The Importance of Winter Fitness Training

It is important that you not allow yourself to get lazy and sedentary during the winter months. We don't get out as much in the winter, so to put yourself closer to your fitness goals as spring rolls in, be sure and do something, if even if it's not much during the winter season.

Shape and Firm Your Butt

This is a great exercise to shape your buttocks that doesn't require and equipment. However, if you can make this exercise even more effective and challenging if you do it on an exercise ball.

Learn to do More Push-ups

If you've been struggling trying to strengthen your upper body by doing more push-ups, this is a great instructional video demonstrating how you can safely increase your upper body strength and the number of push-ups you can do progressively.

Health Begins at Home

Home hazards are preventative

Dangerous particles inside the home can make us sick (e.g. second hand smoke).

A clean and safe home also means and environment free of dangerous chemical and germs. These things help prevent the spread of germs that can cause illness:

- Proper hand washing
- Cleaning of kitchen utensils
- Cleaning of food preparation surfaces

Follow label instructions when using chemicals and pesticides and keep them out of the reach of children.

Store medication safely.

Beware and cognizant of possible lead poisoning, carbon monoxide and radon gas.

Quick Cardio Warm-up Exercises

Try this quick cardio routine as a warm-up for your next training session or do all of the exercises twice for a bonafide cardio routine that really gets the heart rate up.

Relieving Knee Pain with Pilates

Many people suffer from knee problems ranging from:

Popping and Snapping within the Knee, Grinding or Crunching within the Knee, Locking of the Knee, Knee Stability, Swelling of the Knee, etc.

A lady name Fiona Eakin has an interesting story about how she overcame her severe knee problems with pilate exercises. READ HER STORY HERE!

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Star Trek and Fitness Motivation

Start Trek doesn't seem to have a lot to do with fitness. However, this talented author has found a nice linkage between the two and his article may inspire you to start or get more focused on your fitness program.

King Hoover writes:

"More energy, strength, positive attitude and lower levels of body fat don't just happen -- you can't keep doing the same things, eating the same things and expect a different body; it doesn't work that way. "

"This amazingly healthy new body may seem as distant as a science fiction future, but if you'll just begin, the future is already one day closer than before. "

Watch the movie below and read the entire article.