Scared to Run on a Treadmill? Solutions
You must read this if you’re fearful or reluctant to run or even slowly jog on a treadmill. Just about anybody can jog, run or sprint on a treadmill, even if they’re intimidated. I say [...]
How to Balance on a Treadmill Desk
Learning how to balance while using a treadmill desk is easier than you think. As an avid user of a treadmill desk, I’ve read of other peoples’ concerns with this device, and actually came across [...]
Holding onto Treadmill in Front with Incline: Why This Fails
Clinging to the treadmill in front while using even a high incline is bad for the body, even if you have a condition; here’s why. When you use an incline, do you tug with each [...]
Holding onto a Treadmill Can Cause Four Injuries
You may think holding onto a treadmill is safer than letting go, but it can set you up for several kinds of injuries. It’s not safe to hold onto a treadmill because this can put you at [...]
Benefits of 30 Percent Treadmill Incline Include the Low Back
You can reap serious benefits with a 30 percent incline on the treadmill--but you'll get ZERO benefits if you hold on! You may have spotted those treadmills at your gym that go up to a [...]
Treadmill Workout for Burning Stomach Fat: 2 MPH, 15 Percent Incline
With correct use of a treadmill, you can burn high amounts of fat in your belly and thighs, hips, etc., with only a 2 mph setting on the 15 percent incline. Look at people when [...]
Holding Onto a Treadmill: Balance Problem or Laziness?
Is it really about balance issues for all those people who hold onto a treadmill? Is it possible that the hoards of men and women who hold onto a treadmill while walking do so because of [...]
Are Big Thunder Thighs Genetic? Are Some Women Doomed?
Are you convinced that your big thunder thighs are genetic and nothing can be done about them? Do you stare at your big thighs in disgust, but then think, “It’s genetic”? Maybe you don’t have [...]
The Cardio Machine Setting that’s Best for Burning Fat
Confused over which cardio equipment program is best for burning the most fat? Gee, one says fat burn, but another says cardio, then another says hills, or steady pace, or this and that. Do they [...]
Why Ignoring Bullies Won’t Make Them Go Away
Find out why telling your child to ignore bullies is one of the worst things parents can do. Have you told your bullied child to “just ignore it”? Ignoring bullies is no more effective than [...]
Preventing Social Exclusion at School: Teacher Tips
Here are guidelines for teachers who are serious about preventing social exclusion at their school. Social exclusion can leave wounds that never heal, and teachers can be instrumental in minimizing its occurrence. Social exclusion is [...]
How to Handle Gym Bullies Who Are Women
Here’s how to face the problem of female bullies at the gym and how to manage them. Is there even a such thing as gym bullies who are women? This depends on how you define [...]
How Tall Teen Girls Can Stop Insults About Height, Bullying
Tall teens girls who get “bullied” or insulted about their height can say two simple words that will stop the taunting dead in its tracks. I was inspired to write this article after reading about [...]
Top 5 Ways to Gain Fat if Overeating Makes You Sick
If you want to gain fat, this doesn't mean you should force down foods you don't like such as gritty protein powders or a ton of fastfood. Obviously, if you pig out with the highest-calorie [...]
Improve Brain Power with Balance Exercises
Brain power can be improved by doing physical things like balance and not just by performing mental tasks like crossword puzzles. Never underestimate the effectiveness of balance-based exercises for improving the function of your brain. [...]
Weight Gain from Staying Up Late, Sleeping In: Link Not Clear
If you're trying to lose weight or prevent weight gain, you'd better not stay up late and sleep in, as this increases the risk of putting on fat. Weight gain is a risk from staying [...]
What’s an Effective Low Back Exercise for the Elderly?
There is a low back exercise that elderly people can do that will also significantly enhance their efficiency in daily living tasks. It is the deadlift. I have yet to see a personal trainer having [...]
Strength Training Guide for 300 Pound Women: Safe, Burn Fat
You’re never too heavy, never too fat, to begin strength training with weights. Do you weigh 300 pounds and want to start lifting weights (strength training), but don’t have the tiniest clue how to begin, [...]
Five Traits of Kids Who Are Bully Proof
An expert on bullying explains five common characteristics of kids who are bully proof. Don’t assume that in order for kids to be bully proof, they must act tough or exude a “You’d better not [...]
GOMAD Alternatives that Work Better for Weight Gain
GOMAD means a gallon of milk a day, but there are better ways to gain weight. GOMAD means a gallon of milk a day for weight gain; have you hopped on the GOMAD bandwagon? There [...]
