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Home Exercise Equipment

A question that’s often asked is why do Ab Exercises give me a pain in the neck? Firstly when exercising you should experience no pain at all. If you’re working hard you may feel some discomfort but never any pain. If you’re working out and it’s painful you should stop and get it checked out [...]

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GymFlex Transformer Reviews

by Carol on January 7, 2011

Another piece of at home exercise equipment to hit the market recently is the GymFlex Transformer. At first glance it looks like a basic step but looks can be deceiving. This device can change from a step to a bench and then to an inclined bench. This means that with one piece of equipment you [...]

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The Step360 Reviews

by Carol on October 24, 2010

The Step360 is the latest piece of at home exercise equipment to hit the market. Claiming to be able to help you lose weight with it’s innovative new design it is another contender in the lose weight fast arena. The Step360 is a step shaped in the form of a circle and it’s claim to [...]

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Why Bother To Warm Up?

by carol on June 21, 2010

I am asked this question a lot by clients who believe that warming up before increasing their exercise level is a complete waste of time.  On the contrary, I tell them, I feel that it is the most important part of the exercise session, as a gradual warmup prepares the body and the mind for [...]

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Benefits Of Aerobic Exercise

by carol on June 15, 2010

Aerobic means “in the presence of oxygen”, and if you exercise aerobically  this is defined as doing some activity which means the body needs more oxygen for an extended period of time.  This is a very complicated way of saying that aerobic exercise is any form of sustained exercise like walking, cycling or swimming.  The [...]

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Why Do Pressups?

by carol on May 5, 2010

If there is one exercise that is hated by most women and loved by most men it would have to be press ups.  You know the drill; get onto the floor, kneel on all fours; wrists under shoulders and knees under (or behind) hips.  Now bend your elbows and bring your chest towards the floor.  [...]

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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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The Total Gym Shaper Reviews

by Carol on March 2, 2009

The Total Gym has been around for many years and always was a first class piece of home exercise equipment. Most people will have seen it advertised on the infomercial channels being used by Chuck Norris and Christie Brinkley. This latest model The Total Gym Shaper is the most inexpensive model they've produced coming in [...]

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Question: I bought The Firm Wave, but don’t find it challenging – Is it only suitable for a beginner? Answer: No it’s suitable for all levels – not just beginners. I get a lot of mail on this question and I have to say I’m puzzled by it. I’m a Personal Trainer and although I [...]

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Sometimes I surprise myself with my own stupidity! I thought I had discovered another piece of home exercise equipment I hadn’t seen before. It was called The Firm Wave Speed Slimming System. I heard about it from someone who emailed asking if it was any good. Off I trotted to the Internet to research this [...]

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