I have something special for you here in this post and it is not my handy work, so I cannot take the credit for this great article.  This is a guest post from Michelle Aultman and is about the importance of Exercise and Osteoporosis. Michelle has her own blog ElipticalMachines.Net where she writes a lot of nformation on raising awarness of the importance of healthy eating and home fitness and their benefits to support those living with diseases on a daily basis. Read more »

SHOCKING

WOW !   You don’t want to look at this, No really you don’t. This is shocking and disgusting, but whether it is true or not I don’t know… Read more »

CYCLING AS AN EXERCISE

Cycling is another cardiovascular exercise that I decided to look at as a companion to my weight training program. I have cycled in the past and did really enjoy it. So is it time to get that bike out of the garage where it has been resting for many years? Read more »

ELIPTICAL WHAT IS IT.

Elliptical as the dictionary explains is relating to or having the shape of an ellipse which is a closed conic section shaped like a flattened circle. That’s cleared that up then!  Sounds a bit complicated and what has this got to do with working out? Read more »

This has got to be the hardest thing to do when we take a look at exercise in our lives. I guess this is really a carry on from my last post Exercise Time, where I wrote about finding the time to make exercise part of our daily routine. Read more »

Who doesn’t want to be slender and trim with no flabby bits hanging out anywhere. Who wants to have a tight firm body that is strong and looks good in clothes or out of clothes. I would say it is a lot of people that want this kind of body, so how do we get it. Read more »

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LEG MUCSLE EXERCISES

Ready for the thighs and calves below is a few exercises you can use to get started, but again there are more exercises than these three. You don’t need to use any weights to start with, they can be performed without. Read more »

ARM MUSCLE EXERCISES

Now is the time for those arm muscle exercises. Again there are more than three, but for now I will show you three exercises for your biceps and three exercises for your triceps. Read more »

THE RIGHT MIND SET

So we now know why most people don’t keep up there New Years Resolutions (in my opinion). So this is how I have decided to deal with it this year. I did not even think about changing anything in my life over the Festive Season. No not one thing, and when I was asked if I had any NYR’s my reply was not yet. What I did do though was put an entry into my new Diary on Sunday 11th January ‘ Think about NYR’.  This year I have waited for the Blues period to finish. For me this was around about the 10th January. I was then back into my normal mind set and on the 11th I read my Diary entry. I could now think about what I wanted to change in my life with a normal mind set, not an ‘I can do anything’ one.

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WHERE ARE THEY

Vitamins what are they good for and where do we get them ? I have put together a simple list of the most common vitamins that our bodies need and some of the foods where they will be found…. Read more »

WHATS IT ALL ABOUT

Metabolism is a well used word and is a subject that is spoken about a lot. So what is it ? Well there is a imense amount of information on this subject and it is a complicated subject with plenty of science involved. So what I would like to do in this post is explain metabolism simply without all the science… Read more »

HOME WEIGHT TRAINING BENCHES

If like me you prefer to train at home with weights, is a weight training bench necessary to get a good workout. Well you could do without one and you might have done, up to now as I did to begin with. But when you do invest in one it is well worth the investment. Read more »

THE GREAT CHI MACHINE

I thought I would share with you a great machine for those of you that suffer with back problems. Back when I started my exercise program I Suffered from pain around my coccyx which is the bone at the bottom of our spine sometimes refered to as the tail bone. I hadn’t fallen on my butt the pain just started one day and stayed.I went to the Doctors and was examined, had xrays and nothing could be found. I thought the exercise that I had started may help. Read more »