I had so much fun and a good experience from readers of the blog a couple of days ago by posting some great articles from other blogs that I decided to share a few more. I just found these posts yesterday and it seems that lots of bloggers are writing some really high quality stuff, I am going to have to pick up the pace here.

How to get a muscular body

Zen to Fitness has a great highlight type article on how people get muscular. One of the highlights is that there is a great old pic of Arnold before he was governor of California at the top of the post. Eating and exercise tips.

Are School lunches healthy?

I have two kids in school and so I thought this would be an interesting read, but it was even more. Did you know that only 80 cents a day goes into food at a typical school made lunch?

TV in kids rooms can make them fat

I keyed into this article because I also think that having a TV in the kids rooms can cause them to be antisocial as well but my kids each have a TV and we make sure that the kids realize that the TV is for when everyhting else, inluding playing is done. The TVs will leave their rooms if it becomes a problem.

Finding a little time to exercise

Sometimes I think it would be great to write a book about how to exercise in 5 minutes (10 times a day). People hate a time commitment but here are four quick ways to get more exercise in. Oh and the logo for the website is great.

Building weight loss momentum

I am a sucker for a quick and easy top 10 list as you have probably realized from this blog. Here is a list of 10 ways to build momentum in losing weight. They are not altogether obvious so I think that these tips will really snap your thinking into the right frame of mind.

Looking to make a change and lose some weight? I have reviewed the top diet on the internet and you can go and read over 200 comments people have made about why this diet has worked well for them, as well as some of the problems.

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California governor and ex bodybuilding pro Arnold Schwarzenegger as you can imagine understands the need for fitness and wellness programs for everyone in the state of California. This press release not only is a bit of a plug that 24 hour fitness shows that they support the program but also makes the governors announcement yesterday a bit more public around the country.

24 Hour Fitness today commended California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s “Stay Healthy California” five-point plan highlighting the importance of preventative health and wellness initiatives.

Since October 2005, 24 Hour Fitness has supported Governor Schwarzenegger’s dedication to health and wellness through the Governor’s Challenge, a program designed to track physical activity and reward young adults who are active for 30-60 minutes a day at least 3 days a week.

24 Hour Fitness exclusively offers program participants free access to its clubs to further success of the Governor’s program.

24 Hour Fitness realizes the significance of corporate client partnerships and the wellness of employees. Through its corporate wellness program, 24 Hour Fitness serves more than 4,000 corporations across the country with special packages and discounts for employees, a program proven to help improve workers’ overall health, morale as well as productivity.

“With more than three million members globally, we are excited to support Governor Schwarzenegger’s ‘Stay Healthy California’ plan of physical fitness and wellness,” said Mark Mastrov, chairman and founder.

“Together, this partnership delivers unparalleled fitness and wellness offerings to meet the evolving needs of those Californians looking to experience an active and fulfilling lifestyle.

About 24 Hour Fitness
Headquartered in San Ramon, Calif., 24 Hour Fitness, an innovative leader in the health and fitness industry, serves more than 3 million members in over 350 clubs across 16 different states and four countries in Asia. Founded in 1983 as a one-club operation by Chairman and Founder Mark S. Mastrov, 24 Hour Fitness pioneered the concept of making fitness accessible, affordable and a way of life for everyone. Supporting the communities it serves, 24 Hour Fitness sponsors many charitable events and organizations including the 2004 – 2008 U.S. Olympic Teams and the Magic Johnson, Andre Agassi and Lance Armstrong Foundations. Please call1-800-224-0240 or visit http://www.24HourFitness.com for more information and to find the location nearest you.

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Usually people do things in half measures. I have in all of my articles talked about the things you can do to make a change and most of them are not particularly hard. Take a look back now at all of the changes that I have put forward. Are you comfortable with each of these changes? Probably. But once all of these changes are instituted you are looking at a whole new you, a new outlook, a new body, a new way of looking at eating as well as exercise.

Most change in life that is really serious and permanent comes from radical changes. When you make a break from the past and change the way that you look at all things in your life you are changing a paradigm and you never need look back. I have been in points in my life in the past where I would look at some kind of exercise or lifestyle change and would kind of chuckle saying “No, I couldn’t do that” and six months later I am at that point.

I would like to pop up some role models that you can look at to see what is in fact possible. First lets look at Lance Armstrong, as many of us know Lance Armstrong endured cancer and came back to win the Tour De France seven times. Here are a few things that make Lance Armstrong seem like a normal guy: he has 2 kids, and a failed marriage, part way through his first Tour De France he considered quitting, he came from a trailer park in Texas. Now let’s look at what it takes to do what he does. He leads a team of seven riders that protect his position in the race, he rides 3500 KM in 21 days and in the last Tour De France he only won one stage but was so close to the lead in every other stage that he was able to easily win overall. One more person would be Bill Clinton, like him or not Bill Clinton cam from a very poor family, a broken home, put himself through university to become a lawyer which should have been tough enough but this gave him a chance to become a politician and to become the governor of Arkansas and finally to beat all the “backwoods” stereotype attitudes from the rest of the country to finally become president. Just so we could look at him again as a real person, Bill Clinton committed infidelity within his marriage and is now trying to rise up again as a great international statesman.

Both of these stories teach us that anyone can do great things and that there can be doubt and setbacks to our great changes. The other thing that we see is that most people are normal people and that we can pull ourselves to succeed

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