A home gym may be what you need to get started on your fitness program.  The is a very affordable entry-level gym for home use. It uses body weight as the source of resistance and is very similar to other Total Gym trainers but it only costs about $150 while comparable home gyms can go as high as $600. Weider Total Body Works 5000 Gym Features Offers over 50 body-shaping exercises that … [Read more...]

Tonight I was watching the Biggest Loser and one of the product placement devices was the Garmin Vivofit Fitness Band. I have always been a fan of the FitBit for a tracking fitness band but seeing this and doing a bit of reaserch made me think that the Garmin would be something more interesting to look at. The FitBit is definitely a market leader and ever since it hit the market everyone has … [Read more...]

Looking for a way to keep fit, stay limber or lose ? A diet of regular exercise can help. Which exercise is best? The one you're really going to do. For some people, that means working out at home on exercise equipment. If you're considering buying exercise equipment, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) offers this advice: Evaluate advertising claims for fitness products carefully. Exercise — … [Read more...]

There are way too many exercise machines and tools available out there to choose from. If you are confused and overwhelmed by the latest and greatest exercise equipments and don't know which one to go for, I don't blame you at all. You know, every time I see those infomercials showing a man burning fat simply by attaching an exercise gadget on his belly while watching a movie show at the same … [Read more...]

Everyone seems to be shouting these days that in order to lose and get fit you need to workout, workout and workout. At least, that seems to be the general refrain amongst today's fitness experts. However, rarely, if ever, does one care to offer a step by step workout plan that even newbies can understand well. You see, just like everything else in life, there is a certain formula you need … [Read more...]

OK, I have to admit that I have seen a Vibration fitness machine and lets just say that I am really skeptical as to whether they work or not. How Does a Vibration Fitness Machine Work? The idea behind vibration loss is this: You start up this machine and it vibrates very quickly. You get on the machine and it makes you shake so you have to brace yourself and hold on. Through all the little … [Read more...]

I just caught an interesting story over at the Today Show website. It seems that some people have been actually gained weight using the Fitbit. First of all do you know what the Fitbit is? It is a little wristband that tracks your steps you take, figures out how well you sleep, and based on your weight and steps it can calculates how many calories you burn in a day. The added bit of … [Read more...]

I have had an iPhone and an iPad for three years or so and just like any other fitness person I have used my iphone for tracking speed and mileage for walking and running. I used the Runkeeper app a lot last Summer in getting ready for the Kidney March. Well there was a leak today to the website 9to5mac that seems to show that Apple is looking to take over that tracking market that is so very … [Read more...]

These days, more and more people are turning away from memberships to gyms and instead choosing to invest money in a home gym. You can put a home gym in a spare corner of your home, or even in the basement if you wish. Along with helping you save money by combining several different types of equipment into one machine, these types of equipment can easily fit in small spaces and type up a lot less … [Read more...]