Health & Fitness Articles

How to Put Together a Weekly Workout Plan

Feb 8th, 2010 | By coolbiking | Category: Exercise

By Winston Endall
I’ve told you about a bunch of types of workouts, but if you tried to do them all in one week you would put yourself in the hospital. One the most common questions I get is how do you put together a weekly plan. I usually set things up in 4 week blocks [...]



Bodyweight Exercise Routines – 5 Exercises For Strength Development and Fat Loss at Home

Feb 8th, 2010 | By coolbiking | Category: Bodybuilding & Weight Training

By Rick Porter
One of the quickest ways to lose weight and get in shape is with bodyweight exercise routines. Bodyweight exercises don’t require a gym membership or any expensive equipment. They can be done at home or outside when the weather is nice for a great change of pace. The popularity of boot camp workouts [...]



Top Three Butt Exercises

Feb 8th, 2010 | By coolbiking | Category: Exercise

By Robert Kyle
Many people think a nice rear end comes with good genetics and mostly luck. The truth is anyone can create a nice firm and good looking butt by following a few key exercises that particularly target your glutes. Below I will give the top three butt exercises that if followed correctly will get [...]



Rest and Recovery

Feb 8th, 2010 | By coolbiking | Category: Exercise

By Jarred Beverly
Over the past year I have put my body through some tough times, lifting vigorously, and going through a lot of pain. With that said I still have not reached the goals I set for myself. This is becoming more and more of a draw back to my usually optimistic ideas. So one [...]



Staying Fit, Even With a Busy Lifestyle

Feb 6th, 2010 | By coolbiking | Category: Exercise

By Martin Fister
While many people are making new years resolutions to exercise more, many people are encountering the challenge that keeps them from exercising year round. There simply isn’t enough time to exercise! Here are tips for how you can try and start your exercise regiment without changing your lifestyle too much.
When at work, always [...]



Gym Tips to Maximize Your Workout

Feb 6th, 2010 | By coolbiking | Category: Exercise

By Martin Fister
With the New Years just passing, everyone has been gung ho about setting New Years Resolutions. As a regular at the gym, I can tell you that many people seem to have decided on regularly going to the gym as their New Years Resolution. However, many of these people clearly aren’t familiar with [...]



Fast Weight Loss – Are Diet Pills Really a Good Idea?

Feb 4th, 2010 | By coolbiking | Category: Exercise

By Peter Flatman
I was in my local supermarket only yesterday, waiting for my wife, and generally killing time browsing, when I noticed a show stand near the health and medical section. It caught my eye because I had seen the same product displayed prominently in a well known chain of high street pharmacies.
Since then, I [...]



A Few Words on Losing Weight Through Bodybuilding and Exercise

Jan 24th, 2010 | By coolbiking | Category: Bodybuilding & Weight Training

By Ricardo D Argence
Those that are seriously considering losing weight needs to look towards one common method to achieve such goals. You need to control your calorie intake and then do what you can to burn off those calories to the highest degree.
One of the better strategies is to take in 15% t0 25% less [...]



Three Ways to Lose Weight Slowly and Keep it Off

Jan 23rd, 2010 | By coolbiking | Category: Exercise

By Harold Baldwin
Losing weight is easy, at least compared to keeping it off! Many friends of mine have lost and gained the same 10-20 pounds for decades, and most people who lose weight gain it back eventually.  
Here are 3 tips to help
you lose weight and keep it off.

Lose the weight slowly. The slower you [...]



Heart Rate Monitor

Jan 23rd, 2010 | By coolbiking | Category: Exercise

By Peter Gitundu
A heart rate monitor is an excellent fitness tool, allowing you to work out within your chosen zone. Heart rate is simply the number of times your heart beats in a minute. It varies depending on what you’re doing with your body at the moment (like exercising), your overall physical condition, genetics, and [...]



Fit and Fabulous Body – Should I Use the Weights Or Machines?

Jan 23rd, 2010 | By coolbiking | Category: Bodybuilding & Weight Training

By Christopher Morris
Strength training should be added to every exercise workout. People have been preached to for years to get moving. To get that cardiovascular system flowing. Well, it’s really not enough. It is also a great idea to workout the different muscle groups.
The two primary ways to accomplish this is through either free weights [...]



