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Increase Your Balance with Pilates Core Training
The Pilates core training exercise program has been utilized for more than 75 years. The founder of this method of strength training, Joseph Pilates, really understood the importance of the body and mind connection. The Pilates core training program combines many different forms of exercise to strengthen your core muscle group, and it involves breathing deeply to enhance the benefits.
What Is the ‘Core’ Muscle Group?
The reason the Pilates exercise program is so popular and effective is because it focuses on the core muscle group. The core muscle group is vital to whole body strength and balance, as well as natural alignment and good posture. The
Less Sitting, More Running Around for Kids
Too many people don’t get enough exercise. Adults might be a lost cause, but it’s too soon to give up on kids.
Young adults need to get moving!
However, it’s pretty hard to pry kids away from video games and the internet.
But a new report in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition makes a good case for getting kids to be more active.
In the study, vigorous physical activity among children was linked to fat mass.
Scientists found every 6.5 minutes a child spent playing ball, bicycling, or running, was associated with 1.32 centimeter drop in waist size.
For the research, boys got 30 minutes of activity and girls 22 minutes, but this isn’t a set rule or standard.
Experts suggest exercise be both vigorous and moderate.
But the National Football League likes 60 minutes. Play 60
DietTribe Episode 8 Recap
On this past week’s episode of DietTribe, the women reached the finish line. The women competed in their triathlon and their final weights and makeovers are revealed. They also received a surprise reward for their commitment to their diets: A seven-day lavish cruise with their families.
Here’s what happened on the finale of DietTribe Season Two:
The five women said good-bye to their trainer, Jessie Pavelka and had their last therapy session with their counselor, Stacy Kaiser. With b
Taste Test Tuesday: Alexia Sweet Potato Julienne Fries
Sweet potato fries are all the rage in restaurants across the country and now there is a frozen product people can buy to make them easily at home. Like with most frozen French fry products, you bake them for about 20 minutes in a 400-degree oven after arranging them in a single layer on a baking sheet.
I usually look for frozen fries with no more than 4 grams of fat per 3 ounce serving and these have a little bit more than that (6 grams of fat per serving), but the saturated fat is low (.5 grams) and no partially hydrogenated oil is used in the making of this product so the trans fat is nil. Continue reading…