By Fit4Life | July 31, 2007 - 8:15 am - Posted in Health and Fitness News

The list of reasons why you should get regular exercise just seems to keep adding up more and more. The latest reason researchers have added that exercise should be part of everyone’s daily regimen, or at least 3-4 times in a week consistently is that exercise can be one of the contributing factors to beating and preventing skin cancer.

By Fit4Life | July 15, 2007 - 4:33 pm - Posted in Fitness Advice

You’re probably thinking, jeez, I work out so that I don’t think about eating, or think about it in a healthier light, not so that I can think about the delicious meal that I’m supposed to have afterwards. But you really should put a little thought as to what you’re going to put in your body after your workout, to make sure that you are properly nourishing your body for post workout muscles and breath recovery, as well as mental refreshment and recovery.

By Fit4Life | July 12, 2007 - 4:21 am - Posted in Health and Fitness News

There’s constantly some new weight loss diet or pill on the market that promises quick and effective results. There’s one particular new pill that has been in all the advertisements recently that is stating how helpful it is in accelerating weight reduction. Also noted in each advertisement is that it is FDA approved. This product is the Alli diet pills.

So, I thought I’d look a little further and see what the Alli diet pills are all about. Alli diet pills come with an individualized weight loss plan.
Alli capsules work by blocking absorption of about 25% of the fats that you eat. The concept behind this is simple, since fat is two times more calorie laden than any of the other nutrients you ingest. Faster weight loss will ensue.

By Fit4Life | July 8, 2007 - 1:14 pm - Posted in Fitness Advice

Everyone prefers to work out in comfortable clothing. It’s just that the difference between comfortable may vary from you to me and from you to any number of people you see in the gym when you go outside of your house to work out. Some people can work out in very little – say shorts and a tank top, and feel comfortable, some women or men may even choose some sort of leotard-type outfit to work out in and feel perfectly comfortable with that. I myself am a pretty modest person when it comes to working out.

By Fit4Life | July 3, 2007 - 8:05 am - Posted in Fitness Advice

At first, I have to admit the idea seemed a bit bizarre, if not self indulgent and only for the wealthy and priveleged who don’t know what else to do with their children, but upon a further look, personal trainers hired out for younger children may not be such a bad idea in certain cases.

Some parents are hiring personal trainers for their kids and taking them to the gym or having private in-house sessions with personal trainers to help combat childhood obesity, which seems to be ever on the rise here in the US.