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Personal Trainer: Walking Charts Yours Steps By Jessica Severs, TRIBUNE-REVIEW Everyone loves a good video game but video gaming usually is a non-movement, sit on the couch with massive "finger" calorie burn. But this game has a special slant - Walking and you know how much I love walking. The game by Nintendo DS is a pedometer and has tracking features similar to the GPS pedometer watches by Garmin and Nike+ systems. Here's the story: "Walking" includes two Activity Meter pedometers, black and white, that you sync up to a profile in the game. Carry one of these around as you go about...


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I'm a tech nut, that's just me. Well, I guess, in general I'm a nut but that can be a good thing. Sometimes. This post is about keeping track of your goals. The best way to do that is, write it down for personal motivation. There are so many ways to keep track of your workouts and weight control. Nike+, calendar, notebook, GPS watch, the list goes on and on - find one that you like and stick with it. Here's a cool choice, FitnessJournal, an online tracking source that looks like it's featured filled and easy to use. Here's a link to a quicktime video tour of the product and features: http://www.fitnessjournal.com/quicktime_tour.html FitnessJournal...


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Why not unfold your inner origami by taking one step forward?  Humans are complicated, constantly evolving, folding and unfolding ourselves. The trick in the folding and unfolding, is revealing and reaching out, for a beginning. Why not reach out and start your exercise self-exploration with a program designed specifically to, "Walk Off the Weight," by Elena Rover writing for Fitness magazine. Elena gives us three easy tips to turn up the heat on your walking and toning program. And maybe in the process some inner voice or passion will be revealed through the process of starting. Turn up the fat-melting,...


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Exercise TV is a great compliment to walking. Head out for your walk then come home and slam it with Exercise TV. They have nice 20-30 programs that fit any schedule. Take it to the living room or go mobile with their mobile version.   Your plan includes: • Unlimited access to ALL ExerciseTV mobiles workouts • Weekly tips, advice, and inspiration on fitness and life • Fully interactive mobile experience • On-the-go access at the gym, outdoors, anywhere! • Access to celebrity fitness routines • Works on any Internet-enabled phone Or take off those pajamas and get going...


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I cannot stop laughing! Please stop, I might wet my pants. Please take look at the article by Rene Lynch at the LA Times, "Sweating it out as a Big Loser." Hilarious! "I started out the same way that the contestants do. A warm-up, followed by cardio followed by circuit trainingwith Bob or Jillian. Bob ordered me — and that’s the right verb — to begin running at 5 miles per hour — and at a 5% incline. That’s kind of fast, and kind of steep. It wasn’t long before I smelled something burning — my hamstrings. When neither trainer was looking, I dropped the pace down to 4.7 mph....


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It's only natural and it happens to everyone, a lack of noticeable progress sometimes can brings you down. You're working your butt off every week and it's easy to have a "that" day when you're not happy. A glance in the mirror and the flood of disappointment hits you. Why am I working so hard? I'll tell you why. Even when I'm right on track with my monthly workout schedule, I have those days too when I'm not happy with my "external" progress. That's when I try to focus on the big picture, where was I over a year ago, where am I now and where am I going? The realization hits me right between...


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Goodbye cellulite, hello beautiful legs. Cellulite is hated universally and there is only one true cure. Of course, they'll sell all kinds of creams, lotions and potions that claim to get rid of cellulite. In the article "Wipe Out Cellulite" at Prevention.com, the research shows that the one key to reduce or eliminating cellulite is exercise and that crash dieting can actually make the appearance of cellulite worse: "Crash dieting can actually make cellulite worse by reducing skin's elasticity, making more of those little puckers noticeable. Gradual weight loss (to better preserve skin's...


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"I'm the healthiest I've been all my life," Britney, 26, tells OK!. "My diet has a lot to do with my getting into shape. I have no sugar. I don't eat fruit or even fruit juice because of the sugar. I eat chicken and salmon and rice. I eat avocados. I'll have egg whites for breakfast and sometimes turkey burgers for lunch. I try to do just 1,200 calories a day. It may sound like it's not much, but it's actually a lot of food if you eat the right things."  "Of course, Brit also hits the gym on a regular basis, doing "lots of cardio and weights" five days a week." says Brittany to OK Magazine. Be...


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Is walking really a workout? You may be surprised to learn that brisk walking can be almost as challenging as jogging. Here's why. When you walk at speeds faster than 3.1 mph, your stride length naturally increases (you don't necessarily want it to for efficiency but inevitably it happens). Lengthening your stride is inefficient because it requires additional energy to move your legs forward, which in turn requires more arm and torso movement, which leads to increased torso and hip rotation, which amounts to higher aerobic demands and more calorie-burning. This has been confirmed in the laboratory....


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Check out "My Thought Coach" Stin Hansen. About a year ago, I found your podcast on iTunes and quickly signed up for a membership.  I was going through a very negative time in my life and your meditations have helped me to find my center.  Thanks to you, I have been turned on to EFT and have had tremendous results both by running through your exercises as well as on my own. . .  -Olivia I just wanted to thank you for your wonderful meditations.  I swear by positive thinking now. For the past year I've been participating in a Total Makeover Program for Allure Magazine, and attibute your...


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