Archive for the ‘Fitness for Men’ Category
Join Grace Van Berkum to warm up your hips for increased flexibility and balance. A great way to begin any yoga routine.
by Thomas Nastasi On April 13, 2013, I competed in my first Obstacle Race of the 2013 season. It was the Spartan Sprint (3.5 miles, 15+ obstacles) at Citi Field in Queens, NY. This is a special series of Spartan races that are held at ballparks instead of mountains. They first started this in November
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Dr. Weston committed to do the Tough Mudder competition before he turned 65 and he shares his experience and what helped him get through it. Mud bogs, ice filled tanks, walls, barbed wire, crazy jumps, and electric jolts couldn’t slow him down. Don’t let the description fool you; obstacle course races (OCR) are a great
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Let Grace Van Berkum carry you through the Half Spinal Twist, a yoga posture that energizes the spine, stretches the back muscles and hips, increases flexibility, and aids circulation.
Plié Squats with Marzia Prince Health and fitness trainer and expert, Marzia Prince, gives us 3 variations of the plié squat. This squat is well known to dancers as it strengthens and tightens the legs, butt, and inner thighs. Add weight to make it harder and get deeper into the muscles. Jump to boost your cardio
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Workout or exercise mistakes are very common and can be easily overlooked because of the vast amount of information available online concerning when and how to exercise. These mistakes will not only prevent you from getting a good and effective workout but they can also lead to increased pain, risk injury, and cause undue stress.
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Fitness trainer and expert, Marzia Prince, uses a suspension training system to do TRX crunches. These will have your abs humming in minutes. You can also use TRX suspension training to work your upper body, lower body, core, and even do cardio. http://www.facebook.com/sunwarrior http://www.sunwarrior.com/home http://sunwarriornews.com/ http://www.youtube.com/sunwarriortribe http://www.twitter.com/sunwarrior
Fitness Trainer and Expert, Marzia Prince, gives us the ABC’s of proper training.
The beautiful and talented Marzia Prince, health and fitness expert and trainer, shows us her favorite type of lunge. The Around-the-World Lunge will have you sweating soon as it works every inch of your legs. Tighten and slim those calves, thighs, and buns for summer.
Spring is sneaking up on us and summer will follow just as quickly. Many of us are planning our vacation time. But what do we do about our exercise routines during that time? Do we abandon them even as we’re beginning to make real strides? What about our resolutions and goals this year? The good
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Fitness expert and trainer, Marzia Prince, will help you get your shoulders ready for spring and summer, sculpting them into the shapely, toned, and sexy sun-catchers you want. This workout is easy but effective. You will feel the burn as Marzia guides you through working every muscle in the shoulders. You’ll also get some cardio in at the same time and be ready for short sleeves before you know it.
Many vegan and vegetarian athletes manage to compete and do well without relying on animal products for protein. The meat and dairy industries have done a very good job of marketing their products; convincing most of the country that there’s no way to get the protein, calcium, and nutrition we need without their help. Can’t
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by Thomas Nastasi The path we choose in life is filled with obstacles. Without obstacles, everything would be too easy and not worth doing. In 2013, I am signed up for 19 races. Twelve of these are obstacle course races. It will be extremely gratifying to complete and compete to the best of my abilities
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Cold weather makes us sedentary. This means working out during winter is hard, but Marzia Prince, fitness trainer and expert, comes to our rescue with her best tips to keep you active on even the chilliest of mornings. Stay warm and stay fit this winter.
