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Entries for February, 2010

Eat 5-6 times per day

Fitness Tip: Eat 5-6 times per day. – Do not allow your blood sugar levels to drop, in between meals. By eating more often and eating the right types of foods that are on the low end of the glycemic index, you can keep your blood sugar levels more even throughout the day, and ensure that you are not getting those mid-afternoon yawns and also help keep the excess weight off. Remember that when you spike your blood sugar by eating simple sugars and refined carbohydrates, this will potentially cause your body to store fat!!!

Exercise of the day: Band Decline Chest Press
– The Band Decline Chest Press is a versatile on the go chest exercise that works the lower chest region while traveling or working out in your home gym with fitness bands.
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Fitness Gear: RopeSport DVD- Basic Program

Variety on two wheels

Fitness Tip: Variety on two wheels - Try to include cycling in your normal cardio workout routine. It’s a good idea to mix in different forms of cardio exercise to keep your workouts fresh and challenging for your body. Done with the proper form and bike adjustments, cycling has limited impact on your joints and knees and can give your butt and legs a great workout! Don’t forget your helmet!

Exercise of the day: Ball Dumbbell Concentration Curl - The Ball Dumbbell Concentration Curl isolates and focuses on your bicep muscles as you utilize the ball for stability and control throughout the exercise movement.
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Fitness Gear: Weighted Rope

The Right Carbs for Weight Loss

Fitness Tip: The Right Carbs for Weight Loss - Eat complex carbohydrates instead of simple sugars for a leaner body. Your body is in constant need of carbohydrates to be converted into glucose and used as fuel. When your body has extra glucose it will be stored as fat for later use. Complex carbohydrates, such as whole grains, legumes, and vegetables, take longer to break down into glucose, and will therefore be less likely to be stored as fat than simple carbohydrates such as table sugar, or fruit sugar.

Diets Don’t Work

Fitness Tip: Diets Don’t Work - Never go on a diet! Statistics show that going on and off diets will actually increase your chance of permanent weight gain. Skipping meals is a common mistake that dieters make. While this will lead to a lower calorie intake, it will also trigger your body to slow down your metabolism in order to conserve energy, thus causing you to burn fewer calories.

Exercise of the day: Band Side Bends – The Band Side Bends will help shape and develop your side abdominal region for a toned and strong core.
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Warm up before you pump up

Fitness Tip: Warm up before you pump up - Never exercise a cold muscle. Walk/jog in place, jump rope, swing the arms back and forth, or walk up and down a flight of stairs for about a minute or two. This will safely prepare the muscles for the workload that is to follow.

Exercise of the day: Ball Waist Rotation Stretch – The Ball Waist Rotation Stretch is a awesome way to work the oblique abdominal region with the use of your exercise ball.
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Fitness Gear: Foam Roll

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