When Should You Exercise?

If you’re exercising regularly congratulations because you are a rare commodity in the world. The question is… When do you exercise? Most people who exercise in the morning do so 30-60 minutes after breakfast. This is absolutely backwards. If you want to get the most out of your exercise routine, you need to exercise before [...]

Why Do Girls Wear Thongs To The Gym

When you go to the gym, you may wonder… “Why do girls wear thongs to the gym?” According to many women, it’s the same reason why they wear thongs for any reason. It’s to put an end to the panty lines. How embarrasing do you think it is to be wearing spandex pants and have [...]

Three Reasons Why Exercise is Important

It’s hard to write about the reasons why exercise is important because I think it is so obvious, but many people keep asking. In this post I’m going to keep it short and cut it down to the top three reasons. Three reasons why exercise is important: 1. Promotes cardiovascular health – Increased life span, [...]

Psychological Benefits of Exercise

Everyone knows of the obvious cardiovascular health benefits exercise contributes to. But what about the psychological benefits? The psychological benefits of exercise have long been studied and proven. During exercise, your body receives huges amounts of chemical dopamine and serotonin. These are the drugs that stimulate pleasure and happiness. It isn’t uncommon for doctors to [...]

Is Soy Protein Effective For Men?

It has long been debated that soy protein is not only ineffective for men, but it also negatively influences male hormones and androgen levels. This myth has recently been proven false according to a research by the International Society of Sports Nutrition. According to the research, supplementation with soy protein does not decrease serum testosterone [...]

New Alarming Childhood Obesity Stats

It’s no secret or surprise that children are alarmingly over-weight nowadays. Much of this has been attributed to fast food diets due to motherless environments from the age of working women and career moms, video games, and overall poor eating habits. Kids are eating foods that consist of highly refined carbohydrates and saturated fat.  A [...]

Why is Physical Fitness Important

I recently got a question from someone asking “why is physical fitness important.” I thought it was a joke, but they asked the question in reference to diet pills. They said, “why is physical fitness important? I take diet pills and eat low carb and I’m losing weight.” I explained to them something like to [...]

Components of Physical Fitness

Physical fitness is great, but if you’re going to do it you might as well do it right to ensure you achieve results. There are some components of physical fitness that are vitally important to ensure you achieve your desired outcome. Here they are: 1. 60-minute minimum cardio session 2. 30-minute minimum weight-lifting session 3. [...]

Importance of Physical Fitness

Physical fitness is vitally important to your overall health and studies have proven for ages the benefits in regards to disease prevention. This of course isn’t something you don’t already now. However I would like to discuss in detail the importance of physical fitness in regards to personal self-image and self-esteem. In America, we live [...]

Definition of Physical Fitness

Physical fitness can be really really exciting. It can be fun and envigorating. But what is the definition of physical fitness? Are all things fitness created equal? I don’t believe they are.  Here’s my defintion of physical fitness and it’s requirements: The purpose of physical fitness is to tone your body, cut fat, and increase [...]