You go to the gym more times in one week than you go to church in a year, you watch every gram of food entering your mouth and you get more excited about hitting your next fitness goal than getting a raise at work. Sound familiar? Such fanaticism should guarantee success, right? Only if you pair it with some essential factors. Hard work isn’t always enough, you must also insure that your effort is pointed in the right direction. Here are some common mistakes made by even the most diligent t...

The most desirable element of health and fitness is undoubtedly fat loss. Nearly everyone wants to get leaner yet we are growing fatter each year. For a topic as popular as weight loss you would assume that there were established methods without ambiguity available to everyone, however you would be wrong. In fact the opposite it closer to the truth. There are more mistruths, misunderstandings and downright falsehoods within the weight loss industry than any other part of the fitness world. It...

What is true "health and fitness"? Most gyms have some variation of the term within their name yet gazing about at the membership base reveals little as to what the term means or exactly what folks are trying to achieve. Should you let the meathead lifting a thousand pounds define what it means, the late night infomercial selling the latest must-have piece of equipment or the young man selling supplements at the local health food store? What does it mean to you? If you are like the vast major...

The term power lifting conjures images of overweight behemoths in too-tiny singlet’s slapping each other and heaving scads of rusty plates about. This is hardly attractive to the average gym goer and even less to the common housewife. However like most stereotypes there is little truth behind this visage. In reality power lifting has not only a huge amount of benefits to offer most trainees but can actually be a very rewarding and enjoyable endeavor. Take a few moments to learn the truth ab...

You have not one but two projects due this week at work. You have one sick kid and another who attends music and soccer practice and needs help with homework. Your partner is out of town on business and your extended family lives hours out of reach. To top it off, your latest doctor’s visit confirmed what you already knew: you need to adopt a healthier lifestyle or run the risk of several serious conditions. How does the typical advice of joining a gym and training five days weekly fit into...