I am not sure why I have just started noticing double chin but for some reason this week I began noticing peoples necks and double chins. Now before I create some new fetish I want to qualify this double chin business, I have been watching lifting videos and bodybuilding training and then when I was at the mall I started picturing how people would look if they were huge bodybuilders in their … [Read more...]

I found this intro to a weight loss program sitting on the Yahoo site. It not only gives you a to height chart similar to the Body Mass Index that I hate so much (I have a bigger body type and would look kind of freaky at my mandate 180 pounds). The article that I have copied here also has lots of health benefits of having a healthy . If you are over, you are more likely to develop health … [Read more...]

Meditation for fitness? How will this make you feel more fit? Why do I want to bring up what my mom calls navel gazing? Well for at least 4000 years people have been using meditation to center the concentration. There are other credited benefits as well. Benefits of Meditation for Fitness Many feel that the act of meditation lowers your metabolism to give you greater than sleep type rest. … [Read more...]

This subject is something that I have thought about writing about for a while now as it gets to our core beliefs of whether we can really do it, with it being our goals or not. I always wonder how I can stop people from failing, heck even stop myself from failing. What do we need to succeed and what can cause us to fail? I was watching a show that I really like last night, Survivorman. … [Read more...]

Well I threatened to do a week of fitness to tune up for Spring and I am really just going to run it off the cuff. The idea is that I will come up with a few short posts, well fairly short for me anyway, and give you a chance to look forward towards Summer and start your outdoor or at least your transition to outdoor fitness now. Oh, and it was snowing last week in Calgary so I may be being … [Read more...]

A few days ago I wrote about the small decisions that govern your life and how making those little changes in controlling your decisions can make huge changes in your lifestyle. Now that you may or may not have had a chance to digest that concept I thought it would be nice to write a follow-up to this and see how we can make changes in our diet and exercise. First of all there has to be a … [Read more...]

I'm sure you have a bright idea hidden somewhere in the back of your mind that you just can't wait to test out. Of course you're not the only one with the bright idea. So what motivates you to churn those creative, or even inspiring juices to its utmost flavor? It's always best to set up a personal goal where you can accomplish the most in record time, maybe like mowing the lawn in an hour … [Read more...]

A new study was released today that showed the incredible change in cardiac conditions that can be prevented by people just getting 30 minutes of exercise a day. When I talk about 30 minutes a day it is not some kind of leg breaking, winded, exhausting workout. No the baseline was just doing 30 minutes of walking. This is as much as I get just in our evening walk of the dog. Tracking 130,000 … [Read more...]