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I wanted to show all of you what I use to workout and all of my fitness equipment. However, to get in great shape you really don’t need any equipment at all, just your body! That is what is so great about Insanity, you are just using yourself as the resistance and pushing yourself, and you will see results. But it is good to have different equipment to add variety to your workouts and to challenge yourself. Just get the equipment you need, and don’t go out and spend all your money! Try to find good deals on craigslist or on ebay, like I did for my dumbbells and power tower, which will save you a ton of money.

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I am building a GYM at my Hotel and I need the best of the best

The places I have been all seem to use Precor.

I am looking to lose a signifigant amount of weight and heard that Weight Watchers works very well. But I need a place that I can work out and I can’t find anything on their website about a fitness area. I don’t want to put my money into something that just tells me how to eat! I don’t need a lecture just serious answers!

Weight watchers will sell you measuring spoons. and other stuff but their biggest thing is the moral support of going to their meetings and listening to pep talks and getting weighed each time.
find a gym and walk or use a treadmill or bicycle to get your pulse up
I found Dr Mao on Yahoo Health

Here are six simple tips that will have you losing weight in a balanced and healthy way.

1. Lose weight with water.
Water is essential for everybody – it is also the key to losing weight. If you haven’t been drinking enough water, your body has developed a pattern of storing water. This water retention equals extra unwanted weight.

By drinking more water, you are not only flushing out toxins, you are also teaching your body that it no longer needs to store water. Drink at least 60 ounces of water (about 8 glasses) a day. Boil water and sliced lemons, and drink this throughout the day to help with fluid retention. If you are still not sold on the merits of water, try this on for size: water is a natural appetite suppressant.

2. Soup up your weight loss program.
A simple dietary change will have you shedding pounds: eat a bowl of soup at least once a day. Nutritious, low-salt soups will nourish you as they flush waste from your body. People who eat a serving of soup daily lose more weight than those who eat the same amount of calories but don’t eat soup. Go for homemade soup whenever possible, as canned soups are loaded with salt and chemicals.

3. Eat early to keep weight off.
The human body follows a circadian rhythm, which means that the same foods eaten at breakfast and lunch are processed differently than when eaten at dinner. Studies show that when you eat your daily protein and fat at breakfast you tend to lose weight and have more energy; however, eating the same things at dinner tend to increase tendencies toward weight gain. I suggest that you eat your last meal of the day by 7 p.m.

4. Eat smaller meals, more frequently.
Follow an eating schedule with five little meals every day. Eating steadily through the day keeps you from becoming famished and overeating at your next meal. Make a low-fat trail mix from raw almonds, pumpkin seeds, dried plum, and apples and have it available at all times to avoid the tempting lure of high-calorie snacks.

5. Adopt a balanced approach to your diet.
Most of the fad diet programs out there nowadays are extreme in a few recommended foods, or else deprive the body of food altogether. This works in opposition to our metabolism and the results usually don’t last, producing a yoyo effect that depresses your metabolic function – not to mention your self-esteem. We are natural beings that need a balance of nutrition from all sources.

Your diet should consist of a balance of organic sources of lean protein, complex carbohydrates, whole grains, legumes, nuts, fruits, and vegetables. Instead of white rice and pasta, opt for brown rice, bulgur, millet, or buckwheat.

Eat more green, chlorophyll-rich foods such as broccoli, kale, spinach, and asparagus. Eliminate candy, sugar, soda, and all simple sugars from your diet. Excess sugar ends up being stored as fat in your body, which results in weight gain. Also, keep dairy to a minimum because most dairy products are high in saturated fat. Avoid fatty foods, processed or fried foods.

6. Walk off the weight.
The No. 1 cause of weight gain is inactivity. Physical activity is the key to speeding up your metabolism and burning excess calories. The best way to be physically active is to use your legs! Walk as often and as long as you can. Always take the stairs instead of the elevator.

Step outside during your break at work and take a walk around your building. Consider joining a local hiking club. Try taking a walk 30 minutes in the morning or 30 minutes in the early evening.

I hope this article helps you shed some pounds and add on the years! I invite you to visit often and share your own personal health and longevity tips with me.

May you live long, live strong, and live happy!

-Dr. Mao
Yahoo Health

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A few clips of me & my friend training @the gym! I’ve got more footage of me training, but couldn’t fit it in this clips which was about my powerblocks. But in the near future I will be uploading more training vids etc!

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I am planning to buy 24 hours fitness equipment for my company. Can I get more discount on each 24 hour fitness coupon?

Yes, you can approach to the fitness marketing site for more discount. Usually all fitness marketing sites will offers 24 hour fitness coupon for each purchase. If you are planning to buy more fitness equipment then you can directly approach the site for more offers. There is a chance to get better offer in some online fitness marketing sites.

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I have recently started working out at a gym. I used to be the kind of person who only worked out at home. I am unfamiliar with the terms watts and mets…some of the cardio machines ask me to choose between those two things and then to put in a level. Hopefully someone can explain what these things are to me. Thanks!

A watt is how much energy or power you’re generating with each thrust that you make. And a met is actual the number of calories that you burn per kilogram of body weight while you’re asleep (essentially 70 calories per kilogram of body weight, or a “K-CAL”) So, for instance, if the LCD readout says “7 mets” then that means you’re burning approximately 7 times the number of calories than you would when you’re completely at rest.

We’re getting ready to attend a wedding in April and we’re trying to slim down a bit, especially around the waist/abs. We’ve got two little boys, so going to the gym is out right now. Is there anything you can recommend that isn’t too time consuming and produces results?

I highly recommend TURBO JAM!!! It’s will never get boring and it will leave you feeling awesome. Plus it doesn’t hurt that it tones your body also.

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I’m here at the park where I’m going to do my interval training and bodyweight exercises. Today I’m going to show you some fun stuff to do without a single piece of equipment. All I’m going to do are some dynamic stretches and bodyweight movements.

First, start with high-knee runs and return with butt kicks. Next move down and back going side to side while squatting. Follow that up with elbow to instep lunges followed by inchworms.

The next exercises you can do are duck-unders and step overs. Both of these are great if your hips are tight. These 2 exercises will really loosen them up.

Next, I want to slowly make my way into some hard sprints with the first 2 being on an intensity level of a 6 out of a 10. After that, you will sprint at a 9 out of a 10 (about 25 seconds). After you are done with your sprints, you will want to do a bodyweight exercise of 20 pushups. Rest about 20 seconds and repeat the sprints. This time you can do prisoner lunges. Rest 20 seconds and sprint again and back down into a plank position. Run a sprint again and back and then move down into a side plank.

I like to mix it up with a side movement down and back. Follow this up with some more pushups or close grip pushups. Any type of agility patterns with some bodyweight exercises will work. No need for any equipment, just lots of fresh air!

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I want to work my pects a lot, but am not sure if bench pressing is effective enough, when I could just use little weights differently and more versatilely. Someone who knows what they’re talking about please answer. By the way, I don’t want to be huge, or even large, I go more for spryness. I dont know if that matters.

Bench pressing is the best way for building your chest.