Cardio exercise is the most effective means of losing weight and, by burning calories within the ‘fat zone’, people can burn a higher percentage of fat at a lower level of exercise intensity. Exercising within the ‘fat zone’ is a safer method of working out for the relatively untrained athlete or for the person who rarely engages in cardio work. It is also safer for older people because it helps minimize the risk of injuries and muscle strain. The body requires a gradual fitness build up in order to safely …

Tai chi, often called “meditation in motion,” appears to improve the quality of life in people with heart failure, say researchers at Harvard Medical School.

The ancient Chinese exercise of tai chi features physical movements that are slow and gentle and require concentration.
“Historically, patients with chronic systolic heart failure were considered too frail to exercise and, through the late 1980s, avoidance of physical activity was a standard recommendation,” the researchers write. And, until now, the effects of meditative exercise have not been rigorously studied in a large group of heart failure …

Cardio exercise is the most effective means of losing weight and, by burning calories within the ‘fat zone’, people can burn a higher percentage of fat at a lower level of exercise intensity. Exercising within the ‘fat zone’ is a safer method of working out for the relatively untrained athlete or for the person who rarely engages in cardio work. It is also safer for older people because it helps minimize the risk of injuries and muscle strain. The body requires a gradual fitness build up in order to safely …

Margaret E. Woltjer, Ph.D.  
What is Procrastination
Procrastination is a behavior or maybe I should say a lack of behavior. Webster’s dictionary defines it as “dawdling; loitering; delaying that which must be done.” It is one of the most relied-upon coping strategies we use along with denial and blame. We learn it at a very young age, probably beginning with attempting to delay our bedtime. We found out how to do it so expertly that we sometimes didn’t even know we were doing it. To some degree, this is the result …

By angie5 on August 23rd, 2010
When you talk about the core of an object, you think about the absolute center, the part that holds everything else together. If you’re serious about getting in shape, you need to think more about your core. Your abdomen and lower back muscles are the core of your physique. If you fail to keep your core in shape, the rest of your fitness goals will be hard to attain. Simply put, if the core is weak the …