Glorious Summer Greens

Summer brings a lot of fantastic things with it, but one of the healthiest for those of us in the colder climates is more fresh food. The growing season has started and is shifting into full gear. Keep your eyes open for these foods to help your summer be absolutely luscious...

Performing Potentially Dangerous Gym Exercises

How do you know that the exercises you are performing are safe? Found below are some potentially dangerous exercises with suggestions on how they should be done correctly or avoided completely...

Fail to Plan, Plan to Fail

Top 10 Reasons Why Bodybuilders Fail To Grow... Are you frustrated with the lack of growth you’re experiencing? Then read on…

The New Food Pyramid: Another Attempt At Providing Easy Answers

The Food Pyramid, first introduced to the US in 1992, just experienced a major overhaul. Why? Perhaps proper education about nutrition isn't as easy as picking out food from a colorful chart. Last month, The New England Journal of Medicine reported that childhood obesity was causing a retreat in average lifespan.

Exercise Bikes vs. Treadmills

You’ve decided you want to exercise at home. There are hundreds of pieces of home cardio equipment available. The most popular are treadmills and exercise bikes. In deciding between the two, you should compare long-term sustainability, the effectiveness of the workouts, and safety...

Winning at Post-Natal Weight Loss: Six Simple Strategies for New Moms - Part 1

A healthy pregnancy almost always involves weight gain. But now that baby’s here, you’re probably wishing those extra pounds would hurry up and disappear! While it won’t happen overnight, these six ...

Winning at Post-Natal Weight Loss: Six Simple Strategies for New Moms - Part 2

A healthy pregnancy almost always involves weight gain. But now that baby’s here, you’re probably wishing those extra pounds would hurry up and disappear! While it won’t happen overnight, these six ...

Winning at Post-Natal Weight Loss: Six Simple Strategies for New Moms - Part 3

A healthy pregnancy almost always involves weight gain. But now that baby’s here, you’re probably wishing those extra pounds would hurry up and disappear! While it won’t happen overnight, these six ...

Natural, Safe Pro-Hormone Banned by the FDA

Androstenediol, which is an important precursor to testosterone, will be banned by the Fda on January 15th. Scientifically proven, Androgens, which many men and women rely on to safely maintain test...

Finding the Elusive "Complete" Protein Source

Images of “protein powder” containers with accomplished bodybuilders on their labels help inform consumers that protein is a critical macronutrient in strength training success. Yet what is sometimes...

The Perfect Diet Just for You

You decide to start a new diet plan. You shop around, get ideas, talk to friends, family, co-workers, forum friends, chat room buddies…then you choose the one that sounds best and works within ...

Low Carb Dieting Tips: When You Reach Your Plateaus

We all get to that place in out weight loss plan where we seem to be getting less results if any. Many of us may feel like it is hopeless and that we have gone as far as we can. A plateau refers to a...

Is This Reality? "The Biggest Loser" promotes a fast track to the biggest loss of all

"It" is the insatiable desire to stoop continually lower in order to draw out what's left of our animal instincts. It's the process of force-feeding our senses with visual junk food to the point where reality becomes nothing more than a grim blur-a distant line we once drew in the sand, now stirred by the winds of impatience and greed. "Reality television." You have to hand it to the geniuses from TV Land for coming up with this gem. "Let's just show people life at its worst-hey, we'll make BILLIONS!"

Flatten Your Tummy with Food

A flatter tummy. A six pack. Abs of steel. Do you think these phrases only apply to the perfect looking model you just saw on the latest infomercial? If so, you will be happy to find out that with proper dietary steps and exercise, a flatter and leaner tummy can be yours in no time.

Why Weight Lifting Helps You Lose Weight

Adding weight training to a cardiovascular routine practically guarantees slimming results. Your body indirectly becomes more efficient at burning calories.

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