Jumping Workout with an 18 Inch Stool: Burn Fat
Learn how to use an 18 inch stool to burn the most fat possible. Jumping routines with an 18 inch stool will burn fat and reap other fitness benefits. Eighteen-inch workout stools are sold online. [...]
Homeschooling a Bullied Child: Pros & Cons
This article deals specifically with home schooling as a possible solution to bullying, since some parents of bullied children are at their wit’s end. There are lots of online articles about the pros and cons [...]
How Much Can Thyroid Problems Be Blamed for Obesity?
Where do we draw the line for blaming thyroid issues on obesity? Can low thyroid make a woman weigh 528 pounds? That's a LOT of weight to attribute to a sick thyroid gland. It seems [...]
Do Fat and Sugar Feed Cancer Cells?
“Sugar is the main culprit to feeding cancer cells,” says Dr. Keith Kantor, a leading nutritionist and CEO of the Nutritional Addiction Mitigation Eating and Drinking (NAMED) program. NAMED treats substance abuse, mental illnesses and [...]
Get a Biceps Vein: Vascularity Exercises for Women
Exercises that can help a woman get a biceps vein... Are you a woman struggling to get that biceps vein going? I take pride in my own biceps vein, which I refer to as my “cable.” [...]
The One Diet Change that Will Make Weight Loss EASIER
Make this one small and easy change in the way you THINK about food. And you will begin losing weight -- fat weight -- including in your stomach and thighs and your entire body. Here's [...]
Should Skinny People Who Want to Gain Weight Avoid Cardio?
Sometimes, a skinny man or woman who wishes to gain weight will avoid cardio exercise out of fear it will prevent them from reaching their goal. The irony is that in many people who want [...]
Powerlifting and Can’t Lose Fat? Do Metabolic Weightlifting
Still have stubborn fat despite a powerlifting program? A powerlifting regimen is not the best protocol for burning fat. Lifting the heaviest amount of weight does not translate to maximum fat burning. You’d think it [...]
Resistance Band Exercises to Burn Fat & Tone: Pics
Images & simple instructions: best exercises for weight loss & toning using a resistance band or tension tube. However, I must stress that the level of resistance in the band (also known as a tension [...]
Teen Girl Is Overweight, Overeats: Is this an Eating Disorder?
Overeating in a nation that makes it easy for teens to overeat -- and be overweight--doesn't always mean that one has an eating disorder. Now keep in mind that in a culture where fast-food restaurants, [...]
Women’s Strength Training Rules for Maximum Fat Loss
If you're disgusted with the fat in your thighs, tummy or elsewhere that just won't budge, it's time to take control with a strength training routine that will blast off the fat. I’m a former certified personal [...]
How to Get a Stronger Grip for the Deadlift
You know it: You could be deadlifting so much more if it wasn't for that weak grip of yours. But don't despair because there ARE ways to get a stronger grip for this compound exercise. [...]
Can Bread Prevent Six-Pack Abs?
Trust me on this: There is absolutely no association between bread consumption and the development, or lack thereof, of six-pack abs. I never told my personal-training clients, "If you want tight and toned abs or [...]
Why People Drive to the Gym to Use a Treadmill
There's a lot of logic behind driving to the gym to use a treadmill. I just can't believe that anyone would ask why a person would drive to a gym (instead of walk) and then [...]
School Principal Bullying Your Child? How to Take Charge
A school principal should never get away with bullying a student, and don't EVER assume the student must have done something to deserve this! Here’s advice for parents from an expert on bullying when it [...]
Why Is My Child a Bully MAGNET?
Find out what’s different about kids that makes them a magnet for bullies. I once read of an adolescent boy who was relentlessly bullied at his junior high school: a bully magnet. His mother had [...]
Why Teachers Shouldn’t Force Students to Work in Groups
Find out why it can be very detrimental for teachers to make students get into groups to work on assignments: social exclusion can result. The benefits of teachers telling their students to get into groups [...]
10 Bench Press Mistakes that Women Make
There’s a lot of info out there on the mistakes men make with bench pressing, but what about women? Yes, there is a difference. More and more women are taking up the bench press, and [...]
Is Pedaling Backwards on Elliptical Machine Bad for Knees?
Pedaling backwards on an elliptical machine may be just what the doctor ordered for your knees; there's no need to think that this might harm your knee joints in any way. The research was presented [...]
Benefits of Backwards Pedaling on an Elliptical Machine
The forward direction of pedaling on the elliptical trainer recruits a different pattern of muscles than does going backwards. Try it and you’ll feel the difference. With elliptical backwards pedaling, your upper body is facing [...]
