One of the most ridiculous things I ever read about working out and drinking water is that you should try really hard to just avoid drinking water or beverages at all.  The one thing I do agree with is that you shouldn’t drink sugary electrolyte replenishing drinks during workouts, unless you need the carbs and you are doing something extremely intensive like running a marathon, a triathlon or something like that.

During the course of “normal” working out though, that is not advised.  Why? Well, working out, you’re burning calories and carbs. You don’t want to add more of the very thing you’re trying to burn while you’re working out.

Hey there. Just wanted to say Happy Thanksgiving to all my dear readers. Let’s try to enjoy the holiday and not stuff ourselves too much. Or at least take a nice long walk in the brisk winter air afterwards!  That always helps with the digestions and burning off of the comatose-inducing food overdoses!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

Women are more and more frequently getting on weight machines, and that’s a great thing.  Women previously seemed to be either intimidated by weight machines or simply were more interested in doing aerobic activity.  Now, with muscles being considered sexy and powerful on women, you find females on these machines all the time.  It’s a great thing!

If you are thinking about using the weight machines at any gym, whether you’re a guy or a girl, make sure you first get the little once-over type of education they give you at any gym. They should always have a person on site that will be able to show you how to use weight machines safely.

Exercise is a vital part of any health program.  It helps prevent so many diseases and conditions that affect our quality of life. It also helps to extend our life in years, adding to our longevity – or at least greatly increasing the odds that we will live a long and fruitful life.

We know that exercise is a big helper in managing our weight. That’s no shocker. What you might not know is that exercise can also help diabetics manage their illness, and their symptoms.

There have been several flash in the pan fitness trends over the past few years that seem to have come and gone, but maintained popularity in a new fusion or incarnation afterwards. Take Tae Bo, for example. The brain child of Billy Blanks, Tae Bo combined kickboxing and a sort of martial art into a hard, kick butt workout that left even the fittest of us in buckets of sweat.

Flexing and toning your muscles has now gone high tech. Flexing muscles has always been a self started type of activity. Now, with Complex Muscle Stimulators, electrical impulses can flex your muscles for you instead of your voluntary activity.

Compex, by delivering electrical impulses, induces a deeper muscle contraction than through voluntary activity. This electrical muscle stimulation, or EMS, is not meant to replace physical exercise or strength training. It is intended for use together with your existing strength training routine to enhance it.

I heard an interesting factoid on the radio the other morning. It had to do with exercise and how long it takes the brain to become accustomed to it, and actually crave it to the point of a sort of addiction.

It certainly explains why people who have been couch potatoes for the majority of their lives can be transformed into exercise addicts if they stick with it for a while and are consistent. Basically, the theory is that it takes the body and mind about 21 days to become so used to exercising that it actually begins to form an addiction to it.