Category: Fitness

Monitoring your heart rate can help you in achieving your fitness goals. Knowing how hard you need to work to achieve your desired shape and fitness level will encourage you to challenge yourself. Being able to see how hard you are working will let you see how well you are…

Whether you want to burn calories and fat, train for an athletic event, or just gain or maintain better health, you want to get the most out of your workouts. You're putting in the time, but do you know if you're working at a level where you'll see results? This…

So you have decided to start exercising. Great!  No matter if you are new to exercise, just haven't exercised for awhile, or are a fitness guru, to get the most out of your workouts, you need to  plan. You know the saying "Fail to plan, plan to fail"? Well, it's true no…

In Part 1, we talked about the the benefits of being physically fit, what that actually means, and we discussed the 1st component of physical fitness which is cardiovascular fitness. If you missed that, make sure to catch it here. In part 2, I will cover the 2nd and 3rd…

There's a lot of misconceptions about what it means to be fit. Does it mean I have to have bulging biceps? Or ripped abs? Do I have to spend two hours at a gym? Do I have to run if I hate running? No, none of that defines fitness. Fitness…