Suggested Reading- Fitness

biking, cycling, Fitness, healthy aging, running, senior fitness, strength training, walking

BionicOldGuy's avatarBionicOldGuy

Challenge Yourself, Clarence Bass. Clarence has written many good books on fitness. This is my favorite because he motivates us to set challenges to inspire us to work harder. Clarence also has a lot of inspiration and information on nutrition and fitness on his website.

The One-Minute Workout: Science Shows a Way to Get Fit That’s Smarter, Faster, Dr. Martin Gibala. Based on his pioneering research, Dr. Gibala has come up with a program to achieve fitness benefits with a minimal time investment. The book also has good information on interval training in general.

The Haywire Heart: How Too Much Exercise Can Kill You, And What You Can Do To Protect Your Heart, Christopher Case, Dr. John Mandrola, and Lennard Zinn. An excellent chronicle of how too much aerobic exercise, especially at moderate intensity, can cause heart problems like atrial fibrillation and other arrhythmias.

Endure: Mind…

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Indoor Workout with Weights

cardio , featured , physical wellness , weights

kbukur's avatarWildflower Collective

By Kari B.


Hello and Happy February! I hope 2019 has been treating you very well, and you’ve been able to make you and your health a priority this year! January’s wicked polar vortex has come and gone…and now onto sweet little February! Yes, it’s the shortest month of the year, but it’s also the month known for focusing on heart health! With cardiovascular issues running deep in my family, I tend to be hypersensitive to this topic. I encourage you to always focus on your heart and keep that muscle strong so it beats for many years to come. Don’t forget, heart disease is the leading killer of American men and women. A few quick tips that I can’t emphasize enough!


  1. Eat lots of fruits, vegetable and heart healthy foods!
  2. Manage that stress, find some happiness and get plenty of rest!
  3. Exercise – cardio and resistance. They are BOTH…

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Fat-loss Arm Workout | Belly Dance Veil Leilah Isaac

apartment friendly , beginner friendly , low impact , no shoes needed , small spaces , warmup included

Average Joanna's avatarFind Your Fitness

High impact, beginner’s, arms-focused toning cardio dance workout by Leilah Isaac

Length: 15 min 52 sec

A shoulder-burning arm workout with belly dance moves using a veil.

Included Features

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(limited)		Equipment needed

Veil or long but light scarf

Cool-down

No

Space needed

Room to move arms

Beginner Modifications

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(limited)

Apartment friendly?

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Advanced Modifications

No

Shoes needed?

No

Review

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This is such a fun arm workout! It really burns the shoulders, especially if you use a heavier scarf. It’s a hard workout, but it’s not intense; it’s easy to follow and easy for anyone to do, so it’s also completely beginner friendly.

The moves are so cute, too! You’ll have an absolute blast doing this quick, yet effective, routine, whether by itself or part of a longer workout. It would also make a great warmup to a longer…

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Periodization Planner

I would suggest that you start off simple and come up with a weekly exercise plan, but be SMART about it. (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, Time-Related) It can really help to zone in on what you would like to acheive.

Make your weekly training plan specific to your fitness goal, find a way to measure your progress and make the weekly plan. Be sure that it is something that you can do each week be relevant to the latest research and set a time that you will keep this programme.

Periodize Your Training

The Truth about being a Fitness Professional

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fattieulingadventures's avatar#fattieulingadventures

I’m a fitness coach but I am not the healthiest and fittest out there.

Working in the fitness industry, everyone expects us to look absolutely ripped (2% body fat and 8-pack abs and all), and have so much time in our hands (freelance coaches like myself, especially). Not that it’s an unfair or impossible expectation – we should practice what we preach, after all.

As with most expectations, it’s not all it’s perceived to be. After 8 years in the industry, here are a couple of things I’d like to share.

  1. We have the same 24 hours as everyone else.

When you work in a gym, everyone (including yourself in the beginning, probably) expects you to be working out all day. Hey, gym use is free all day, every day. However, our time is highly dependent on client schedules. When we have a lot of clients in a day, we’ll…

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Setting Realistic Goals

Beachbody, Failure, Goal attainment, Goal setting, habit forming, new year’s resolutions, success

Paula's avatarChronically Fabulous

Did you know that approximately 80% of New Year’s Resolutions fail by February? (U.S. News & World Report) Why do you think that is? I don’t know about you, but I know it’s really difficult to force myself to get up and go to the gym when the temperatures are sub-freezing!

For me, the biggest indicator of success is how I structure my goals. Almost all of the theories about learning and skill building emphasize how important it is to set attainable goals and to chunk your overall goal down into smaller more manageable tasks that you can use to scaffold and build upon.

Unfortunately, that’s not how we are naturally wired! We live in a society where instant gratification is so prevalent. There has been a billion dollar weight-loss industry built upon the customer’s desire to get quick results without having to actually do a whole lot…

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Everything in moderation…including exercise!

health , moderation , planning , progress , training

FitAmbitiousBlonde's avatarLife...Take 2!

Ok so I’ve talked about consistency, accountability, patience & persistence and how each have played major roles in my own health and wellness journey.  I thought it was also important to talk about another piece of the puzzle which is moderation.  At this point in my journey, almost exactly a year in, moderation is proving to be a lot harder than I ever could have imagined in the beginning!  I have fallen in love with this lifestyle, with lifting, with getting stronger and I am now at a point where I have to actually tell myself “you need to take a day off” even though most weeks I don’t want to! I know, who woulda thought?!?!  I went from barely exercising at all to being a fitness addict in a very short amount of time!

I realize I probably sound like a bit of a weirdo for what I am…

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Unlock Your Hip Flexors

Fitness, Health

Healthy Life's avatarHealthy Life Reviews

Unlock Your Hip Flexors is an easy to follow program done through videos. The program will instantly release your hip flexors for better health, strength and all day energy.

A couple of video samples to show what the program is about

Reduce Back Pain with This Hip Flexor Stretch

Unlock Your Hip Flexors

    Quick Tip to Relax Your Tight Hip Flexors

    Unlock Your Hip Flexors

    About the Creator Rick Kaselj

    Rick Kaselj, M.S. (Exercise Science), B.Sc. (Kinesiology), PK, CPT, CEP, CES

    Rick Kaseljspecializes in exercise rehabilitation and fitness. He works in one-on-one and group rehabilitation settings, educating and training people who have been injured at work, in car accidents, and during sport activities.

    Rick has combined his rehabilitation experience and passion for research to develop a variety of courses and presentations for fitness professionals, Kinesiologists, and healthcare providers. Rick has given over 302 presentations to 5897 fitness professionals across…

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    Focus on What Matters

    focus, happiness, Lifestyle, mindfulness, nutrition, physical fitness

    wgilkerson's avatar

    Vanity metrics. They’re everywhere. Followers, likes, comments, friends, retweets. Those are just the ones on social media. Trust me, there are hundreds more.

    How often do you think we find ourselves caring about something that is actually detrimental? Detrimental to our health, self esteem, self worth, self value, happiness, courage, confidence, you name it. I would say that we do this every day.

    How often do you find yourself checking your Instagram post to see how many likes you’ve gotten? Did you hit triple digits yet? Did you get more than last time? Did your crush like it? Did anyone make a compliment in the comments section?

    How about this… Try asking yourself something productive instead. Try asking yourself “why do I care?” Maybe ask “does it make a difference?” Or perhaps ask “what really matters to me?” I guarantee you’ll get a much different and much more positive outcome.

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