This post comes from Krystal Smith. ----- The turn of a new year always welcomes with it a whole host of people promising to do better and many of us use it as an opportunity to improve our health and fitness. However, achieving this goal isn’t always as easy as we convince ourselves that it will be, inevitably leading to many broken self-made promises. As we ring in the 1st of January with the chiming of Big Ben, we feel motivated to achieve our goals. By the end of January many will feel their motivation waning and come mid-February, gym visits have shrunk from four or five days a week … [Read more...]
How To Keep Yourself Fit And Healthy In 2016
Today's post comes from Top Tests. ----- We all may be a little guilty of over-indulging over the festive season and face the prospect of having to squeeze into a pair of trousers that might not fit. These things happen. Most of us make the dreaded New Year’s resolutions that we’ll have a six pack by the end of January but sadly most of us give up within a few days. So, this year why not try to make this a lifestyle change rather than just a dietary one so that you can build a better way of life that easily stretches beyond January. There are three main parts to being healthy which … [Read more...]
4 Effective Dumbbell Leg Exercises To Try This New Year
Now that January's almost over, I hope you're making plenty of progress with your New Year fitness goals. During the month, I've tried to help along the way by providing you with a range of dumbbell based exercises that you can use to strengthen and tone your chest, triceps, upper back, biceps and shoulders. Today I'm going to be finishing off this series of dumbbell based articles and providing you with 4 Effective Dumbbell Leg Exercises To Try This New Year. As I've mentioned in the previous articles, dumbbells are a fantastic workout tool which can be used to strengthen and tone all … [Read more...]
5 Effective Dumbbell Shoulder Exercises To Try This New Year
Over the month of January I've been providing you with a range of fitness themed New Year articles and provided you with some highly effective dumbbell exercises for your chest, triceps, upper back and biceps. Today I'm going to be adding to this series of articles and giving you 5 Effective Dumbbell Shoulder Exercises To Try This New Year. As you probably know, dumbbells are an extremely versatile piece of fitness equipment and are a great tool for targeting all the muscles in your shoulders and giving them an effective workout. If you want to develop stronger shoulders this New Year, these … [Read more...]
4 Effective Dumbbell Bicep Exercises To Try This New Year
With January almost over, I hope you're well on your way to achieving your fitness based New Year goals. So far this month I've given you a selection of dumbbell based chest exercises, tricep exercises and upper back exercises. Today I'm going to be expanding on this and providing you with 4 Effective Dumbbell Bicep Exercises To Try This New Year. If you enjoy using dumbbells as part of your workouts and want to build bigger arms this New Year, then you'll love these four effective dumbbell bicep exercises. The only equipment you need to perform these exercises is a regular bench, a preacher … [Read more...]
3 Effective Dumbbell Upper Back Exercises To Try This New Year
In my last few posts I've been focussing on ways you can improve your fitness in the New Year and provided you with a selection of effective dumbbell based exercises for your chest and triceps. Today I'm going to be continuing with this topic and providing you with 3 Effective Dumbbell Upper Back Exercises To Try This New Year. If you're a fan of dumbbell based workouts and you want to build your upper back this New Year, these three dumbbell upper back exercises will be right up your street. All you need to perform them is a bench and a set of dumbbells which you can either purchase to use … [Read more...]
Ways To Make Those New Year’s Resolutions More Bearable
Hello everyone. This is a guest post from GNC.com ----- So 2013 is well and truly here and hopefully everyone will be continuing to make progress with their New Year goals. By now you have probably discovered that being good and resisting temptation is not as easy as it sounds. On the first of January you’re full of optimism and are ready to take on the world but as the first couple of weeks pass by, this positivity unfortunately soon tends to wane. Well the good news is, you’re not going it alone and many people across the country will be feeling the pressure too. But what’s the … [Read more...]
4 Effective Dumbbell Chest Exercises To Try This New Year
In one of my recent posts I provided you with The Free Fitness Tips New Year Fitness Action Plan which discussed how to boost your fitness this New Year. In my next few posts I'm going to be expanding on this topic and providing you with some specific exercises that you can use to improve your fitness this year. Today I'm going to be focussing on your upper body and providing you with 4 Effective Dumbbell Chest Exercises To Try This New Year. If you're a fan of muscle building exercises, then these four dumbbell chest exercises are a perfect way to keep your chest workouts fresh and build … [Read more...]
The Free Fitness Tips New Year Fitness Action Plan
In my last post I discussed how you can kick start your diet in the New Year. Today I'm going to be completing the series and discussing how to make this year your fittest one yet by following The Free Fitness Tips New Year Fitness Action Plan. 1) Choose Exercises That You Like One of the biggest mistakes people make when looking to improve their fitness in the New Year is that they see it as a burden rather than something they can enjoy. As a result, they jump straight in and start going through the motions, doing an activity that they don't really like. They then quickly lose enthusiasm … [Read more...]
Baby Steps Towards A Healthier Lifestyle
Hello everyone. This is a guest post from E-Lites. ----- It’s the time of year you when hear so many people making grand resolutions and vowing to transform their lives when the New Year comes. Diets will be started, fitness regimes commenced with a new gym membership. Unhealthy habits like drinking and eating too much are going to be left behind them. The trouble is that the sweeping commitments most people make on or around 31 December are difficult to follow through. The intention is there but it’s all too easy to run out of steam and find your New Year’s resolutions have gone out … [Read more...]