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The importance of fitness and health

By Eric Thomas ⋅ November 18, 2009

Today everybody is aware about the importance of fitness and health. Obesity can lead to various diseases, including heart diseases. People are trying out ways and means like dieting and fitness programs to reduce weight and remain healthy. Exercise is very important in everyday life. If you want to get into shape, you should surely [...]

Singapore Fitness Bootcamp Owner Explains – Are Low Carbohydrate Diets Bad?

By Eric Thomas ⋅ November 1, 2009

As a Singapore personal trainer and fitness bootcamp owner, I always try to stay up to date about health news being shown in the media.
A few days ago there were a few articles in local Singapore papers and news about the “evils” of low carbohydrate diets. They are simply incorrect.
Here are my thoughts…and what I [...]

The lifestyle of a warrior

By Eric Thomas ⋅ October 13, 2009

At the age of 95 Grand Master Helio Gracie died in the hills of Rio de Janeiro on January 29, 2009. Grand Master Helio, is known now a day as the father of Mixed Martial Arts know today as UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship).
He was the founder of a new style of Jiu Jitsu based on [...]

Online Services Help Women Become Stay-at-Home Entrepreneurs

By Eric Thomas ⋅ September 23, 2009

It was only a matter of time before creative women found a way to have it all: family time, an income, and an outlet for pursuing their inner entrepreneur. Online has given thousands of stay-at-home women access to a vast market. By taking advantage of online solutions, women can launch successful enterprises on their own [...]

Personal Lactate Threshold Training

By Michelle ⋅ December 31, 2008

These are not the reasons we do Lactate Threshold Training.
What is it?When muscles contract vigorously for long periods, the circulatory system begins to lose ground in delivery of oxygen (necessary for energy production). In these conditions the breakdown of glucose is converted to lactic acid. As the lactate is produced in [...]

Guilt: Is it Getting in the Way of Your Self-Care?

By Carol ⋅ December 31, 2008

When Do We Usually Feel Guilty? When:
We’re not feeling ok about who we are.
We’re not feeling ok about the choices we’re making.
We haven’t met our own expectations.
We haven’t met the expectations (real or imagined) of someone else or society at large.
How Does Guilt Affect Your Self-Care?
Guilt can come out in a number of ways, hurting [...]

Super Charge Your Metabolism

By Donald ⋅ December 29, 2008

1. Cardio in Combination with Strength Training- If you need to combine your cardio with Strength training then do your Cardio AFTER your Resistance Training workout. You need that extra energy for the Hi Intensity Strength training and you also want to pump blood into your muscles after you have just broken them down [...]

Five Tips for Easy Weight Loss!

By Eric ⋅ December 25, 2008

Weight loss is a hot topic among people today, especially considering the fact that more than half of us are overweight. As we get older we often get busier, and before we know it, find ourselves in the prime of our lives and packing a few extra pounds. With so little extra time in our [...]

Exercise & Motivation, Part 2: Overcoming Inertia & Getting Started

By Donald ⋅ December 23, 2008

In the first article in this series (http://tinyurl.com/8ztbo), we gave you an overview of the stages of change in Prochaska’s Transtheoretical model. The first three of these stages are all about getting started. They apply to anyone who’s not actually regularly exercising at the moment. If you were active in the past, but don’t [...]

How to Maximize Your Fitness Results

By Donald ⋅ December 20, 2008

What I am about to reveal to you can make a drastic change in the out come of your fitness results. Many of us are willing to dedicate a decent number of hours each and every week to our workout plan. But quite often we do not always see the results we had hoped for. [...]

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