The question always comes up: how long does it take to get in shape? Hard to say. If you have never exercised before it may in fact take quite a while. But usually I would give myself 6 weeks to really find your way in getting that exercise workout to become effective. Yes I know [...]

For the last couple of months I have been pushing myself pretty hard with my exercise workouts. I have been attending two to four exercise classes a week for cardio work and/or muscle endurance. And I love it.
About two years ago I was doing the typical heavy lifting. Three sets of 10 repetitions. It was [...]

I must have come across hundreds of websites stating that one of your goals for the New Year should be to get fit and lose weight. Apparently people have been hammered with this knowledge so much that they are immune to the suggestion. To this day only 48 percent of people surveyed bother to workout [...]

Here’s a shocker: a study by John Hopkins has concluded that,
Participating in physical activities in and out of school more than two times a week protects adolescents from becoming overweight young adults, according to new research.
Basically the study determined that if a kid was active rollerblading or playing basketball or whatever, the chances of being [...]

People with four healthy lifestyle behaviors — not smoking, physical activity, moderate alcohol consumption, and eating five servings of fruit or vegetables a day — live an average of 14 years longer than people with none of those behaviors, a new British study contends.
This was reported in U.S. News and World Report. Pretty much says [...]