Hi guys. I hope you've been enjoying my fitness cartoons. Today I have another one on the topic of weight loss. Losing weight is major goal for many people. Unfortunately, with so much conflicting information out there, it's very easy to get confused and not know where to start. The great news is that losing weight isn't as difficult as many people would have you believe - you just need to follow simple rules and turn them into habits. Today I plan to help you do exactly that by providing you with 10 Weight Loss Tip. These tips may sound easy but they are effective and if you stick with … [Read more...]
Archives for 2012
5 Low Calorie Cocktails To Make For A BBQ
In my last post I discussed how you can cut the calories in your alcohol when you attend or host barbecues, by drinking light beer instead of regular beer. However, I understand that not everyone's a fan of beer, so today I'm going to be providing you with some alternatives to light beer and listing 5 Low Calorie Cocktails that you can make before attending or hosting your next barbecue. As you probably know, cocktails are a perfect summer drink and are an excellent way to stay cool, hydrated and refreshed at a barbecue on a hot day. Unfortunately, most traditional cocktails are loaded with … [Read more...]
6 Light Beers To Try At BBQs
Over the last few weeks I've been covering how to eat healthy at barbecues and helping you on your way with a selection of healthy meat, healthy fish, healthy vegetable and healthy condiment recipes. In the next couple of posts, I'm going to be taking the focus off food and instead looking at how to cut the calories in the alcoholic drinks you consume at barbecues. As you probably know, alcoholic drinks aren't the best thing for your waistline. However, if you enjoy drinking alcohol, going all summer without drinking any isn't going to be much fun, especially when almost every barbecue you … [Read more...]
The Effectiveness of Cardio Workouts – Get Yourself Into Shape
Hello everyone. This post has been brought to you in association with Tesco.com. ----- Whether you're a seasoned athlete or completely new to getting fit, the benefits of cardiovascular workouts or 'cardio' are extensive and long-term. These include being sick less often, sleeping better, having a stronger and healthier heart, lowering blood pressure and also losing weight (so long as the appropriate diet is also followed). It's all about keeping up with an on-going programme. Thirty minutes of brisk walking three times per week, is enough to maintain basic cardio fitness. For people who … [Read more...]
10 Fitness Tips For Women
Hey guys. Last week I posted 9 Fitness Tips For Men. Today I'm going to follow up on this topic and provide you with 10 Fitness Tips For Women. Like with the men's tips, these are all relatively simple and straightforward. However, they're tips that many women neglect when they're just getting started with their fitness training program. If you implement each one, you'll have a much better introduction to the world of fitness and are much more likely to commit for the long haul. If you find this infographic useful, please Like, +1, Pin or Tweet it by using the buttons above and below … [Read more...]
3 Healthy & Natural BBQ Condiment Recipes To Try
In my last few articles I've been covering how to eat healthy at barbecues and provided you with a range of healthy barbecue meat, fish and vegetable recipes to try. Today, I'm going to be continuing with the focus on barbecues and providing you with 3 Healthy & Natural BBQ Condiment Recipes. Currently, you probably don't put much thought into the condiments you consume at barbecues. After all, if you're eating relatively healthy and avoiding the processed burgers and hot dogs, a small amount of condiment doesn't sound like it's going to have much of an impact on your health. However, … [Read more...]
Useful Fitness & Diet Apps
Hello everyone. Today’s article is a guest post from Ashley Lynn who writes for 02. ----- People use smart phones for just about everything these days, from running businesses, to staying in contact with friends, to playing games. But beyond these broad uses, mobile smart phones now have a range of capabilities that can almost make them seem like magic. Indeed, just about any mobile phone you pick up from a popular provider like O2 seems entirely capable of running just about every aspect of your life for you, which is why these devices have become so wildly popular. For example, did you … [Read more...]
4 Healthy & Natural BBQ Vegetable Recipes To Try
In my last few posts, I've been discussing how you can make barbecues healthier and providing you with a selection of healthy BBQ meat and healthy BBQ fish recipes to help you achieve this goal. Today I'm going to expanding on these articles by focussing on vegetables and providing you with 4 Healthy & Natural BBQ Vegetable Recipes. Like the other recipes in the series, each one of these healthy and natural vegetable recipes involves taking the vegetable, applying a simple marinade that is both healthy and tasty and then cooking it on the barbecue. To prepare each of these healthy … [Read more...]
Why You Need To Rest When Working Out
Hello everyone. Today’s article is a guest post from Carlene Jayden who writes for FitSpace Gyms. ----- It’s hard not to feel guilty whenever you take a day off from the gym or your regular fitness routine. Whether you are lifting heavy weights, participating in hours of aerobics or circuit training your way around the gym, there will always be times that life’s other priorities get in the way. What most people fail to realise however, is that that unless you take sufficient rest between workouts, all the training you do could well be in vain. Your body needs to be allowed sufficient … [Read more...]
9 Fitness Tips For Men
When you're just getting started with fitness training, there's a lot of conflicting and confusing information out there. That's why today I've decided to do a post focussed on men who are just getting started with fitness and share with you 9 Fitness Tips For Men. While there's nothing ground breaking in these tips, they're tips that a lot of men neglect when starting with fitness training and if you stick to them, your fitness training program will be much more effective. If you find this infographic useful, please Like, +1, Pin or Tweet it by using the buttons above and below this post, … [Read more...]