Archive : Gym

Research carried out at the Faculty of Life Sciences (LIFE), University of Copenhagen, shows that dietary fibres found in algae help the body to feel full and therefore lose weight. Previous studies have showed that a diet rich in fibre is good for the maintenance of a healthy weight however this new...

Image Courtesy: Flickr Creative Commons     If you are changing your exercise habits in order to lose weight, of course the first question you probably have is how much you need to exercise. The answer is not so simple. It may surprise you to know that exercise alone is probably not the most...

    Why do some people who go to the gym get far better results than other people do? After all, they all spend about the same time there. The answer is that they simply workout differently. They have different workout habits. Some are just more effective than others. In this post I want to...

It’s not all that difficult to sustain an injury while exercising.  Whether you’re running on the treadmill, bench pressing half your body weight, or trying out one of the many machines placed throughout the space to provide you with the ultimate workout, you can easily injury yourself, even if...

You’ve tried using the equipment at the gym, and while you’re seeing results, you’re going to start hitting yourself in the head with a hand weight if you have to watch one more episode of Charmed while you do your thirty minutes on the elliptical machine (seriously, who chooses the programming...

You might be tired reading about all the tips regarding weight loss and not getting results out of them. Yet, amidst the different barriers you should be able to see through it and really focus on your goals. It can be best to consider that failing is not an excuse for giving up. What you need to do...

You don’t have the time to go to the gym or there is none conveniently located, or quite simply you can’t afford the gym or afford to buy a bunch of equipment to use at home. For any number of reasons, cardio exercises at home can make sense. Without ado, let’s explore the various options for...

If you’ve been with the same gym or health club for a while, you might receive an unpleasant shock at finding out not only how little they’re charging new members that join (far less than what you’re paying, and you’ve been with them for years!), but also how much you could save by switching...

Diet and exercise can take you a long way towards realizing the body of your dreams.  People who want to lose weight and tone their bodies will probably go with a lower-calorie diet and an exercise routine that involves a lot of calorie-burning cardio (with some weights thrown in tone up).  Those...

Most of the equipment you’ll find at your local gym comes with both written instructions and diagrams for usage.  They may even show you which muscle groups you’ll be working when you utilize the machinery.  But if you decide that you want to gain some muscle (whether you’re toning and tightening...