Sprint Canoe Racing Legend Pam Boteler
Boteler is the top American woman in sprint canoeing, a high-intensity flatwater sport that's a growing craze among women at boating clubs across the United States. Competitors kneel in sleek carbon-fiber boats and paddle furiously on one side for up to 1,000 meters. Sprint/flatwater canoe...
Your Heart is the Most Amazing Muscle in Your Body
Did you know that your heart beats about 40 million times a year? Think about that. By the time you are 70, your heart will beat approximately 2.5 billion times. Keeping our heart healthy as we age is key to aging well. Considering that Cardiovascular disease is one of the top 3 causes of death,...
Top 10 Strength Training Products for Your Home Gym
You don't have to spend a fortune to get a great workout in. You may be throwing your money away for a gym membership that goes unused. In USA Today, their research shows that 67 percent of gym memberships go unused. Putting that $60/month on average that people pay towards your home gym may be...
Invaluable Secrets to Success by Two Leading Ladies Over 40
(image: Coach Magazine) Hitting your 40's is no reason to give up an active lifestyle. This transitional age is when the body’s ability to convert food into energy slows down significantly. Having a sedentary lifestyle coupled with poor nutrition will aggravate that process, making it even more...
Best Body Weight Workouts for Beginners
Body Weight Training for Beginners FREE 4 Week Program for BEGINNERS Featuring Jen Sinkler. She has 13 years as a fitness editor, writer and personal trainer, with another two full decades also training as an athlete (many of those on the U.S. national rugby team). Focus on Legs and Belly Fat Loss...
Short Intense Kettlebell Workouts
Kettebell Training Exercises for Beginners This is a great workout to do when time or equipment are is limited. Remember, the faster you work (shorter rest) the more of a fat loss/metabolic workout it will be. Slower/heavier load will be more strength focused. BodyFit by Amy BodyFit by Amy BeFIT...
The 10 Habits of Reasonably Fit Women Over 40
The 10 Habits of Reasonably Fit Women Over 40 Defining fitness is not an easy task. Everyone it seems has their own interpretations and definitions. There are lots of lists which promote the best habits of those who are already fit. Basic ideas such as “eat breakfast and or make sleep a priority”...
Want to Get Fit? Choose the Right Fitness Plan
If you want to lose weight, stop doing your 5 mile runs or your hour-long treadmill sessions and replace them with high-intensity interval training or Cross Fit training instead. One of the reasons why people continue to struggle with their weight despite engaging in regular exercise is because...
The One Simple Fitness Habit You Should Absolutely Start Today
We all do one thing everyday that sabotages all of our health and fitness goals. Can you guess what it is? Its Sitting. Simply said, Sitting Kills. Even if you are very fit, if you SIT uninterrupted an extended period of time, you’re at risk of dying prematurely. Research by NASA scientists has...
Holistic Tips for Fighting off the Flu
This year has seen a disturbing increase in the number of flu-related deaths in California, and it is a cause for concern, but certainly, not panic. The purpose of this article is to educate and arm you with simple, effective, natural and holistic methods to prevent or recover from a cold or flu....
The High Fructose Corn Syrup Story
sHave you seen the ads by the agribusiness public relations departments describing high-fructose corn syrup as "healthy" and "all-natural"? According to the Corn Refiners Association, high-fructose corn syrup contains the same amount of calories as cane and beet sugar, is metabolized by the body...
Your life will be better if…
How many times have you said, “My life will be better if…?” My life will be better IF I had more time to workout, or IF I could lose 40 pounds, or IF I could stop feeling tired all the time or IF I could get motivated to start working out again. What is your IF? Whatever your IF is, Your life will...
Tips for Effective Core Training
Are you sure that you are getting everything you can out of your core routine? With all of the new developments in core training, it’s difficult to keep up with the latest and most effective tools and techniques. Though the core has become a mainstream concept, most exercisers have a clouded view...
I am a grandma & everyone thinks I am her mom instead…
Danielle's fabulous story of courage and transformation.... "I gained weight after being in an abusive marriage. .I turned to food 4 comfort...I went to the doctor& they said I was morbidly obese & knew I had to take my life back for my kids..I had 2 little ones..got divorced & lost...
Why be upside down?
Handstands, hand walking, and pressing to a handstand are excellent exercises to developing your athletic potential. Even my Mom remembers doing handstands & cartwheels as a kid, yet today hand balancing seems to have fallen out of favor. Of course, we think we grow out of doing such movements...