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5 Ways to Save on Gym Memberships and Workouts

Ready to fulfill those New Years Eve Resolutions for a healthier body and a more active lifestyle? Gym memberships are a great way to make a regular commitment with professional equipment and classes that are sure to keep you on track. Here are five ways to save money on a gym membership. 1. Negotiate the Gym Fee When you are considering making a commitment to a gym membership then it is time to speak up. Tell them that you are thinking about joining but want to save some money. The health club may go ahead and waive the sign up … Continue reading →

How To … Cope with Boredom

This is it – the New Year is here, sweeping around the world from Australia to the United States, the Earth has completed the turn around the clock and now we are all basking in the arrival of a brand new year. But this is your year. This is the year that you’re going to sign up at the gym. You’re going to go to be at the gym, Monday through Friday, for 45 minutes every day. You’re going to achieve your goals and you’re going to lose that extra weight and be in the best shape of your life. … Continue reading →

Welcome 2007! Happy New Year’s Eve

Tonight, we celebrate the end of 2006 and look forward to the New Year, 2007. For as long as I can remember, the birth of a new year has meant a birth of hope and a birth of new ideas. We can put away our bad feelings and embrace our good ones. We can let go of the past and stride forward to a new future. Not every year that is born gives us such a great bounty and sometimes, we find ourselves tossed off course before the year is even out of it’s cradle. I’m excited about 2007. 2006 … Continue reading →

New School Year Fitness Resolutions

Yes, you read the title of this piece right. We’re gearing up for the new school year and it’s a great time to begin setting up fitness resolutions for the latter half of the year. Who says that you need it to be the turning of the year to set up new resolutions? In fact, the sad part of New Year’s resolutions is that more than 50% of people who start off their New Year with resolutions have already dropped them or failed by March. January is the busiest month for people in the fitness industry, so there are a … Continue reading →

Resolution Guidelines

If you’re working on your list of resolutions and plans then here’s some suggestions that designed to help you out for the planning stages. If your resolution involves health, fitness, weight loss or a related topic then here’s some guidelines for you to keep in mind when making your planning lists. Avoid Over-Commitment If you think buying a new piece of equipment or a club membership is going to motivate you into working out because you’ll be spending X amount of dollars, start smaller. Buy a pedometer. Seriously. A pedometer is a twenty-dollar investment and you can track how many … Continue reading →

Resolutions — Why? How? What? Where? When?

A resolution is defined as: 1. The state or quality of being resolute; firm determination. 2. A resolving to do something. 3. A course of action determined or decided on. 4. A formal statement of a decision or expression of opinion put before or adopted by an assembly such as the U.S. Congress. The tradition of making a New Year’s resolution dates back to the Babylonians. While popular common resolutions include losing weight, getting in shape, stopping smoking or perhaps spending more time with family whereas the early Babylonian’s idea of a popular resolution was to return their borrowed farm … Continue reading →