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Shake It Up! When Your Exercise Routine Becomes Too Routine

Starting an exercise program is admirable and if you stick with it, you’ll be rewarded with a fitter, healthier body. Some of the rewards of working out, like a sense of accomplishment and better mental health, will show up right away. Others, like strength gains, take longer, but to see those benefits, you have to enjoy your workout enough to keep doing it. Here’s how to keep your workouts from becoming too routine.

August 22, 2021

5 Ways to Avoid Overtraining?

It’s important to challenge your body when you exercise to see results. But rest and recovery are an important part of the process. When you don’t allow your body enough time to recover, you can experience symptoms of overreaching and, in extreme cases, overtraining. This may require days or weeks to correct. The best approach is to “listen to your body” and keep workouts and rest time balanced. This article discusses five ways to avoid overreaching or overtraining.

August 17, 2014

Shake Up Your Fitness Routine With a Medicine Ball

It’s important to challenge yourself in new ways to enhance your fitness level. One way to do this is to add a medicine ball to your routine. Find out how working with a medicine ball can help you get fitter and what their limitations are.

March 30, 2014

My transformation! by Kbltater2

Back in the early 1990’s, I used to be a gym rat, and stumbled across Cathe’s workout Videos and said, “this girl is great!”. I maintained a steady workout routine for many years until I got laid off in 2005. I found another job a few months later, but with the pressures of a new

April 21, 2013

Use Exercise to Break Through a Weight Loss Plateau: The Importance of Shocking Your System

When you reach a weight loss plateau, it’s tempting to cut your calories further, but this usually isn’t the healthiest or most effective option. Try changing your cardio routine instead to challenge your body in a new way. This is a good way to “shock” your system and restart the fat loss process. Find out more.

January 6, 2013

Is Your Exercise Routine on Autopilot? Why It’s Important to Break Out of the Comfort Zone

Are you spending too much time in the exercise comfort zone? This article discusses why it’s important to continue challenging your body when you work out and ways to make a stale workout more challenging along with the importance of doing so.

September 3, 2012

The Benefits of Functional Strength Training in Our New Low Impact Videos

Strength training can do more than give you a better physique. The key is to incorporate functional strength training into your training routine.

October 30, 2011

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