This is a goofy thought, but I’m feeling like this at the moment, so figured I’d share some of my twisted reasoning and thoughts with you. Lucky you, right?! Anyways, I haven’t been able to work out for about 3 weeks now, and I’m really beginning to lose my mind over it, because I’m a person who really NEEDS to move around and exert myself, or I start to get a little stir crazy. It’s just how I’ve always been.

Yep, that’s right, we “unfit Americans” are working out more, and it may be helping us slim those notoriously larger and thicker waistlines that we are known for here in the US in the near future, although it is supposedly not making a dent yet. The surge in fitness education and health education to make Americans aware that obesity and lack of exercise is literally killing us off is probably partly to credit.

Just wanted to take this opportunity, on Christmas Day, to wish everyone a Happy Holiday and remind everyone to count their blessings and appreciate family, friends and their health on this special day. Remember, life is short, so enjoy each and every holiday you get to spend with your loved ones and cherish the fact that you have life, love and happiness on this day. Whatever you celebrate, a happy holiday to you.

Here’s to another year of great fitness news, new exercise equipment reviews, elliptical machine reviews, and additional fitness regimen updates and news on the latest fitness fads!

I couldn’t believe when I read about this strong correlation between sitting a lot and gaining weight. I mean, logically, one knows that being active and having a fitness routine is a great way to guarantee you will not become obese or at least will havea healthy heart and lungs, as well as a healthy outlook on life and mental fitness, but there is new research being done that shows that simply standing up more than sitting can help turn your fat burning enzymes back on.

We all enjoy talking about the latest celebrity gossip over dinner, lunch, the water cooler at work, and a bevy of other places where this stuff seems to feed our desire for dirt of overpaid, pampered celebs -at least that’s how many of us view them, whether that’s the reality in every case or not. The same is true of the recent media blitz on some bikini photos of the notoriously voluptuous Jennifer Love Hewitt, lovingly referred to by her fans as “Love”.

You know what makes me really cringe? When I see someone at the gym, or at home (my significant other is guilty of this in spades), just jump right into an intense cardio or muscle workout without even doing any stretching at all, or doing very little stretching. You can have the best low impact treadmills by Horizon, and best reviewed elliptical machines in the world, and if you don’t stretch, you can still be prone to injury!

I remember one of the first “rules” of working out, at least if it was a cardio-targeted workout meaning you want to get your heart rate up and condition the lungs and begin to burn calories off, is that you have to keep your heart rate up for at least 20 to 30 minutes if you even wanted to begin to get the benefits of calorie consumption in a cardio workout.

So, apparently it is true that in order to get the benefits of calorie burning, you have to make sure your heart rate is at it’s “target” for at least the 20 to 30 minutes, and obviously, the longer the better.

Ugh, I really hate this feeling. I’m currently laid up on doctor’s orders, and cannot go to the gym or barely even be on my feet that long, so I’m forbidden to get any real exercise for the next week to two weeks. I’m sure you can relate. Many times when we have minor or major surgeries, we are ordered to either stay still as much as we can, so as not to undo some delicate procedure that was performed by a surgeon or doctor, or to not aggravate a condition.

It has long been suspected that exercise is one of the biggest variables in keeping people mentally alert and “sharp” into their older age. I know for my 84 year old grandma, keeping active has been one of the keys to her continued mental sharpness and sense of well being. Even though she doesn’t “work out” per se, she is always up and around doing things, moving, going out with her friends, and running her home dog grooming business.

I’ll admit, I’ve gotten very behind in offering some of the most important home exercise equipment reviews that I wanted to when I first started this online fitness info magazine, but I’m trying to catch up and make good on some of those reviews now, so readers can get a better idea of what they’re looking for, especially if they choose to buy online.

Buying exercise equipment online can often be beneficial because many times you can get free shipping, and before you buy, you can often read reviews from other customers who have purchased the exact same piece of equipment, and see what their experience has been thus far with it so you know what you’re in store for, and what you want to spend your hard earned money on.