A Great Body in 90 Days?

foodscWe’ve all heard about fitness programs that promise a great body in 90 days or 12 weeks, or three months (which is all about the same time frame).

Why 90 days? I’ve read several books about the subject. They all point the importance of setting goals, designing a plan, and sticking to it. The plan should be carefully divided into the workout section, and the diet section of the program.

A few weeks ago Continue reading A Great Body in 90 Days?

Vitamin B-6 is a Drug!

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Yes, you read that right, vitamin B-6 is officially a drug. The FDA banned today pyridoxamin, which is a naturally occuring form of vitamin B-6. It is not clear yet what will happen with all the multivitamins that contain B-6, since there are two other [...]

Update on Peanuts

Since we talked about peanuts as being a healthy food a couple of days ago, I though that it would be useful to know which peanut products you should avoid. The FDA has developed the widget to the right side of this post which shows all recalled peanut products both for human and [...]

Freebies!

Who doesn’t like freebies?

I found these offers online but I have nothing to do with them. I thought that they may be a good deal to some of you and that is why I am sharing them with you:

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Bally Total Fitness offers a week long pass. If you were thinking about visiting one of their facilities but weren’t sure, this is a good deal. Continue reading Freebies!

Free Workout Music!

387137147_62840f5d3fI want to share with everybody a site that offers free music downloads. Let me start by telling you how I found out about it. The link is provided courtesy of Brad Merritt (eHow writer).

The site is called Continue reading Free Workout Music!

Lazy Sunday at home

Finally I got a Sunday all to myself. Today I didn’t do anything, just stayed home and enjoyed the beautiful view from my desk. Alcatraz looked blurry with all the rain, but it was a nice view nonetheless.

I was sore from an intense workout week, so staying home was giving my body [...]

Should you do cardio?

Cardio, also known as aerobic or cardiovascular fitness describes the action of performing an exercise that raises your heart rate. We are constantly reminded of cardio’s benefits, it can lower the risk of heart disease, cholesterol, not to mention losing some pounds. Cardio will mean different things to different people. Some will walk, [...]

Blog entry number 1. Welcome!

This is my first posting to this blog, The workout blog, which I simply created to document my progress and to share with everyone out there what is working out for me, and what really does not do me any good.

I am not a fitness expert, nor do I have a great body. I am just an average Joe committed to getting the most out of my workout.
I intend to share with everyone my research, but just keep in mind
Continue reading Blog entry number 1. Welcome!