Have you ever had an overuse injury? Most people have. This article discusses what causes overuse injuries or repetitive stress injuries along with simple steps you can take to prevent them.
Are you stuck in your comfort zone? Comfort zones feel good but they also limit your fitness gains. Discover tips for breaking out of your exercise comfort zone and how it can help you achieve your fitness goals.
Are kids of today as fit as their parents? A new study looked at this issue and came to some disturbing conclusions. Find out how modern kids compare to their parents in terms of aerobic fitness and ways you can motivate your kids to get the health benefits of exercise.
One of the most important aspects of making fitness gains is to set reasonable goals. If you’re not getting the results you want, the problem may be with your goals or lack of. Here are six tips for setting fitness goals that deliver results.
Are you seeing improvements in your fitness level or is your fitness routine on cruise control? Routine is good because it means you’re working out consistently, but you also have to shake up your routine to keep your body guessing. Shocking your body with a new cardio routine can further your fitness level and help you break through a weight loss plateau.
About a decade ago we were one of the first companies to produce a fitness DVD and not long after releasing our first DVD we started experimenting with and adding premixes to most of our discs. We like our workouts we release to home exercisers to be as similar to the same Cathe workouts our gym members enjoy every week and premixes allow us to do just that. When Cathe teaches a live class it is not scripted and no two classes are exactly the same. Instead, each live class Cathe teaches will have some things that might be similar to the previous class while other things will be different.
Do you sweat a lot during a workout? Some people believe that’s an indication that they’re out of shape. Is there any truth to this? Get the scoop on sweat rates, fitness and find out what’s normal when it comes to sweating during exercise.
Can working out with someone “better than you” make you work harder? Find out how having an exercise partner could affect your workout, how using an exercise DVD can help you stick with an exercise program and the importance of overcoming obstacles that keep you from working out consistently.
Is the much-used formula for calculating maximal heart rate accurate – or are there better ways to measure the intensity of your workout? Find out why the old formula for calculating maximal heart rate isn’t always reliable and other options for estimating exercise intensity.
Burn Sets is an XTrain Upper Body heavy weight workout that is divided into two main workouts: 1. Chest/Back/Shoulders 2. Bi’s/Tris We’ve also uniquely structured the Burn Sets workouts to give you tons of options so that you can work individual muscles or try different combinations of all your upper body muscle groups. We had
This is a picture of Amanda working it in Tabatacise! What if I told you that you could get into fantastic cardio shape by doing as little as 4 minutes of exercise? Sound like a pipe dream? Not with Tabata training. Tabata training is a short but very intense type of workout routine that
This picture shows Jai and Amanda doing Glute Squeezes on a stability ball during XTrain Legs. Owning a health club is a huge advantage to me when making fitness videos as it allows me the opportunity to see and test moves on people who take my classes and work out at my gym on a
