Losing weight requires that you reduce your intake of calories and increase the amount of exercise you do. Usually, the exercise used to burn the most calories is a cardiovascular workout. Combining high intensity aerobics with a calorie restricted diet will lead to some muscle loss. There are however, ways...
You should exercise whenever you have time. If you are free the entire day the best time would be early in the day after you've had something to eat. After you wake up and eat breakfast, you're energized and you'll probably get the best workout in. If you decide to go...
A New Year's Resolution Contract is a tool that can help you achieve your goals. Every year you hear about people wanting to lose weight or get into shape. They go to the gym for about a month and stop well before they've reached any of their goals. A contract...
When you're trying to lose weight and build muscle, the question is often, "Which one should I do first: lose weight or build muscle?" This question is looking at the problem from the wrong angle. It assumes that you have to complete one before starting the other. In reality, you...
The rule for gaining weight is to eat more calories than you burn. If you are doing cardio while trying to gain weight, you'll be burning a lot more calories. This is fine if you up your calorie intake, but doing extra exercising also raises your metabolism well after you...
When you workout a muscle, what you're doing is damaging the muscle in hopes that when it heals, it'll heal stronger. It isn't until you rest that the repairing begins. If you're constantly exercising the same muscle, chances are it won't have enough time to rebuild itself. You're doing more harm...
Knowing your body fat percentage is important in determining whether your exercise routine is producing positive results. There are many ways you can measure your body fat but only two that are practical enough to be used at home. Body Fat Caliper You can use a body fat caliper which is a...
Everyone has problem areas (stomach, arms, legs...) they want to improve and exercising/dieting are the only ways to do it. A lot of people want to believe that they can tone a certain area of their body but unfortunately this isn't possible. If there is a layer of fat covering your...
There are two types of sore: good and bad. A bad sore is the feeling you get when you've seriously injured yourself and it hurts to move. Its a lot different than a good sore which comes after a hard workout. You can still move, but you do feel some...
Both machines and free weights can be part of a good resistance training routine. As long as you're using a weight sufficient to stimulate your muscles to grow, either one will do the job. Machines Beginners should start out with machines. As long as you have the seat height adjusted properly, its...
