The Healthy Person Mindset
If you want to get healthy, you have to think like healthy people do. We don’t diet, we don’t ‘start new programs’ or give a lot of thought to calories. We find the weight loss & fitness industry to be mostly comical or completely absurd. We think differently, and at Fitness Together in Cottleville we [...]
Simple 50 Pound Slimdown (but NOT in 30 days!)
How would you like to be 50 pounds lighter 12 months from now? OK, don’t need to lose 50 pounds? There is still lots of good info for you here… 50 pounds comes out to about 3 pants sizes. Can you image how you would look 3 sizes smaller? You’d look like a whole new, [...]
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2011 Fitness Predictions
Happy new year! I hope you had a wonderful holiday. Something I was thinking about during the holidays is how many people make new year’s resolutions, but often they just don’t happen. January is an exciting time – you have a clean slate to become who you want and accomplish what you want in the [...]
Top 7 Reasons to Exercise
The holidays have arrived and along with them holiday parties have also arrived! Exercise is the key to staying fit during the holidays and to surviving all of the holiday parties! But why else should you exercise? Here are the top 7 reasons to exercise over the holidays: Reason #1: To Melt Fat Away The [...]
How healthy are you…..really?
Factors such as Obesity, High Cholesterol and High Blood Pressure, and well as strength and endurance impact how healthy you are. Six tests to gauge whether you are truly in shape are…
Good Shoes – Types of Fitness Shoes
Do you ever wonder why there so many types of athletic shoes out there? It can be overwhelming to walk into the shoe store and see the walls of options divided into numerous categories. Why is it that each sport seems to require a different type of shoe? The answer is simple: because different shoes [...]
New Fitness Trends
Who says working out has to mean riding a stationary bike or attending your run-of-the-mill aerobics class? In an effort to find new, innovative, and fun ways to stay physically fit, folks everywhere are unearthing some fitness trends that combine both working out and learning a new skill, such as dancing or hoola hooping. The [...]
Fitness and Your Teenager
Young people who engage in sports and exercise tend to stay active throughout their lives. That’s why it’s so important that you encourage your 13- to 18-year-old to participate in physical activities – either alone or with a group. Such things will keep them active, boost their self-confidence, provide opportunities for social interaction, and offer [...]
When Do You Workout?
Does it matter what time of day you workout? Some people contend that morning workouts are the best, while others swear by working out in the evenings. Ultimately, there’s no right or wrong time to work out. It all depends on you. The best time for you to work out is when you’re most likely [...]
What is Circuit Training?
Maybe you’ve seen advertisements for gyms that offer circuit training. If you’re unfamiliar with the concept, circuit training is a type of interval training in which strength exercises (usually in the form of resistance or hydraulic machines) are combined with endurance/aerobic exercises in order to harness the benefits of both cardiovascular and weight training. You [...]
