Why Sit-Ups Are Not The Best Way to Get Great Abs

Everyone knows that the road to flat, tight abs is paved with crunches. Lots and lots and lots of excruciating crunches. Or is it?

As it turns out, the exercises synonymous with strong, attractive abs may not be the best way to train your core—and may be doing damage to your back.  Read more

Lose Weight and Stay Fit Without a Fad Diet

If you are worried about the excess holiday pounds many of us are still carrying around. There are a few easy, natural things you can do to shed them, and none of them requires any unhealthy fad diets. Read more

Pilates Video - Side Leg Lifts Series

Kay demonstrates Side Leg Lifts Series. This series of exercises is a great follow on from the Oyster. It works the abductors and you will feel a slight burn (lactic acid build up) very quickly from this highly effective series of exercises. Although small leg weights are not used in this video, you can progress to using one kilo ankle weights when you have mastered the technique. Great for sculpting your bottom and thighs.

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5 Tips to Become a Lean Green Saving-Money Machine

Exercise, diet and sleep. The three major components of health and well-being that we have control over.

We talked about the exercise economies and new measures ( mostly FREE ) we are putting into action, ( and I did forget to mention bikes, roller-blades and skipping ropes we have hidden away that we need to get re-acquainted with ).

So today here are five tips on what we can do to bring down the grocery bills: Read more

Ski and Snowboard Fitness Video

Kay Hunter Saber demonstrates 5 key exercises to improve your strength, endurance and agility on the slopes. Walking Lunges, Bunny Hops, Wall Slides, Power Holds and Lower Body stretches all designed to ensure you get the most out of your skiing, or snowboarding holiday.

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J-Lo Fat Loss Secret - High Protein Low Carb Diet

Jennifer Lopez managed to lose three stone 2lbs (20kg) after the birth of here twins, Max and Emme. She got back to her pre-pregnancy weight of eight stone seven pounds (54kg) in only eight weeks. Her secret is her body coach Gunnar Peterson and her desire to complete a triathlon! Now, not all of us can afford personal trainers, or have the drive to get up at 4am and then have the staff to look after the babies when we collapse with exhaustion later in the day. But we can all follow her low carb high protein diet accompanied by some sensible exercising. Read more

Yoga Video - RSI and Wrist Rehabilitation

Emily Collins demonstrates some techniques to prevent yoga practice from harming the wrists and in fact to help make the wrists more open. This is particularly useful for those who suffer from RSI and carpal tunnel syndrome.

This is a great detail to accompany any exercise that involves placing your weight on your wrists, but it is particularly good for exercises such as the Yoga Video - Sun Salutation B or Surya Namaskara B and Yoga Video - Sun Salutation A

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Banana Oatmeal Smoothie Recipe

This is a great breakfast, or a brilliant way to get some essential nutrition into your kids.

1 cup milk
1 cup of oatmeal
1 banana
1 cup orange juice

Cut banana into chunks.
Place all ingredients in blender container.
Blend until smooth.
2 servings

Top Ten Green Workout Tips

Apart from sheer laziness, one of the ways I justify my lack of gym membership cards is that the whole idea of getting on a piece of energy-using equipment just to use our energy seems like such a waste of, well, energy! And how many regular gym-goers do you know who drive the short distance to the gym, only to then cycle nowhere on a stationary bike?

However, we do still need to find ways to keep fit. So here are ten tips for working out without running down the environment. Read more

18 Reasons Bananas are the Worlds Number 1 Fruit

Just two bananas provide enough energy for a strenuous 90-minute workout. That’s why the banana is the number one fruit for world class athletes. Bananas contain three natural sugars, sucrose, fructose and Glucose, and when combined with fiber, bananas produce an instant, sustained, and substantial boost of energy.
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