Do you hate housework? Well, most of us do but the article in HeathKey entitled “Housework is Good for Every Body!” will convince you not to hate housework. There are many demons within us that draw us away from our desire to exercise and to lose weight.

We enroll and pay hefty membership fees in the gym yet we do not utilize it regularly. We can always take a walk in our neighborhood for half an hour but we always have endless excuses to avoid it.

Now the good news is we can start considering housework as a form of exercise. The article “Housework is Good for Every Body!” outlines its effective role in our goal to lose weight or increase our fitness level.

Now we can look forward to carrying out our housework because of its benefits to our body. We can always have excuses not to exercise but we cannot put off the housework for so long. So it means we are keeping a tidy house while keeping our body in good shape. Doesn’t it sound very interesting?

Read the full article ‘Housework is Good for Every Body!’ from HealthKey.com

By Julie Brealy

There is nothing more frustrating than to know that your diet and exercise, which used to keep you fit for years, are now less effective. The flabby arms and legs are still noticeable despite of intensive workout and stricter diet. This situation will start to puzzle you as why your exercise regimen and long-term diet programs are no longer effective.

Actually, there is nothing wrong in your workouts and diets. It has something to do with your age. Age is a vital factor that contributes to middle age weight gain. According to studies, the process of burning calories or also known as metabolism slows down as you age.

This is the rationale behind for that flabby arms though you workout religiously and keeps a stricter diet. However, there is good news! Middle age weight gain can be prevented. The only thing you have to remember is to start the prevention now and not to delay it further.

It is a known fact that there is no magic formula for long term weight loss and fitness. It is always a package of hard work and discipline. So to combat your body’s vulnerability to middle age weight gain, these are effective tips to remember.

Muscle burns more calories. To rev up your body metabolism, it is necessary to increase your muscle mass. This is best achieved by intensifying your strength trainings and engaging more into fat burning workout activities.

There are many options for fat burning exercises. It stretches from body combat, swimming, cycling, circuit training, aerobics, yoga and boxing. If you have been exercising, then try to increase your fitness level and to diversify your workout activities so as to boost your metabolism. However if you have sedentary lifestyle, then it is recommended to start slowly. The important step is to start now.

Be extra cautious with your food intake. Your metabolism declines with your age. If you are starting to climb the age of thirties, it is about time to cut back sweets and rich fat foods. Healthy foods such as vegetables, lean meat and fruits are good options.

However, not all of us have the ability to kick off a new healthy lifestyle. Leaving behind our old habits is a real challenge but there are ways to resolve this issue. You can always seek the expertise of nutritionists and gym instructors. To see fast result, it is recommended to enrol in fitness or weight loss boot camps.

You may oppose to this idea because of the fees involved but you have to consider its long term benefits to you. Your decision to join a fitness boot camp can be the key to a longer life and healthier you.

Fitness and weight loss boot camps are equipped with facilities and have the experts to guide and to ensure optimum result in your workouts and diet program.

So do not wait until losing weight becomes an arduous goal to achieve. Take the necessary steps now to prevent the middle age weight gain.

About the Author
Julie Brealy is the health manager at FitFarms, UK’s No. 1 Weight Loss Holiday and Fitness Boot Camp. She has been working for over 10 years in the weight loss industry advising companies in the US and the UK. Julie is also an experienced deep tissue massage therapist.

The title itself of Roni Caryn Rabin’s article “Behavior: Too Much Sitting Shortens Lives, Study Suggests” in New York Times can stir that seed of fear in you. If reading the title shivers you, then you have been probably guilty of living a sedentary lifestyle for years, right?

Nowadays men are driven to live a life of comfort and convenience. Why sweat out for climbing the stairs when there is elevator? Why take a walk around the park after dinner when a great movie is waiting to be played? Why cross the road for lunch when you can request for delivery?

Unfortunately, it cultivates people to be less active. In fact, watching television can be one of the primary causes to sabotage any of your diet or fitness regimes and the article of Rabin highlights that this can lead to shorter lifespan. People who spend more time watching TV have greater possibility of cardiovascular illness.

Honestly, all of us knew the importance of staying fit and one way to do that is to stay active. So try to be productive while watching your favorite shows? Why not jog or clean your living room while watching the TV? Just remember to stay active.

Read the full article, ‘Behavior: Too Much Sitting Shortens Lives, Study Suggests‘ from NYTimes.com - Health.

There is an interesting article in New York Times entitled ‘Train the Mind to Run Right Through Winter’ written by Gina Kolata.  She cited how other people’s exercise routines are affected with the weather. During winter and fall people tend to quit their exercise routines compared in the summer season.

How many of us are guilty of this? It can be a good excuse to escape our exercise regime, right? However, the article conveys a message that we should carry our exercise regardless of the weather.

It means exercising against all odds. Exercising despite of the weather condition is a matter of commitment to our fitness goal. A one-day-slip from our exercise routine can turn to two days or more until we realize that we eventually lost track of our fitness goal.

It may not be easy to run in a chilling weather but a proper conditioning of the mind will greatly help. To be a seasoned runner or biker, one has to run or bike in any season. Weather condition should not beat your determination to keep up in your fitness goal.

Read the full article, ‘Train the Mind to Run Right Through Winter‘ from NYTimes.com - Fitness and Nutrition.

Have you been struck with boredom in your exercise regime? Running alone in the neighborhood park can be a solitary experience and there is a risk that your motivation level to get up and to continue jogging will plummet.

In The New York Times article ‘To Train Harder, Consider a Crowd’, writer Gina Kolata discovers that group training can be an enormous motivating factor that leads runners to perform better.

Though there is still a lack of solid scientific explanation that backs up this theory, it is evidently effective to the marathon runners that had been featured in the article. More athletes nowadays are considering to train with the group as it is deemed to help them tremendously.

If you are struggling to keep your morning exercise, try to exercise with your buddies. Experiment it in yourself. Look for an exercise buddy or group in your local community and after a month, evaluate how it affected you? Are you more motivated since you join the group? Are you exercising now with fun and anticipate your exercise time with more enthusiasm because exercising with your buddies now becomes a socialization activity.

Sometimes thinking out of the box keeps us sane and motivated in our pursuit in life such as aiming to live a healthy lifestyle. It is always great to hang out with people who share the same values as you do and start it by keeping an exercise buddy.

Read the full article, ‘To Train Harder, Consider a Crowd‘ from NY Times -Fitness & Nutrition.