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Tower 200 – Hell Of A Workout?

by carol on May 13, 2010

If you’re looking for the mother of all workouts, check out the Tower 200 from Body By Jake.  This is a home fitness system that cleverly fits on the top and bottom of a door and is padded so that it won’t make marks that will have your other half moaning a bucketful, and it [...]

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Before Buying Anything On-Line Read This

by Carol on May 12, 2010

I’ve noticed a trend developing of people having bad experiences when ordering products on-line. I buy products on-line all the time and rarely have a problem so I’m posting the following tips to help ensure your on-line buying experience is as good as mine. The most common reason people complain is ordering items they didn’t [...]

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The debate continues on the Kettleworx DVDs. Are they any good? Is a 10lb Kettlebell heavy enough? Is Ryan certified? I’ll be honest I don’t know the answer to those questions what I do know however is that many people are happy with Kettleworx. Normally if an Infomercial product is complete rubbish you come across [...]

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Tower 200 Reviews – Body By Jake

by Carol on May 8, 2010

When I first saw the advert for the tower 200 I must admit I was impressed and a little excited. A cable training system that can be installed anywhere you have a door.  Made of steel pre-assembled and easy to use what could be better? I’ve always liked cable machines as an exercised tool because [...]

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They say procrastination is the thief of time and how true.  How many times have you decided to do something about your current fitness levels? You think about it, you know it’s a good idea but then you do nothing about it.  You say to yourself I’m too busy, I haven’t got the time and [...]

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Diet Has The Word Die In It!

by Carol on May 3, 2010

I always found it amusing that diet has the word die in it.  Now I’m not saying that if you diet you’re going to die that would be overstating the issue but I believe dieting is inherently pointless. We’ve all heard of the success stories of people have been to slimming clubs and report losing [...]

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I think everyone can relate to the question why am I not getting the fat loss and fitness results that I want?  To be honest with you I have absolutely no idea!  Now obviously neither do you otherwise you wouldn’t be asking the question would you? If you really want an honest answer to this [...]

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Working Out Without Working Out!

by Carol on May 1, 2010

What’s all that about then?  Working out without working out.  It seems that people these days just don’t want to work out or even if they do they want all the work done for them.  I’ve talked about this before with the vibration trainers but now it appears people want the same with other pieces [...]

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Butt Bra – Have We Lost Our Minds?

by Carol on April 29, 2010

I know this is a little bit off topic but when I saw this I just had to write a little bit about it.  Now I know us ladies have been known to enhance the upper parts of our bodies (breasts) with various devices and gizmos like Bare Lifts and padded bras but these butt [...]

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Is Personal Training By Phone A Good Idea?

by Carol on April 27, 2010

Personal training by phone sounds like a good idea but if we think about it what benefits are we actually going to get over and above reading a book or following a decent exercise DVD.  You can fill in as many forms as you like about your current fitness levels and goals.  You can talk [...]

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