Now is the time to think about shedding your winter layers and emerging with a stronger, slimmer, firmer body for the lovely warm days ahead. Strength training is key to your success, building muscle power, burning calories and creating leaner body mass.
Read MoreAre you more afraid of getting cancer than heart disease? If so, you’re not alone. According to the American Heart Association, while it’s true that heart disease is the No.1 killer in women, only 1 in 5 American women believe that it is her greatest health threat.
Read MoreGet your mindset and body ready to make fitness a daily habit with ten easy steps, no equipment required! The secret of your success is found in your everyday routines. Day by day your choices shape your actions.
Read MoreResearchers have found that even if you work out for an hour a day, it does not offset the perils of prolonged sitting. Studies show that the combination of a long driving commute and a desk job increases the risk of cardiovascular disease.
Read MoreEarly on in my career I worked with a client who’d had breast cancer and made such dramatic progress in her fitness training program that she felt there must be other women who would also benefit. With her encouragement, I began researching what little information was available at that time to help cancer survivors improve their fitness.
Read MoreMeet Debbie, a woman who's lost 20 pounds over the last four months by sticking to a regular walking program and by making sensible dietary changes (substituting fruits and veggies for starchy carbs). At a weight loss of 5 pounds a month, Debbie is losing a little more than a pound a week, which is what we consider healthy weight loss because it indicates real behavior modification as opposed to a quick fix.
Read MoreIt’s not so much that I love the act of running as that I love what it does for me – the health benefits of building bone, strengthening my heart, clearing my arteries, keeping my brain sharp – and the lifestyle benefits of staying fit for travel, for building stamina for long trips, for climbing up to the top of perched villages or the steep escalators of the Q train!
Read MoreI was always proud of my concave abdomen, my belly naturally flat and slightly hollow like a teen-ager’s. I used to feel lucky and wonder how long it would last. Then one day in my early 40’s, it seemed to pop out overnight, becoming rounder. Not only rounder, but firmer, too. I saw the beginning of the belly my mother and grandmother developed with age.
Read MoreYou may be familiar with the well-publicized risk factors for bone loss and osteoporosis, such as being a woman, aging, menopause, family history, being small and thin, an inactive lifestyle, and smoking. But did you know that anxiety can also increase your risk for bone fractures?
Read MoreI was fortunate to be born with athletic talents; you could say fitness is in my bones. As soon as I could walk I was doing flips off the jungle gym in the backyard and practicing “flying” from the top of a small play house. Every spare minute you could find me playing with jump ropes, pogo sticks, stilts and hula hoops.
Read MoreYears ago, a friend encouraged me to try running. She made it sound so invigorating to gear up and be out in nature, jogging along the reservoir path in Central Park, under a beautiful canopy of trees that change with the seasons. It looked easy enough, until the first time, when 1.6 miles stretched out before me like a marathon. Plugging away, I made it, and, over time, it gradually became easier to run around the reservoir.
Read MoreStrength training sculpts the contours of your body and strengthens the bones within. By building lean body mass, it boosts your metabolism and your energy levels, making you resistant to the slow down that occurs with age. A well-designed exercise program that includes weight training will impact your weight, health, fitness and well-being for decades to come.
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