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Fountain of Youth?

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Wanna stay younger longer? Keep up your aerobic exercise or so the British Journal of Sports Medicine advises. When you engage in aerobic exercises (walking, running, jogging, cycling, and dancing) you are improving your body’s ability to consume oxygen as well as boosting your metabolism (your body’s way of generating personal energy). Sometime around middle age (40s), your base metabolism begins to drop off and will continue to decline, but if you maintain your aerobic exercise, you may actually slow the decline in your metabolism and even reverse it all together. Regular exercise is a source of energy and can … Continue reading →

Walking vs. Running

Let’s have a little fun this morning with the difference between walkers and runners. In all honesty, there one is not better than the other, but if you ask a runner – they will say running is bracing, physically challenging and it helps them to focus their minds and their bodies on the target goal whatever the target is. Walkers on the other hand have no real interest in running, but they find walking whether it’s fitness walking, power walking or more to be the ideal workout. So What’s Better? I can say it till I’m blue in the face, … Continue reading →

Fitness Review : Crunch – Fat Burning Dance Party

The Crunch Fitness DVD series offers a lot of different types of exercise for all types whether you are looking for a straight up toning workout, a cardio workout or, as is the case for the Fat Burning Dance Party – a fun workout. I’ll state it straight out that Crunch Fat Burning Dance Party is for the beginner or someone looking more to just get up and move than someone who’s been working out readily or steadily for more than six months. Your intermediate to advanced exerciser is not likely to get much out of this workout. 3 Sneakers … Continue reading →

Valentine Fitness Tip: Ballroom Dancing

Looking for something fun and fit to do this Valentine’s Day? Consider recommitting to your relationship with your spouse or significant other in a way that improves your health, your fitness and your intimacy with each other. Ballroom dancing already benefits from the popularity of shows like Dancing with the Stars, but it’s also a way to improve your relationship with your love. Aerobic Workout Make no mistake, ballroom dancing is a great way to get your aerobic workout for both of you. Have you ever seen dancers make the kind of moves you can when you are ballroom dancing … Continue reading →

Blog 2000 & Roller Skating: Check It Out!

This is my 2000th article posted here at Families.com. I started with the first batch of bloggers back in 2005. Fitness was my primary blog and I’ve since taken on Marriage and Baby, but my first love – fitness, remains. I thought about doing a retrospective here for my 2000th blog, but instead, I wanted to talk about a new passion that I’ve got and spend some more time exploring it. So I hope you’ll join me here for my 2000th blog and Roller Skating. The Fun Way To Get Exercise As many of my regular readers may know, I’ve … 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 →

Fitness 101: Step Aerobics

We’ve talked about step aerobics here before, but today I want to talk about the basics of step aerobics and provide you with some introductory information. I like step aerobics, but I won’t lie to you – there’s nothing about step aerobics that doesn’t get your heart racing, the sweat dripping and your muscles tingling. Step aerobics are great for: Fat burning Heart conditioning Lung conditioning Building endurance Muscle toning The great thing about step aerobics is they can be performed with a bench in your living room or in a fitness class at a gym. Plastic benches for step … Continue reading →

What Do We Know About Walking?

Walking Can: · Burn calories · Strengthen your back muscles · Slim your waist · Be easy on your joints · Strengthen bones · Lower your blood pressure · Encourage time with family and friends · Tone and shape your legs and butt · Reduce cholesterol · Reduce the risk of heart disease and diabetes · Reduce stress · Help you sleep better · Improve your mood and outlook on life · Be done almost anywhere · Requires only a good pair of shoes · Cost Nothing (It’s free) So we’ve talked a lot about walking the last few days … Continue reading →

Let’s Talk Walking

Walking IS Exercise The hardest thing about starting any fitness program is developing the habit. The average person takes 900 to 3000 steps a day while going about their daily business including walking to the car, walking around the grocery store or walking across the room to toss something in a trash can. But whether a person is walking 900 steps or 3000 steps a day, it’s not enough and that is the premise behind the 10,000 steps a day program. It can take up to six months to develop the ‘habit’ of walking regularly and as little as six … Continue reading →