Is Your Health Simply A Number on the Scale?

Dieting vs Living A Healthy Lifestyle

The proof is always in the pudding. Studies show that when your focus is only on what the scale reads, you are likely to fail.

Link Love: Fitness Blogs From Around The Blogosphere

Health Blogs Around The Blogosphere

Hey Everyone! Sorry but Graduation was this weekend and my family is in town for the weekend.

The past month having been a mess because of exams, hotel arrangements and everyone or thing demanding my attention, I finally have a little extra time to post about a few sites I stumbled upon.

Enjoy!

Link Love: More health and Fitness Blogs Around The Blogosphere

Health and Fitness Blogs Around The Blogosphere

Hey everyone!

I wanted to share more health and fitness blogs I stumbled upon. I found these sites at Forbes.

It is nice to view other blogs on the topics I write about, or at least somewhat similar. I find it refreshing to discover new sites around the net to interact with, along with people you might wish to partner up with.

Weight- Loss Plateau: 4 Effective Tips to Continue Weight Loss

Hit a weight loss plateau?

I stumbled upon an interesting article that reminded me of how necessary it is to change up our workout routines, especially when your body reaches a weight loss plateau.

Health and Fitness Blogs Around the Blogosphere

 

Occasionally, I’ll discuss or provide links to different Health and Fitness blogs I stumble upon. These sites are worth visiting. Swing by, connect with new people, and enjoy their articles!

I recently stumbled upon the following health blogs sites:

• Working On My Fitness
• smarterthanagrade5
• AlmostFit
• chillibody
• Paul’s Health Blog

Check out these sites and drop a comment.

Also, here is a helpful tool called the Metabolic Rate Calculator

Have Your Say! Please Share Your Blog Fitness Site.

Your Fitness Solution, A Home Gym?

According to this article, home gym equipment in America topped $5 billion in 2006, while 2007 sales increased an additional 3 percent.

Apparently, current numbers are suggesting that more Americans are investing in treadmills; sales surpassed almost $3 billion last year.

I run outdoors because outdoor training has proven most beneficial for me. Remember, just because something worked for me, does not mean it will do the same for you. Everyone is different, and everyone has specific needs. I remember training with treadmills, and soon realizing, to my displeasure, that I was not as conditioned as one might think.

So, I wanted to ask my readers, because I’m sure many of you, like me, have seen treadmills go unused in many homes.

The article offers a list of home gym equipment, of course the lower-cost alternatives to expensive exercise equipment.

• A yoga mat
• Small free weights
• An exercise ball
• A jump rope

Here is the entire article. [Home gyms race hearts, but make them personal]

What kind of home gym equipment have you invested in? What would your dream fitness home gym consist of ?

Warning! The Secret to Defeating Overtraining!

What is Overtraining?

Simply stated, when a people pushes themselves to hard without proper rest and recovery. This can occur with any workout program.

How do I know if I’ve Overtrained?

Normally, if your experiencing some of the following symptoms:

• Lasting soreness and stiffness in muscles, joints, and tendons
• Loss in training interest
• Lack of progress
• Problems sleeping
• Headaches
• No energy
• Loss of appetite

Overtraining is self defeating! Your goals are to avoid injury, increase strength, lose body fat, etc

The Secret to your Success!

• Give yourself time off! Stay away from the Gym for several days, or how ever long it takes.
• Relax, spend sometime with family, or friends. Maybe even get outdoor!
• REST! Try to get 7 to 8 hours of sleep a night.
• Take a multivitamin (daily)
• Food intake should be high in protein and carbs, salads, fresh fruit and veggies.
• If you feel like your overtraining, STOP TRAINING!
• Lose the Pride! Don’t try to become someone your not.
• Patience, spread your workout throughout the course of the week.
• REMEMBER, always avoid injury! Take a few days off, instead an injury forcing you to take several months off.

What would you add?

What habits have helped you avoid over training and avoid injury? Do you have any ideas and tips to add to this post? Let us know what you think! Thanks!