The modern world we live in is full of stress, unhappiness, insecurity, and plenty of depression. Our jobs, the commutes, traffic, finances, church duties, family, relationships, dating, our spouse, the kids, the news, and never enough time all weigh heavily on us, dragging us down. Stress wears the body out and depletes important neurotransmitters, nutrients,
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There are a million ways to pack on lean muscle, and I have experimented over the years with just about all of them. As a teenager, I pretty much lived in the weight room. If I wasn’t playing guitars and hitting punk rock shows with my friends, I was shoveling the heaviest weights possible on
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Talented fitness expert Marzia Prince makes the boring treadmill, or dreadmill, more fun, more exciting, and much more effective. Travel around the world with her and you’ll work all the muscles in your legs while activating your core at the same time. Get your heart pumping, create sexy legs, and have more fun than you
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by Pamela Nixon - MindBodyGreen You’ve heard ‘em. Heck, you’ve probably used them at some time. I’m talking about the most common reasons people give for not being able to practice yoga, otherwise known as “yoga myths.” They may have worked for you in the past, but those days are over because today I’m debunking them!
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by Shilo Urban – Organic Authority If you believe that “fun” can co-exist in the same sentence as “exercise,” then Zumba might be for you. Channel your inner Shakira, get in touch with your feminine moves and find the beat in an exciting exercise class that tones your body and fuels your soul. Colombian for “booty
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I ran cross country and track for Gustavus Adolphus College, a division 3 college in St. Peter, Minnesota. Although I did well there, setting 5 school track and field records and qualifying for the NCAA national meet four times, I know I did not achieve all I could. I never finished All-American (top 35 placing
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There are a million methods available for meeting your health and fitness goals and many of these methods are outlined in readily accessible articles and online templates. While there are a plethora of methods to choose from, one recurring theme in nearly all of these programs is a mandated schedule of specific days that are
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by Sayer Ji - Wake Up World Research published in the American Journal of Physiology indicates that exercise may minimize, and even reverse, age-associated declines in mitochondrial function. [1] This has wide-ranging implications, as the health of the mitochondria intimately affect every cell, tissue and organ within the human body. Mitochondria are known as the “powerhouse” of the cell because they are responsible for
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With winter months come cold nights snuggled under cozy blankets followed by morning struggles to step out of bed while chilling air sneaks through your window seals. It’s difficult to start or finish any work day under such harsh conditions, let alone starting or finishing it with a workout. The freezing temperatures might leave you
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by John McKiernan – NaturalNews (NaturalNews) Sprinting is considered by many as the ultimate exercise. It not only increases athleticism by building fast twitch muscle fiber, it is highly effective for fat burning. Performing sprints a few times a week can replace long cardiovascular workouts on treadmills or ellipticals. The key to getting the most out
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“Yoga teaches us to cure what need not be endured and endure what cannot be cured.” – B.K.S. Iyengar In the world that is Western Yoga, we have no shortage of options: vinyasa flow, sweaty Bikram, restorative, kundalini, ashtanga, classical hatha, Iyengar (and dozens more iterations derived from these styles). Like any yoga explorer, I’ve
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For all the emphasis the media places on fad exercise routines, and “shortcuts” to quickly burn fat and build muscle, it is ironically what we do when not exercising that is most imperative to our health and well-being. Now more than ever, an “all or nothing” mentality is rampant in our society. Millions of Americans
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Seems many of us lean on excuses to keep from exercising the way we know we should. Kids shouldn’t be one of these excuses. On the surface, kids may feel like a valid reason not to work out. You have to find someone to watch them, right? Wrong. It’s easy to include children and it
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I am very adamant about my distaste for mundane cardiovascular training. For the better part of the last five years, I have devoted myself to competing as a mixed martial artist, and all the hard, but very fulfilling, work that this lifestyle entails. In the last year, many changes have occurred in my life—namely the
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Season’s Greetings! Are you scrambling to find a memorable gift for a friend or family member this holiday season? I have a great suggestion for you. There will be no more memorable gift than an entry to an Obstacle Course Race. I guarantee, for good or bad, the recipient will never forget it. I have
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by Sarka-Jonae Miller – NaturalNews (NaturalNews) The average person gains a pound each year during the holidays, which adds to weight gained during previous holiday seasons. In some unlucky people, this extra weight goes straight to their thighs. Just as you have no say where your body stores fat, you also have no control over where
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