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A lot of people find home exercise more practical and advantageous than enrolling at a gym for a fitness program. Aside from being cheaper, exercising from home also allows you to exercise on your own time. This is especially great for those who have busy lifestyles and can not squeeze in gym schedules into theirs.

Other benefits people get from doing their fitness routine at home is the privacy they can enjoy. Working out in the gym compels you to exercise with strangers. Although it’s not something bad necessarily, there are times when you just want to do your own thing alone, or at least not with people you don’t know. Of course, the best advantage of working out at home is it can be just as effective as anywhere else. Stay focused on your routine and you will surely get in shape and feel awesome in no time. Read the rest of this entry »

I’ve said this before…we are here to help in all forms of health and fitness and we got such a strong response to our first post about bulimia and eating disorders that we are continuing with a few more inspired posts concerning the disorder.

Reprinted with permission of Erika Conover, the true subject of these articles. Here’s the second…..

5 Ways to Prevent Bingeing and Purging

This is my specialty, truly! I have struggled with this for years, Bulimia that is. I have been down the road to recovery only to relapse again and again and again. But here I am many years later living a purge free life and my hope is that you will be living one too.

Here are 5 tips I learned along the way to prevent myself from bingeing and purging. Read the rest of this entry »

My good friend, Jon Benson ( world-known trainer and fitness expert), has some really good info about what we should be eating before we work out. It will open your eyes to fallacies and fact….read his article…..

Eat THIS Before Your Workouts

One of the most common questions I get asked is:

“What should I eat before my workouts if I want to get rid of body fat?”

The answer? Read the rest of this entry »

Are you trying to be rail-thin? Have you contemplated restricting or bingeing and purging to accomplish this? If so, then please read on. Anorexia and Bulimia are the most prevalent of all eating disorders out there today. Anorexia is centered on starving your body of the proper nutrition it needs on a daily basis and whittling away one pound at a time.

On the other hand, bulimia is based on consuming extremely large amounts of food in one sitting ( known as a binge) and then purging the food immediately. Purging can be physically throwing up the food, exercising for hours ( also known as exercise bulimia), or even by taking laxatives.

In any case, those that are struggling with either eating disorder generally have many of the same underlying issues in common. Eating disorders play a role in a persons life much like a temporary pain killer. They act as a temporary fix in that they numb the individual at first allowing them to function daily without feeling their true feelings. Read the rest of this entry »

Core streamlined fitness, make no mistake, is found in the movements of the snake. Kundalini is a power entwined that will unwind and move up the spine when the body is aligned. In other words, your energy gets unstuck, and your mind opens like the hood of a cobra. Health and awareness become your natural state of being when you are internally bathed with free flowing energy. So lets get going with the flowing!

The Warmup: Stand and bow your head. Move it back and forth lifting it up and back and feeling yourself do it one vertebra at a time. Now move your head up and around in a circle going forward and back a few times before reversing the direction. Like following an imaginary sideways clock. Now imagine the clock turned to face you and go around it with your head clockwise and counterclockwise a few times. Then imagine the clock at your left then right shoulder and move just your head to face it and do the same movements. Now imagine the clock is laid flat at your eye level and move your head around it’s circle that way clockwise and counterclockwise. Then bring your head back to the center and turn it left then right then left then right. Then down and back and down and back. Then left ear to left shoulder and right ear to right shoulder a few times. Then lower your head and roll it around in both directions without holding it up. The master nerve center in your body runs through your neck and it is where the most efficient movements are started from. Your head knows where to go and your neck moves it there. That is the way a snake travels. You are now warmed up for the following twelve exercises. Enjoy them, have fun with them, do not strain to do them. Exercise is meant to relieve stress, invigorate you, rejuvenate you, and raise your spirit. Read the rest of this entry »

Fat loss is not something that is easy to do. First, you need to know what kinds of regimens are good for your body, since not all fat loss regimens will work for you. You may have an underlying liver or kidney condition, and this could keep you from being able to digest large amounts of protein in a meal. This would therefore exclude you from any diet that involves removing carbohydrates completely and replacing them with proteins.

Second, you need to have the approval of your doctor before you engage in any drastic weight loss measures. You may need to exercise using only low impact procedures, since doing anything more energetic may tax on your circulatory system. Third, you need to do a lot of research on your own before you even try a fat loss regimen. Read the rest of this entry »

Aside from doing proper exercise and eating a healthy meal – composed of fiber-rich dishes with vegetables that promote weight loss, you can take supplements that can help you further get rid of unwanted fat deposits in your body. Here are some of the most popular fat loss vitamins that you can take into consideration: Read the rest of this entry »

You were so excited to get that shiny new piece of exercise equipment and vowed to use it regularly. Now, you are tired of walking or pedaling to nowhere and dread the thought of exercising. Use the following tips to make your workouts more interesting.

Music can help raise your energy and enthusiasm. Pick upbeat tunes for the main part of your workout, and use slower tunes to start off and end your routine. Or, you could just listen to your favorite radio station or CD. Audio books can be a great way to pass the time. If you are interested in the book, you may even look forward to your workouts so that you can find out what happens next. Read the rest of this entry »

Aromatherapy is a type of alternative medicine involving the use of essential oils that has been around for about 6000 years. It is a holistic therapy which means that aromatherapy practitioners consider not just your physical symptoms, but also mental, spiritual and emotional factors. Holistic therapy recognizes that these factors are essential to take into account as they all have a great influence over your health.

There are three main ways that the essential oils used in aromatherapy enter your body: Read the rest of this entry »

Hey guys…another friend of mine, Rob Poulos the well-known fitness expert, has come up with a way to drastically ramp up your fat burning results and he’s been good enough to let me share it with you.

Do you want to know how to triple your results from your resistance training? Why wouldn’t you?

Properly conducted resistance training can give you startling fat loss results, along with muscle and strength gains.  On top of that, when using the techniques I describe in the Fat Burning Furnace eBook, you’ll also receive “top drawer” cardiovascular health benefits.  And all from 2-3  workouts each week lasting just 15-20 minutes on average. Read the rest of this entry »