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Fitness Friday #19: Eliminate Your Abdominal Exercises!
It seems everyone who exercises is looking for the best ab-exercise routine for developing flat, tight abdominal muscles. News flash, it does not exist. Every year there are dozens of new exercises, fitness classes, products, gadgets or routines claiming to sculpt and strengthen the abdominal muscles like none other. And while some of these may ... Read more →Fitness Friday #18:Get Down and Give Me None-No More Push-ups!
For years I have read about how people should exercise to build strength. There are many ways and I am not going to lecture you on what you should or should not do to increase muscular strength. What I will tell you is that if the exercise you are performing is painful to your joints, ... Read more →Fitness Fridays #17: Shrug it off!
One the biggest of disease is stress, which we all know about it, as a society we are doing the minimal to improve it. With people working lots of hours, traveling, traffic, economic fears, no time to enjoy life. This creates lots of tension. For many that tension causes knots (tight muscles that hurt) in ... Read more →Fitness Fridays #16: Now That’s Using Your Feet!
It’s Fitness Friday and I have an exercise that will challenge you. Physically it’s not difficult but mentally you could get frustrated. The exercise involves strengthening the Quadriceps—the muscle group on the front of your thighs that travel down past your knees. This exercise requires a little bit of balance and a Swiss Ball. And ... Read more →Fitness Fridays #15: What’s a Codman Pendulum Exercise and Why Should I Care?
Purpose of Codman Pendulum Exercises? Jun 16, 2011 | By Greg Cooper, D.C. Your shoulder is the most mobile joint in your body. Although it is a ball and socket joint like the hip, the socket is very shallow, allowing the ball to rotate through almost a 360 degree range. Because it is so mobile, ... Read more →Fitness Fridays #14: Rotator Cuff
As a Baseball Player, there are two words that you do not want to hear: Rotator. Cuff. That almost always means that you tore a muscle in your shoulder and throwing a baseball will not happen for a while. Rest, therapy and surgery are the usual options. Before I explain to you how to condition ... Read more →Fitness Fridays #13: Sit to be Fit!
The year was 1996 and I found out about a great way to exercise using what is called a Swiss-Ball. Invented in 1961 in Switzerland as way for children to stop moving in their chairs and making noise. Who would have ever thought that 3 decades later, it would become a fitness frenzy. In fact ... Read more →Fitness Fridays #12: Time to Pump You Up!
It’s Fitness Friday again, and it is time to pump you up!!! No, I’m not Ahnold, but my goal is for you to be healthier. I’m not trying to get you—as the guys say—huge, cut or ripped! Just healthy and happy. The video which I would like you to watch demonstrates an exercise that strengthens ... Read more →Fitness Fridays #11: Go Long Think Long Reach Long Be Long
Go Long, No it is not football season and I am not throwing you a touchdown pass. However, for this episode of Fitness Friday, I’d like you to think about “going long” by lengthening and strengthening your posture for the exercise in the video. Just click http://www.FireYourDiet.com and you understand exactly what I am referring ... Read more →Fitness Fridays #10: Sit down and work out!
Who talks about their calves? Pretty much nobody. Unless someone’s already a focused, committed bodybuilder. And that’s a mistake, because your calves are something you depend on day in, day out, for your entire life. Other than being appreciated as part of an attractive leg, what are calves good for? Besides your opposable thumb and ... Read more →Fitness Fridays #9: Beware the Three-Headed Monster
In the world of fitness, having arms that look developed and toned is a high priority. To get that definition, you need to work not only the biceps (or “guns”), but the whole arm. The back of the arms are called the triceps for many people are known as “The Three Headed Monster.” Unfortunately when ... Read more →Fitness Friday #8: If Life is a Balancing Act, Make Lemonade.
Ok, that was a reach. But hey… life IS a balancing act. And that’s the point of Fitness Fridays #8. Think about what most people do during a 24 hour period: Work, play, rest, eat, take care of family… and challenges may arise at any moment. If you’re not in balance, you’re in trouble. And physical ... Read more →Fitness Fridays #7: How to get rid of a pain in the neck
It was the summer of 2003 and I was in Maine on vacation. I sat down with some friends for a meal and picked up a fork with my left-hand and went to eat my salad. From nowhere the pain in my left shoulder felt like someone had stabbed me with a knife. This pain ... Read more →Fitness Fridays #6: Can You Last Three Minutes? At the Office?
Can you last 3 minutes? One hundred and eighty seconds. Five percent of an hour… Surprisingly most of our population can not—or really, will not—when it comes to exercise. I know, nobody has any time. We work lots of hours, commute to and from work. Spend “quality time” with the family. Eat. Sleep. Wake up and do ... Read more →Fitness Friday Exercise Tips #5: CAUTION: DO NOT BENCH PRESS. It could cost you!
Ever since I started strength training way back in 1983, I’ve been told how the wonderful the bench press was to build your chest and carve your physique. To this day people ask me, “how much do you bench?” It’s clearly a testosterone thing. I was more concerned with my batting average and if I ... Read more →Fitness Fridays Exercise Tips #4: Holding Stick Crunch for Tightly Trained Abdominals
Since I was a child, I have heard people say, I must lose my gut. The theory was that if one did sit-ups or crunches, The fat would eventually disappear. Are you kidding me. If it took years to put on that tire that blocks the view to your feet, how in the world would ... Read more →Fitness Fridays #3: Shoulder Extension Using the Medicine Ball to Build Strength
There are many reasons why you might have had it. The two most common are over-training and under-training. In addition, there are accidents, sports injuries, hereditary problems, age-related issues, and on and on… Allow me to give you some background on the shoulder. The Shoulder this is an example of the ‘ball and socket’ (or ... Read more →Fitness Fridays Exercise Tip #2: Look up in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s your Healthy Back!
If you have, what did you do? See a chiropractor? Visit the medical doctor? Take some kind of medicine, over the counter or prescription? Did you ever try strengthen and stretch your lower-back? Many people do, but then why do so many backs still ache? One Doctor had this to say: Strength and suppleness won’t help ... Read more →Fitness Fridays Exercise Tip #1: Hip Internal / External Rotation Using the Swissball
The value of establishing proper strength and balance in the trunk muscles (the core stabilizers) when treating or preventing spinal problems is crystal clear. However, the hip muscles are often overlooked. The hip joint is intrinsically stable due to its construction as a ball in a deep socket, and is further enhanced by a very ... Read more →
This Month’s Guest
May 10, 2012
Mother’s Day Special: Super Mom-Susan Sly
Welcome to the Mother's Day Special Program! My special guest Susan Sly is a super mom. Susan has proven that being a great mom, wife and CEO can happen if you take action. Her phrase "Build a business around your family, not inspite of them" has made me a fan. He is a role model not only for woman but for all people seeking change and a life of fulfilment!
Susan is an author of five ... Read more →