Health — Exercise

• Choosing The Wrong Exercises (Article 1 of 5)

  Get ready, this is gonna hurt! The exercises most bodybuilders focus on the most, are the ones that cause the most problems hopefully, you’re different.

  But before we share with you what those exercise are, let’s talk real quickly about what bodybuilding is

• The Foundation: Building Your Pillar of Strength

  We have a tendency to think of movement as starting from the limbs. If we reach out to grab something or step forward, we think of those motions as originating with the end result—we’ve reached out; therefore, we’ve used our arms. We’ve stepped forward, so we’ve worked our legs. Uncountable exercise programs promise bigger arms or sexier legs as a primary benefit.

• 15 Quick Tips For People Who Don’t Like To Exercise

  We’ve all had days when we don’t have the energy to tie our athletic shoes, let alone bounce around in them. But exercise can give a daily blast to your mind, body, and soul.

• Fitness For The Busy Family

  Who has time for an hour long exercise session these days? With the demands of a career, children, after-school activities, volunteer positions, housework, errand running, and preparing meals, it’s no wonder we slack off on exercising.

• Exercise – Kid-Style

  Although it may seem that childhood is a carefree time for running, jumping, and playing, kids are becoming less active with each generation. Thanks to the lure of high-tech sedentary pursuits, most kids spend twice as much time vegged out in front of television sets or plugged into video games as they do exercising.

• Promoting A Physically Fit Lifestyle For Your Child

  If your child is to derive the benefits of physical fitness, then physical activity must be habitual and lifelong. Moving should be as routine as brushing teeth and bathing. But this is only likely to happen if…

• Changing the Way You Exercise

  Have you ever seen a gym at rush hour? Everyone hovers around the treadmills, elliptical trainers, and stationary bikes. Signs warn you of 20-minute maximums so that the next sweat seeker can have his turn. It seems like everyone wants a cardiovascular, aerobic workout. The more you sweat, the more calories you burn, the more weight you lose, right? In a way, yes, the headphone-and-Lycra set is right. Cardiovascular exercise—steady-state endurance exercises, like running, biking, and swimming—burns a lot of calories. In fact, it often burns more than other forms of exercise like strength training or trendier workouts like yoga or Pilates. But when it comes to weight control, aerobic exercise is more overrated than the fall TV lineup.

• Helping Your Child Develop the Fitness Habit

  While most children are born healthy and fit, not all of them remain that way. Doing so depends in great part on four factors: environment, attitude, knowledge, and lifestyle. All of these elements are within your control. In honor of National Physical Fitness & Sports Month (May), lets look at them one at a time.