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Help Track Your Fitness Goals By Using Your Iphone Or Ipod

January 2nd, 2009 · 2 Comments · Exercise, Fitness Resources, Progress Reports, Weight Loss

Over the Christmas holiday I got a new Ipod Touch through some work I did for another website.  Since my old classic Ipod was stolen a few months back I had forgotten how much I loved having an Ipod.   It was useful in so many ways,  but then again it was limited for some applications.  [...]

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Research Shows That Exercise Helps Suppress Your Appetite

December 14th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Exercise, Fitness Resources

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Have you ever noticed how you don’t feel as hungry after you’ve worked out, or your appetite doesn’t seem as ravenous when you’re exercising regularly? There’s a reason for it! From sciencedaily.com
A vigorous 60-minute workout on a treadmill affects the release of two key appetite hormones, ghrelin and peptide [...]

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100 Pushup Challenge: Week 3, Day 2 the second time around

July 17th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Exercise, Fitness Resources, Progress Reports

This week is my second time around doing week 3 of the 100 pushups challenge.

I did my pushups on Wednesday just before going out to play tennis.  I pushed through them at a good pace.  It wasn’t as tiring as the last time I did them, but it was still hard.

I started out with the [...]

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My preferred indoor workout routine - “The Biggest Loser Workout”

July 17th, 2008 · No Comments · Exercise, Fitness Resources, Weight Loss, Workout Tips

Indoor workout routines
During the winter, and when the weather is nasty outside I have to find a way to exercise indoors. Usually for me that means one of a couple of choices. My first choice is usually running on our new fuel treadmill. It has a high intensity interval training (HIIT) setting [...]

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