How to Make Exercise a Habit – Tips

12-05-2012

Tagged Under : Habit, Habit Tips

Turning your fitness vision into a concrete reality requires long term discipline and consistency. And the best way to do so is by making your exercise routine a daily habit. Let’s face it: Human beings are creatures of habits. This mechanism evolved over 1000’s of years to conserve energy and optimize performance so instead of struggling to perform the daily task, the automatic pilot kicks in and takes control.

Therefore, if you’re looking to improve your fitness level by forming a healthy exercise habit, here are 4 guidelines that can help.

Exercise in the morning

When it comes to achieving staggering consistency with a training program, picking the right exercise timing is critical. For t

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A Drive Home With Junior Seau

06-05-2012

Tagged Under : Drive Home, Junior Seau, Seau


A Drive Home With Junior Seau

Today, I drove out to visit and spend time with my parents. A drive that takes about 45 minutes. But the bridges, tunnels, and road blocks make it seem like it takes hours.

The awe-inspiring sunset I gawk at as I drive through the farm fields approaching the small town where they live and where I grew up, is in stark contrast with the bumper-to-bumper traffic that precedes it.

One that takes perspective, patients, and perseverance.

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Want to Gain Muscle? Leave Your EGO at the Door

09-04-2012

Let me set the scene.

The gym. You walk in, see an oddly shaped fellow on the bench press. Three plates dawn either side of the bar a lot of weight, especially considering the guy isn’t that massive by any means.

He presses the weight, stands up, face as red as mine was after I called my first grade teacher “Mom” on my third day of class. He looks like he’s in good shape, not great. Has decent muscle mass, but he doesn’t have the body you’d want.

His shoulders hang forward because hes so obsessed with this one lift. Hes constantly pressing, always trying to add more weight to his bench press, never going past that 4-6 rep range. He wants mu

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10 Workout Secrets: Expert Exercise Tips

01-04-2012

Tagged Under : Exercise, Expert Exercise

Getting and staying fit can be a challenge. For many of us, it’s hard enough just to get up off the couch. So what’s the secret of people who have managed to make exercise a way of life? To find out, WebMD talked to fitness experts and successful exercisers who revealed the top tips, tricks and secrets they use to get the most from their workout routines.

Chase Squires is the first to admit that he’s no fitness expert. But he is a guy who used to weigh 205 pounds, more than was healthy for his 5′4″ frame. “In my vacation pictures in 2002, I looked like the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man at the beach,” says the 42-year-old Colorado resident.

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Detoxification and Weight Loss – How to Detox for Maximum Weight Loss

27-03-2012

Tagged Under : Loss, Weight Loss

When it comes to speeding up weight loss and achieving superior fitness and health results, opting for a detox diet is the way to go. A detoxification diet can help you in so many ways. For starters, our bodies are constantly under attack for the harmful chemicals found in the food we ingest, the air we breathe, and so on. This waste build-up leads to a myriad of health and performance troubles. Luckily, detoxing—also known as cleansing—can help you make do with most of waste.

Secondly, if you’re struggling to lose weight, a detox diet can help turn your vision into a concrete reality. Detox

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