The key to green arrow abs

The key to green arrow abs

Why go through the trouble? The salmon ladder exercise is among the most time efficient exercises you can train with for working all the muscles of your core and upper body.

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Burn Calories Faster By Working Out a Resistance Band

Burn Calories Faster By Working Out a Resistance Band

 Here are some great exercises, proposed by the fitness experts at SELF magazine, to try using the resistance band to get a jumpstart on your new year’s fitness goals:

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Exercise Your Way to Lower Blood Pressure

It’s nothing new that getting regular physical exercise can help lower your blood pressure. Regular exercise means getting at least thirty minutes of exercise on most days of the week. The best types of exercise for lowering blood pressure include walking, jogging, cycling, swimming and strength training.  These are aerobic exercises, or "cardio", which is considered good for your blood pressure.

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10 Tips For Your Morning Workout

10 Tips For Your Morning Workout

If you're one of those people who has embraced the morning workout routine, kudos! But are you longing for the days when every time you worked out, you felt fresh and rejuvenated? Exercise is incredibly important for our overall health and losing weight If you're at the point when exercise is part of your daily routine (good for you!), but feeling like you're not getting the maximum benefits out of your workout, here are 7 tips to boost it.

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The Secret To Getting To The Gym

The Secret To Getting To The Gym

You know the feeling, you just cannot bring yourself to get to the gym or start your workout when the 5 a.m. alarm goes off. We talked about a recent study that showed  the best way to instill exercise as a real habit in your life. Study published in journal, Health Psychology. Researchers found most consistent exercisers made exercise into a specific type of habit. Usually one triggered by a cue like hearing the morning alarm, going to the gym without even thinking about it or getting stressed and immediately deciding to exercise. Scientists wanted to see whether this type of habit known as instigation habit was better than another type of habit, when it comes to predicting who stuck with a month of exercise. 

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Exercises for Better Sleep

Exercises for Better Sleep

If you’re having trouble sleeping, you might just not be using your body enough to get tired.  This is typical American behavior, especially in the northeast where the stress and exhaustion of the work day or week leaves many wanting to relax after 5 pm.  

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5 Exercises That Could Lead to Injury

5 Exercises That Could Lead to Injury

Of course, we all know daily exercise or at least 3 times per week can benefit our overall health. New studies come out each day proving this fact. But did you know some exercises physical therapists warn against because they may lead to injury? 

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