Hydration plays a large role in your ability to exercise,before, during and after. Being dehydrated and starting a workout is really notsomething your body will thank you for. When you’re dehydrated, your bloodthickens, reduces heart efficiency, increases body temperature and heart rate;essentially tiring you out much faster than you should. When you’re working outnext time, pay attention to those who are sweating profusely and short ofbreath…they might be working extremely hard, or they might be doing hardlyanything. If you think you drink “enough” already, think about whatelse you drink throughout the day. Did you have coffee or tea today? Thatdehydrates you. Did you have alcohol? Again, this dehydrates your body. Coffee,tea, soft drinks...

Working out and living healthy needs to become your way of life, not an extra chore; otherwise it wont work. Lookingat working out or going to the gym as something to add to your list of obligations won’t get you motivated. Don’t count your losses; loss of time,loss of money, etc. Think of what you will  gain.  Gain more energy. It is proven over and over again that workingout reduces fatigue. As you work out and raise your heart rate, you burn fatand calories while building more capillaries to help deliver oxygen throughoutyour body. More oxygen equals more energy. Simple as that! Gain a healthier life.Studies show that those who make working out a routine affair in their livesmake better life style decisions. G...

Everyone wants to be healthy. Being healthy means more than not being sick – it means having the energy to enjoy life. It means being physically and mentally able to deal with most of the curve balls life throws. Being healthy lets us live life to the fullest. Who'd want to miss out on that? Unfortunately, health is not guaranteed, it is something we have to work for. Even the most careful person can get sick, end up in a car accident or otherwise lose their health. Even when disaster doesn't happen, the ongoing stresses of life can wear our health down. It takes daily action to support and reinforce our health and well being. Luckily, staying (or getting) healthy doesn't necessarily take a lot of work. For people who are not dealing with...

Theoretically, the gym should really be the last place to look for a special someone. It’s difficult to offer a desirable portrayal of yourself whilst sweating and slobbering your way around cardio machines. Turning up to classes and personal training courseswearing the same old ill-fitting tracksuit and stinky gym shoes you’ve had for years may not be your ordinary pulling attire, but she is no ordinary gym goer. Ah, there she is. This absurdly beautiful callipygian goddess you adoringly try not to get caught gazing at, and who somehow manages to still look incredible during and after a two hour workout.  How can you get her attention? ‘Why would she look at me when Hunky McDeltoids is always hovering around her loudly sculpting his massi...

Working out from home is getting more popular these days mainly with the chicks having said that in this article I am going to talk about the best gym equipment used in the comfort of our homes. Many people like to work out at home these days but struggle in finding the best equipment for them, therefore I am going to do a top 5 of the most effective. 1. Treadmill – The treadmill has been around for years now and is an obvious favorite between people who like to workout from home, although the treadmill clearly isn’t going to help build muscle, it will help to cut down, keep fit, burn and use that excessive fat we do not need. A lot of people believe that cardio training is the only way for people to burn fat and keep healthy although othe...

Things have a way of coming back to bite you. “I’ve never cancelled a workout,” I’ve been known to say. In the two+ years of my life as an athlete, I’ve been fortunate to not be sick enough to miss a workout (while I’m home anyway — I was miserably sick with a sinus infection while in Paris and Morocco last fall, but that was a scheduled deload time anyway). Well, never say never. I came down with a viral infection so nasty last week that I cancelled all my weight training for the week, and skipped my mid-week boxing lesson (my new sport this month).  I took off a whopping three days from working out and thought that was sufficient. Back to boxing I went Friday evening, telling myself the cardio would clear my nasal passages and maybe I’d ...