Exercise is Good for Your Health and Your Wallet, Evidence Shows
(ARA) – Budget-minded families are looking to cut expenses that seem like a luxury, or even just frivolous — including gym memberships. Yet mounting evidence suggests that cutting out the gym may be exactly the wrong move for even the most cash-strapped family. In its just-released report of annual health spending figures, published in... more
Walk Your Way Into Spring
(ARA) – When it comes to weight loss, activity is essential to obtaining results and supporting a healthy lifestyle. Regular physical activity can produce long term health benefits and is a key component in the fight against obesity and being overweight, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Spring is the perfect time... more
Exercising Properly
There are two main types of exercise that you can do – aerobic and anaerobic. The first one, aerobic, means with oxygen. Aerobic type exercise has an important distinction, it burns fat as the main fuel. Anaerobic on the other hand, burns sugar as the main source of fuel. Despite common myths, exercise doesn’t have to be drastic in... more
A Fitness Routine for Six Pak Abs
The goal of six pack abs mainly depends upon losing weight by completing exercises that focus on the muscles in the abdominal area. There are literally dozens of such exercises including many that are meant for other major muscle groups, but that can be modified to include a workout for your abdominal muscles. Here are just a few of the major abdominal... more
Health Benefits of Cardio Training
Being fit and healthy is the in thing. Actually, it really never goes out of style. That body is the most valuable asset you could have in your lifetime. Thus it is important that you take good care of it. Give it the proper attention it needs. When it comes to ensuring and maintaining the health, the best option is to do cardio training. What Is Cardio... more
Cycling – Push Those Pedals to Lose Weight and Get Fit
Pedal power, in all its varieties (road bike, exercise bike, or spinning bike) offers a wide range of health benefits including: Excellent calorie burn. (Typically 400 calories an hour for an exercise bike, 700-800 for a road bike, and 1000 for a spinning bike.) Superior cardiovascular conditioning. Cycling builds stamina and increases endurance while... more
The Joys of Walking
But going on foot has other benefits too. Most people will agree that a ten to twenty minute walk in the air is a great way to clarify your thoughts and put your problems into perspective. One aspect of walking that is under-appreciated is how much it can enhance your creativity. “Studies have shown that spending as little as an hour a week in a natural... more
The Health Benefits Of Regular Exercise
I am sure that most people realise that there are many benefits of exercising on a regular basis, most of these people however still choose not do so. This article gives information on how our health can benefit from this exercise which hopefully will encourage more people to start. I am one of the many people who basically finds it hard to gain any... more
Thirty Minutes of Exercise a Day Keeps the Doctor Away
Exercise is good for you! If you had a dollar for every time you heard this statement uttered, you’d be rich by now, right? Well, proponents of everyday physical activity aren’t just blowing smoke when they repeat this mantra. Medical research has uncovered resounding evidence to back up this good for you claim. In fact, the U.S. Surgeon... more
Stretching for Health
Lack of flexibility is now seen to be a major cause of general health problems and sports injury and is being linked to everything from stress. back pain, and even osteoarthritis. It also means that nagging injuries, especially around your joints take longer to heal. Latest studies show that up to 60 percent of the general population with bad backs... more