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The Fitness Blog Week in Review for July 14-20

Can you believe that school starts in just a month? Summer always seems so long and sprawling out in front of us, but now as we reach the middle of summer, we can see the end of it approaching with cooler autumn days and chillier winter nights awaiting us. So what did we talk about in the fitness blog this week? Saturday, July 14 J is for Jump Rope and jump roping can be a fun and fit activity that burns a lot of calories and really gets your heart racing. Sunday, July 15 K is for Kicks and if … Continue reading →

Pilates for Dummies – DVD Review

Pilates Workout for Dummies is a great exercise DVD for beginners and novice students of Pilates. I have never been a fan of Pilates, it’s always seemed ‘too’ hard even when I was in good physical shape, however the basic workout is presented in a very patient manner that I enjoyed. The instructor Michele Dozois explains and demonstrates different mat exercises. I found myself actually enjoying the workout in Pilates as she cautioned against common mistakes and explained how to position the body effectively. The intermediate workout varies from the beginning workout as it picks up the pace. Pilates is … Continue reading →

Yoga for Dummies – DVD Review

Yoga for Dummies is a designed to provide balanced workout for the mind and the body. These exercises can all be found in Basic Yoga Workout for Dummies For someone who has never practiced yoga, this is a great beginning DVD for first timers. The host is named Sara Ivanhoe. She teaches what she calls the daily dozen. These are 12 basic poses including some challenges and modifications. Ivanhoe has a very approachable voice and a calming manner. She offers the concepts and information along with the jargon in a manner that is ideal for introduction to yoga. However, those … Continue reading →

Fitness Journal – Yourself!Fitness

Okay, this is a bit weird and a different step from usual – I pulled out my copy of Yourself!Fitness for the Xbox. I used this workout ‘game’ for many months, but stopped about six or seven months ago because – well frankly I was bored with it. I’d used it for more than a year and I think I’d run out of interesting permutations and the workouts all began to feel the same. I plugged it into the Xbox and fired it up. I decided that rather than picking up from where I’d been before, I’d start over from … Continue reading →

Dear Heather … You Said ….

Good morning and welcome to January’s first edition of Dear Heather. I am thinking it might need another title, so if you have a suggestion, I’d love to hear it. If it comes down to a contest, well – I may launch one just for that reason next week. Let’s see how it goes. In the meanwhile, let’s dive into a couple of letters I got over the weekend. Arguing Over the Game Console Dear Heather, You wrote an article about the Nintendo Wii and my husband and I have been having an argument about whether or not to get … Continue reading →

Post-Natal Fitness: Aerobic Workout

Aerobic workouts are about maximizing the oxygen demands of the body, increasing your heart rate and respiration and generating some good old-fashioned healthy sweat. Any workout program you are going to engage in is going to have an aerobic component. Kaye Siders wrote about a great program she used called The Firm and there are some definite advantages to that program so you might want to check it out. Among my library of fitness programs is the XBox Yourself!Fitness – this is a gaming system workout that can also be purchased for the Playstation 2. This is a great option … Continue reading →

How Old Is Your Body?

Do you know how old your body is? Sometimes, our body is older than we are and that is not what most of us dream about. Whether we are in our 30s, our 40s or 50s, we want our bodies to be younger, fitter and trimmer. We want to be in good shape and we want to feel good. Your body age is determined by a test of strength, cardiovascular condition, body fat percentage and flexibility. Our physical age is determined by the number of years that have passed since our birth dates. But our body’s age is determined by … Continue reading →

Personal Fitness – Make it Fit Your Personality

Does not knowing what fitness program is best for you make picking out a regular fitness activity hard? Do you find that the broad selection of workouts, fitness trends and more an almost impossible plethora of ideas? Instead of getting overwhelmed by the options, embrace them. The thing about personal fitness is you can make it fit your personality – that’s why it’s great that we have so many options. Here are some suggestions to help you discover what activities fit your personal fitness personality best. Is variety the spice of life to you? Do you enjoy socialization and group … Continue reading →

Mental Calisthenics to Help Your Workout

We’ve talked about stimulating your brain using Nintendo Brain Age the other day, let’s talk about other mental calisthenics we can do to help trim excess pounds and keep in shape. For example, working out regularly requires mental focus and clarity of purpose. You need to keep your eye on the ball so to speak and mental calisthenics is a great way to promote your fitness both physical and mental. Mental Jumping Jacks When do you like to work out? I do it every morning, the earlier the better. I joke that it’s because I do it before my brain … Continue reading →

Exercise DVDs, Videos and More – How do you know they work?

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When it comes to choosing a fitness program, we’ve discussed different exercise DVDs, videos and even television programs here in our fitness blog. We’ve talked about Yourself!Fitness, Kinetics and more that are available for the Xbox and Playstation 2 machines. It’s great to talk about these items, but how do you know if they are the right thing for you? Some exercise DVDs and exercises are very good at what they do and provide you with a great workout and others are just campy, goofy fun that don’t offer you much more than some serious laughs. So how can you … Continue reading →