Battling Obesity

By Laura Pueschel

You’ve probably heard about the advantages of weight training (or strength training) as part of your weight loss program. But maybe you’re afraid that weight lifting will give you bulging muscles in places you don’t want them. If this is you, read on to find out how you can, and why you should, include weight training in your exercise routine.

First, if you’re worrying that lifting weights is going to make you “bulky” with muscles like those guys at the gym, STOP. Those guys (and ladies) spend hundreds upon hundreds of hours lifting massive amounts of weight to build those muscles to their maximum potential, and then they carefully control their diets so that their body fat remains low enough that each muscle is emphasized. If that’s your goal, that’s great, go for it. Most of us don’t have that kind of ambition, or that kind of time. Bodybuilding can be, and is in many cases, a full time job. Most of us would rather just work out 3 to 4 times a week for 30 to 60 minutes and be done with it. You’re not going to build any massive bulk working out that often, it’s just that simple. So don’t be afraid to lift some weight.

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By Kent Glines

At some point in your life you’ve thought about purchasing a home gym. Why didn’t you? Perhaps it was monetary or you just didn’t understand the benefits. In reality a home gym is a great addition to any house. Most people consider the home gym to be one piece of exercise equipment so the user can do multiple and different exercises on one machine. In most cases this is true, however a home gym can be so much more. It’s not necessarily just one piece of equipment anymore. It can also consist of a set of dumbbells, barbells and free weights.

Some of the benefits to having your own home gym are:

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By Michael Prendergast

If you are interested in looking good and being healthy, you may want to undertake a regimen of weight lifting to build your muscles and your confidence. Perhaps you have always wanted to look like bodybuilders in magazines. Or maybe you want to improve your football, baseball or basketball hing to remember when looking for muscle building secrets is that nothing is that instant successperformance. It is possible that you are feeling in general tired and out of shape and know you need more than aerobic exercise, but also physical strength to cope with every day life and to feel good as well as look good. You may want to know muscle building secrets that will bring you success as an athlete, in your appearance and in life, and many people are willing to search high and low and to pay large sums of money to discover muscle building secrets that will take them from scrawny to toned or fat to fit.

The most important t is not guaranteed. Many people enter into a weight lifting program only to drop it after a few days or a few weeks because they went too far to fast and expected to be a toned athlete in a short amount of time. Like most pursuits, body building requires patience, endurance and a lot of self-discipline. The problem with wanting to look like people in the magazine, is that so few people do look like them; that’s why they are in a magazine. It is best to drop your images of absolute success and take baby steps.

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By Beth Campbell

This is the time of year that many of us are embarking on a new diet plan or exercise program. While some few of us may be able to maintain our good intentions without help, most of us could benefit greatly from a work out partner. There are many benefits to having someone to work out with and with whom you can discuss your weight loss and fitness progress. I know this personally from having worked out alone and also from having a work out partner.

Having a partner that you know is expecting you to be at the gym or at the running track at a certain time will help keep you motivated to go at times when you might otherwise make excuses. Also knowing that you not showing up may make the other person’s work out harder for them to do alone may also give you some added incentive to show up.

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By Yolande Korsten

Working out is a moving meditation. It is the largest chunk of dedicated ‘me’ time that most of us have available to ourselves all day. So why, oh why is it so difficult to drag yourself to the gym?

Hmmm … let’s explore this phenomenon.

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