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The Best Things to Eat Before Working Out
We sort through the confusing advice about pre-workout snacks to tell you what you need and when. By Corrie Pikul The workout: A vigorous morning run or swim. If you’re going to get
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Squats: Love ‘em or Hate ‘em
Written by Elizabeth Kovar, M.A. Contributor for Tools For A Great Life Believe it or not, but you, yes you do squats every single day! Hard to believe? Well it’s true! Standing up from a
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Splash it Up! Creating Compound Strength Exercises for your Water Aerobic Classes
Written by Elizabeth Kovar, M.A. Contributor for Tools For A Great Life Water aerobic classes are taught a variety of different ways that contain participants of all ages and fitness levels. As a general stereotype,
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How Exercising Outdoors Can Boost Your Workout
Source: HealthyWomen.Org Exercise equipment fills Tami Hart’s garage, gathering dust. Tami also ignores the 24-hour fitness room she could use for free at her workplace. It’s not that the Payette, Idaho, woman has given
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The Simplest Yoga on the Planet
Written by Stasia Bliss Contributor For Tools For A Great Life By now, many of us are familiar with yoga, or at least we think we are. We have taken a class, known someone
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Need to unveil your best body today? Fine-tuning tips to lose belly fat fast
By Lara Rosenbaum, Photography By Polka Dot Images/Thinkstock Whether on the red carpet or a photo shoot, models and actresses are used to showing lots of skin. Often, theyll use these last few tricks
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Yoga for Outdoor Spring / Summer sports
Written by Elizabeth Kovar, M.A. Contributor for Tools For A Great Life Tis the season for marathon, triathlon and cycling events. Every year the Pacific Northwest features thousands of events that benefit charities or medical
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Energizing when Feeling Tired
Written by Charlotte Watts Contributor for Tools For A Great Life | Nutritional Therapist and Yoga Teacher We are constantly producing and using energy every single second that we are alive; each of your
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The Workout Gadget for Faster Fitness
Could kettlebells really help you burn calories faster than conventional strength training programs? Fitness research suggests the kettlebell really does pull its weight. from Reader’s Digest The claim? Working out with a kettlebell (a
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Self-Care for Lower Back Pain
Written by Sheryl Kraft | HealthyWomen.Org It must have been that super-strenuous spin class I took last week, when my mind fooled me into believing I was 35 but my body stubbornly acted its
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