Author Archive for Karen

Glutes Respond to Shaping Exercises

SQUATS BUILD THE BOMBA

Warning About “Free Trial” Offers

Tons of people have been duped into “forced continuity” purchases that they are unable to cancel. Be careful when taking advantage of Free Trials by reading the fine print very closely.

Fish Oil May Help you Burn Fat. Really.

The biologically active ingredients that seem to make fatty fish so beneficial are are the long chain omega-3 (n-3) fatty acids, EPA and DHA.

Walking for Fitness

There’s so much controversy these days surrounding walking and whether or not it’s beneficial or not in the fitness industry that you’d assume we were debating how to settle world peace! For now, let’s settle the score on walking and we’ll let the brighter minds set flight to the dove and olive leaf. Here it [...]

Health Club Memberships – Good for You

Giant neon lighted billboards of men showing their abs; women in their skimpiest swim wear proudly displaying their curvaceous bodies; full page newspaper and prime time TV ads extolling the advantages of being fit. The fitness fever is raging! People want to lose the love handles, the beer bellies and the ego deflating unwanted fat. [...]

What should i be eating while doing p90x?

Zack S asked: Hi, I have only borrowed p90x from my uncle who is currently in the Caribbean, and i have no way to contact him. When he gave me all the p90 things, i only got the 12 dvd’s, the calendar thing, and the resistance bands. I recently found out there was a nutrition [...]

What are the advantages to training your legs?

I have heard both sides, some people say that when your time is limited you should just worry about upper body and abs. Then again, some people have told me training legs actually promotes more muscle growth everywhere? Any ideas? well what the person told me is that by working more muscles in the body [...]

How many squats should I do a day to tighten up my rear end?

I would REALLY like to add to my butt- I have some weight to lose all over (about 20 pounds) but I need to GAIN in the backside. I have heard that squats are an effective way of helping- how many do I need to be doing per day? A  lot of our readers have [...]