actually become aware …
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