(BlackDoctor.org) -- You've been constantly cheating on your diet. Now you're paying price at the gym, but your diligent exercise routine has amounted to zip. You're discouraged, you're bored and you're not seeing any results. You've plateaued. You may think you need to work out even harder and longer, but would you should do is work smarter. These easy tweaks will help you overcome a fitness or weight-loss slump and take your workout to the next level. So if you're chasing results to no avail, use these tips to help you focus on your goal.......[more]

Bodybuilding Sins That Cause Back Pain and Missed Workouts
By Steve Hefferon, CMT and Jesse Cannone, CFT

It's one thing for someone who sits at a computer all day and never exercises to have back pain, but for a bodybuilder, someone who spends hours and hours each week pouring everything they've got into building muscle, it should be criminal!.......[more]

What is Physical Activity

The health club and exercise equipment industries and the advertising and TV infomercials that support them can easily lead people to think that exercising for health requires considerable time, energy, equipment, special clothing, and money. These investments can seem so overwhelming that some people forego exercising altogether........[more]

The 13 Minute Workout

The Most Effective Fat Burning And Muscle Building Workout That Takes Just 13 Minutes… And Can be Done Anywhere!
by Jesse Cannone CFT, CPRS, CSPN

Most people who want to burn off some excess pounds and tighten and tone their bodies simply don't have 2 hours each day to spend in the gym performing the bodybuilding style workouts that most "fitness experts" recommend........[more]

Exercising For the Right Reason

Before you get started on an exercise program, decide for what reason you will be exercising. If you go into exercising for the wrong reason, you may lose interest or not see improvements in the area you desire.......[more]

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A Black Woman's Guide to Strength Training

The answers are endless to the question of how do I lose weight; one proven way is to lift weights, yes strength train. There are many misconceptions about lifting weights; one being that if you are very muscular you are the epitome of fitness, not true. I've seen many body builders who are extremely lean and muscular but cannot do 5 minutes on a treadmill, but at the same time, I have seen women who are 250 pounds go uphill at 3 miles an hour on a tread mill for an hour continuously......[more]

The Basics of Strength Training

If you want to live longer, be stronger, and more active and productive, you must strength train, meaning actually lifting weights. It's a little known secret to weight loss. Because muscle is metabolically more active than any tissue in your body, it burns more calories. The more calories your body burns the less you weigh......[more]

Developing A Plan for Fitness

Here are some guidelines to keep in mind when incorporating any kind of physical activity into your life:.....[more]

The Benefits of a Morning Workout

Is working out in the mornings better than any other time of day? Decide for yourself......[more]

Best Arobic Exercises

Aerobic exercise is what are hearts like best. It makes the heart become stronger and work more efficiently. You can get an aerobic workout from activities such as:

Biking
Jogging
Running
Swimming
Brisk walking
Dancing

In addition to these activities, an aerobic workout can be achieved in a specially designed aerobic dance class or by using exercise machines (stationary bikes, treadmills, stair-steppers, rowing machines, just to name a few) that can be found at a local gym or health club.

Whether you chose to do one of these activities or something moderate such as walking, yard work, or golf, "the important thing, apparently, is just to do it.