What Kettlebells Should You Try First?

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Kettlebells are another great way to change up your workouts. If you aren’t exactly sure of what they are, they are defined as “a traditional Russian cast iron weight looking somewhat like a cannonball with a handle.”
You can use kettlebells whether you’re a beginner or if you’re more advanced. If you haven’t used [...]

Women’s Upper Body Workout

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In case you’re wondering about a workout split to try, an upper body/lower body split is a great one to consider. Do upper body twice per week and lower body twice per week. Try to complete 12-15 reps for each exercise. If you can’t do at least 12 reps, decrease the weight and [...]

Hydroxycut Hard-Body: Take the Challenge!

If you’re looking to get a hard-body, taking the Hydroxycut Challenge might just help to keep you motivated! Hydroxycut has a total of $250,000 to be won. They will choose 1 male and 1 female who will get $100,000 each and they will also choose 25 runners-up to each receive $2000. Not a bad chunk [...]

Womens Fitness Magazines

I am a fitness magazine lover! I personally subscribe to all of the following and they have really helped me to develop a fitness and nutrition program that works for me. If you are looking for new workouts, exercises, meal ideas or helpful information about designing your own workout, you need to check these out:

My Fitness Articles on eHow

I have written quite a few fitness related articles on eHow and I thought it would be appropriate to share them with my blog readers. I hope you find at least one of them useful.

My Chest Workout

I was supposed to do a chest workout yesterday, but we had Applebee’s for lunch and it totally screwed up my stomach. My stomach is really sensitive to salad dressing and last night I ordered a Ceasar salad, totally forgetting about the horrible stomach pains I would have afterwards. Definitely not a smart move on [...]

Avoid Holiday Weight Gain

Ahhh yes. The holidays have fallen upon us. With Thanksgiving under our belts, let’s hope we haven’t all started packing on the Seasonal Seven. The Seasonal Seven is said to be the average weight gain for Americans between the Thanksgiving and New Year’s holidays. Everywhere you go you’ll find Christmas cookies, chocolate sweets, eggnog filled [...]

Protein Shake Recipe

I just tried a new protein shake recipe and I wanted to share it!
I normally drink Muscle Milk RTD shakes but it’s good to mix it up sometimes right?
Here’s the recipe:

Milk – about 2 cups
Frozen Strawberries
1/2 Banana – I use a little bit less because it kills my stomach if I eat too much. Sad, [...]