Sample Exercise Demonstrations

Sample Exercise Demonstrations
 
Here are just a few examples of the strength exercise demonstrations offered in our members only library.  Supine Hip Extension With Leg Lift     Begin by lying flat on the floor with ball resting under your calves and heels pressed firmly into the ball.     Squeezing your hamstrings and glutes, raise your hips up off the floor.     From this raised position, lift your left leg straight upward. This requires some balance so be sure to keep your right heel firmly pressed into the ball.     Return to start position and repeat and then switch legs.

Fitness Tips For Looking Your Best On Your Wedding Day

 Fitness Tips For Looking Your Best On Your Wedding Day

Every bride wants to look perfect on her wedding day. Selecting a dress that will make you look and feel great is an important first step. But what happens when you look in the mirror and don't think you look quite as good as you could? When this happens it’s not uncommon for brides to try quick-fix diets to help them get in shape. Unfortunately, many dieting brides make fitness mistakes that not only prevent them from reaching their goals but also cause unnecessary stress and sometimes even illness. Those are two things no bride needs! Here are five of the most common diet mistakes as well as some tips to help you avoid them.

Exercise Tips for At-Home Moms

Exercise Tips for At-Home Moms

Many women have an extra challenge when dieting - Motherhood. A trip to the gym is out of the question with soccer practice and dance class to attend. But there is a way to fit exercise into your motherhood routine.

Many women have an extra challenge when dieting - Motherhood. A trip to the gym is out of the question with soccer practice and dance class to attend. But there has to be a way to fit exercise into your motherhood routine if you want to lose weight, without losing your sanity. Below you'll find some suggestions for calorie burning activities real moms can do to fit exercise into their lives.

Hit The Road

Once the school age kids have hit the bus, take a brisk walk for an hour. If you need to, bring your child along in a stroller. Pushing the stroller while taking a brisk walk will actually increase the calories burned, not to mention that your child would probably enjoy it.

Weight Loss : Keep it Simple

 Weight Loss : Keep it Simple

An increasing trend over the last few years has been for diet books to make things complex.

I expect it's because each one vies with the other to come out with some brand new theory or other about why we gain weight and why their diet plan is the only one to help us lose it. And the low fat, low calorie stuff has already been covered!

My problem with this new trend is that the diets all involve more counting and while basic maths was never a problem at school I don't want to use it at the dinner table to know what I can eat. And while counting calories is one thing (most of us are probably walking encyclopaedias by now with how many calories our usual choices contain) the new diets are so much more complex.

Bacon and Scrambled Eggs Sandwich Dukan Style

Bacon and Scrambled Eggs Sandwich Dukan Style

Nothing beats a good bacon and egg sandwich at the weekend! And this is why I created my very own recipe for a healthy bacon butty Dukan style which sees the bread being replaced by a delicious oat bran galette and the bacon with low fat turkey rashers.
Yumminess without the guilt!

Ingredients (Serves 2)

2 oat bran galettes
1 pack of turkey bacon rashers
4 eggs
4 tablespoons of skimmed milk
A pinch of dried dill
Salt and pepper