DDR: Exergaming to Lose Weight

The next time your child wants to turn on the game system you should join in the fun. Plug in a dance mat for Konami’s Dance Dance Revolution. It’s a music game that will give you an aerobic workout. The dance pad has four or six arrows: up, down, right, and left (sometimes adding left and right diagonals). Arrows on the screen prompt you to follow the rhythm of a song. There are various levels of intensity. You can calculate the amount of calories burned or calculate your total running distance when the game is in workout mode. In addition, … Continue reading →

Excessive Weight and Driving

As I battle this slight bulge around my waistline, I started to think about how it affects me, especially how it affects other parts of my body. The truth is your body is affected by excess weight. For instance, your knees have to carry around more weight than designed to handled, which causes pain, swelling, and sometimes, problems that are more serious. The interesting thing is that in addition to excessive weight and other parts of the body, too much weight could actually be influenced by the amount of time spent in the car. At first, this seemed like a … Continue reading →

Weight Loss COMFORT

Do you feel like you’re always on a diet? Do you feel like if you could just find that right formula or the perfect pill, you’d be the weight you want to be? What if you had the right gym membership? What if you had the cash for the personal trainer to walk you through your daily routines? How about a few extra hours and the perfect nutritionist? The truth is, we all feel that way. I’d love to have all of the above available at my finger tips. I’d love to weigh exactly the right amount – whatever that … Continue reading →

Fat Burning Walk

Power walking is one of the best fitness tools at your disposal for burning excess fat. In fact, most fitness experts will tell you that any successful weight loss program is going to require a cardio program because cardio is the most likely type of exercise to burn fat from all over the body. Weight training is a good accompaniment to help you tighten and tone certain areas, but nothing replaces a solid cardio workout. So if you are looking for a good fat burning workout that takes only 30 minutes a day – go for power walking. The following … Continue reading →

Your Best Abs Exercises

As a part of my Sizzling Summer Slim down I’ve been using the Abs Diet to guide my weight loss and exercise regimen. Of the exercises I’ve been performing, there are two that I not only feel like give me the best results but feel great when I mastered performing them. The Double Crunch The Double Crunch is not a type of Cap’n Crunch cereal, instead it is an exercise that utilizes your entire abdominal area. You lie on the floor, looking up. You bend your knees at a 45-degree angle and make sure both of your feet are planted … Continue reading →

Lose Weight with a Stationary Bike

When it comes to shaping, toning and losing weight – the exercise bike is an ideal choice. It is extremely convenient to purchase and keep an exercise bike at home. The models vary and you can get the one that is best suited to your lifestyle and preferences. There is the standard exercise bike that requires you sit straight up and pedal in a downwards motion. The racing exercise bike that encourages you to lean forward with your back on a diagonal angle, virtually racing. The third type, my personal favorite, is the recumbant bike that reduces a great deal … Continue reading →

Lose Weight While Working at Your Desk

For many people, losing weight is a constant, twenty four hour a day, seven day a week battle. However, working a desk job forty hours a week takes a big chunk out of people’s time to exercise. If only there were ways to lose weight while seated, thus multi-tasking, people would be a lot happier. Well, for people who want to lose weight but are stuck at a desk from nine to five, there are a few ways to keep those calories burning. For one thing, sit up straight. To sit up straight, rather than with your back against the … Continue reading →

Fitness With Your Pet

Fitness with your pet is fun, fulfilling, healthful, and a win-win situation. It has often been said that the companionship of a pet is good for mental health and peace of mind. To throw in the benefits of physical exercise makes it even better! A walk in the park or a frolic in the yard, mental and physical fitness can be the result. There is also something to be said about the companionship that is forged and then sustained when pets and their owners participate in activities that will improve the fitness of both. Affection and loyalty are expressed freely, … Continue reading →

Exercises to Lose Weight

When a person wants to lose weight one type of exercise they should consider is any form of a cardiovascular exercise. Cardiovascular exercises help your heart pump the blood through the body. Activities which raise a person’s heart beat per minute are under the category of cardiovascular. Running, jogging, swimming, spinning, and other strenuous activities can be beneficial exercises for the entire body. These types of cardiovascular activities are called high impact where walking is generally is done as a low impact exercise. Cardio, shortened for cardiovascular activities, should be done at least three times a week for 20-30 minutes … Continue reading →

Low Intensity Burns More Fat

Ultimately, when it comes to weight loss – no matter what the various program offerings out there suggest – it all boils down to burning more calories than you consume. While weight loss requires some lifestyle changes including better eating habits, better use of physical activity and better sleeping habits – the simple fact is that if you put out more than you take in – you’re going to lose weight. If you were wondering why low intensity would melt more pounds than high intensity – because that doesn’t seem to make much logical sense. Understand that high intensity workouts … Continue reading →