THE BENEFITS OF FRUIT

We are all aware that fruit is good for us, we don’t necessarily know why but we are told often to eat fruit as part of our diet to help us stay healthy. So why is fruit so good for us ? How much of it should we eat ? What are the benefits to eating fruit ? Read more »

CHICKEN IS GREAT

I don’t know about you but I love chicken. Which when you are trying to stay in shape and create a fat free toned body then this is a good thing. Chicken is low in fat, high in protein and can be cooked in lots of ways and goes well with lots of other foods. So lets get into chicken. Read more »

MY INITIAL EXERCISE PROGRAM

The following program contains the exercises that I will use to start with, over time I am going to put together several different routines so as to keep my muscles and body alert to changes in exercises. I believe if you do the same routine month in month out your muscles and body will get to used to the routine. So I am going to chop it about a bit and constantly surprise my body. Read more »

CYCLING TO STAND STILL

Well thats what we do on an exercise bike as we don’t actually get anywhere. But they are a good form of cardio exercise as is normal cycling. There are many different types of exercise bike, so lets have a look at a few… Read more »

THE FOOD AND THE EXERCISE

Here we are going to look at the best way to lose any weight you might want to shed and tone up that body. Lets achieve a good healthy lifestyle. Read more »

We would all like to burn fat and build muscle at the same time or at least tone our muscles at the same time. We would all like to have a trim, toned body. There are many methods of working out and different things work for different people. Read more »

CHEST MUSCLE EXERCISES

So here we are going to exercise our chest muscles using free weights. There are many different chest exercises but here I am going to concentrate on three. Read more »

HAVE YOU GOT THE BUG

When people start to workout with weights it can become addictive especially when we start seeing results in the mirror. When we start to see muscle definition. The arms are no longer just straight flesh, those biceps start to rise and the triceps starts to show their horse shoe shape. This can transform people into bodybuilders. Read more »

BACK MUSCLE EXERCISES

Now we are going to look at some back exercises and although there is are lot of different back exercises here are three I am doing at the moment. Read more »

I think most people know that before we undergo any kind of exercise that we should perform some kind of warm up exercises and also some cool down exercises after we have finished our workout. Read more »

WHAT IS THE TRUTH

In my last posts I wrote about how so called diets don’t work and that a proper diet and exercise program is the only way to maintain a healthy toned body. In this post we are going to look at the truth about weight loss. Why some people find it hard to lose those pounds. Read more »

EXERCISING WITH RESISTANCE BANDS

As I have already mentioned resistance bands in a few earlier posts I thought it would be a good idea to explained a little more about them, whether they are any good or not and if you really can get a good work out using them.

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OUR NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS.

A new year and new beginnings, a fresh start to a fresh year. This is the mind set of a lot of us towards the end of December. We decide we are going to change something or a few things maybe about the way we live our life. It might be quitting smoking or cutting down on the amount of alcohol we consume, losing weight or getting fit or finding a new job with better prospects. There are numerous different things people want to change about their lives going into the new year.

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