How to Keep New Year Resolutions Many people start off the new year with resolutions. However, by a few weeks into January these resolutions have been tossed aside, leaving the one who made them feeling bad about themselves. Many wonder just how to keep new year resolutions. It is not as difficult as you may think. Be Realistic The first and most important thing to remember is to be realistic. You... 

There is a new diet sweeping across France, selling over 3.5 million copies, and is being called the new life-long weight loss plan. Why hasn’t’ Americans heard about it? They will, starting next month when the new Dukan Diet book makes it debut in America. The New York Times is reporting that Dr. Pierre Dukan has sold the Rights to North America for a whopping $1.3 million dollars. Some critics... 

Think About Sneaking Some Exercise Into Your Day With today’s rising costs of healthcare yet declining salaries it is essential that Americans find ways to sneak exercise into their daily routines. Exercise can also help combat stress, which is increasing along with the American waistline. There are many painless ways to sneak exercise into your day. For example, those that have a desk job can use... 

Not All Ab Exercises Are Created Equal The best exercise for a washboard stomach can be done at home or at the gym and requires no equipment other than an exercise mat or a rug. The bicycle crunch is performed by lying flat on your back and alternately drawing one knee up to your chest while crunching up towards the raised knee. This exercise has been proven to be very effective for the rectus abdominus... 

Exercise gurus can provide you with innovative and snazzy routines, but realistically even they will become boring. Staying in shape is a lifestyle not a 30-day challenge. Mix it up and change it up. You don’t have to follow the same routine or push out the same numer of repetions each time you workout. In the beginning, motivation is found through goals such as wanting to lose a few pounds and... 

There is a small town called Taylor in British Columbia that is fighting a huge uphill battle. When one of their newest community members arrived she noticed a huge health issue in the tiny town. Dr. Ali Zentner noticed as she looked around the small town and met many of the townspeople that many were overweight. It is estimated that nearly 60% of the people in this town are considered to be obese.... 

March 1, 2010 – Those pressed for time to carry out a regular exercise regiment will welcome the latest news from research conducted on the matter. In what is called interval training, individuals can engage in intensive workout routines for short periods of time and derive better results than going through the daily grind of long workout sessions. By putting the body through quick, intensive exercise... 

Interval Training Can Save You A Lot Of Gym Hours People may no longer have excuses not to exercise. Many people claim that there are just not enough hours in their day to exercise correctly. Interval training, experts say, can take an entire week’s worth of exercising and shrink it down to one hour. Interval training is a technique that was designed for Olympic athletes, and it has been thought... 

No need to spend 30 minutes slogging away on the elliptical or making the rounds on the weight machines. Here’s a 10 minute no-equipment program that works the entire body from Peter Park, fitness expert for LIVESTRONG.com and Lance Armstrong’s strength and conditioning coach. Note: Park recommends doing the workout twice a day for better posture, a stronger core and a balanced body. THE... 

According to reports, Canadian singer Nelly Furtado has blasted Madonna over her freakish effort to look young and the lengths she goes to maintain her looks. Furtado insists that she will never try and cheat father time in order to reverse the aging process, and would rather just sit around her kitchen and eat instead. “I am not ready to adjust physically, just to be marketable. My sell-by date...