Get Rid of Belly Fat to Improve Your Health and Fitness

Jan 23rd, 2010 | By coolbiking | Category: Exercise

By Christopher Morris
Many people look in the mirror and are dismayed at the bulge that they see. For some people it is unsightly and unwanted. The good news is that improvements to your mid section can be made if you make the effort to get rid of belly fat. It is not an easy accomplishment [...]



Top 5 Cycling Workouts

Nov 23rd, 2009 | By coolbiking | Category: Exercise

By Winston Endall
While any riding will help there are some workouts that are more effective than others. Some rides are to get your ready to train. Others are to help you recover. But there are certain key workouts that require a lot of effort and payoff with big improvements. Spring is just around the corner [...]



How to Be a Better Hill Climber

Nov 16th, 2009 | By coolbiking | Category: Exercise

By Winston Endall
If you ask most people where their cycling weakness lies, they will more often than not say hill climbing. Nothing sucks the snap from your legs quicker than a steep uphill grade but nothing is more satisfying than conquering a tough hill. If your goal is better fitness you can’t get a better [...]



I Ride a Bike For Fun and Fitness – What About You?

Oct 10th, 2009 | By coolbiking | Category: Exercise

By George Faulkner
Excellent health is based on aerobic strength, flexibility and fitness. All of these are significant. For a healthy heart, any type of aerobic exercise is good and more people should have a go at it these days. Normally, this needs movement that is continued over a period of time and that uses the [...]



How to Get Fit and Keep Fit by Cycling For Fitness

Oct 10th, 2009 | By coolbiking | Category: Exercise

By George Faulkner
People never used to look to an activity such as cycling for fitness as a robust fitness regimen, but times have changed. Those who used to think that cycling was just a leisurely activity have a lot to learn as this can be one of the most intense and efficient methods of exercise. [...]



Weight Loss Through Cycling

Oct 6th, 2009 | By coolbiking | Category: Exercise

By Marcus Smith
It’s no great secret that losing weight is a balance between diet and exercise, with diets having the general target of using up more energy each day than you eat. Thousands of diets exist, in every shape and color, but all will follow this general rule.
Cycling is a very efficient form of exercise, [...]



Easy Ways to Lose 10 Lbs

Apr 10th, 2009 | By coolbiking | Category: Exercise

By Janice Elizabeth Small
Each pound of fat is made up of about 3,500 calories. Eating just 50 calories less than you need each day and you’ll lose 5lb in a year without really trying. And if you move just a little bit more each day (50 calories worth of exercise is not hard for anyone [...]



How to Lose 10 Lbs. Or More Quickly and Safely

Mar 19th, 2009 | By coolbiking | Category: Exercise

By Ken Black
As reported in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s recently published Calories Count – Report of the Working Group on Obesity, people who are overweight is a serious public health problem in the United States. Since the late 1980’s, adult obesity has steadily and substantially increased in the United States. Today, 64 percent [...]



How to Get Rid of Love Handles

Mar 19th, 2009 | By coolbiking | Category: Exercise

By Jeff Collinswood
Valentine’s Day 2009 is now behind us. If you’re like a lot of Americans, maybe you shared the holiday with your significant other and … your love handles. If so, there’s no better time than now to get up and do something about the bulge around your waste, the handles of love that [...]



Lose 10 Lbs a Week – Is it Really Possible?

Mar 18th, 2009 | By coolbiking | Category: Exercise

By Anthony J. Carter
Lose 10 lbs a week – some people think those are the five sweetest words in the English language. But is it possible to make such a dream come true?
The answer is: “Yes, but.” You really can lose 10 lbs a week, but it will either take extremely hard work and/or a [...]



How To Lose 10 Pounds – 4 Quick Tips To Drop The Weight Right Off

Mar 18th, 2009 | By coolbiking | Category: Exercise

By Emma Green
How to lose 10 pounds is actually easier than you imagine. The only reason that losing weight gets portrayed as such a difficult thing to do is to keep the whole weight loss industry going – once you know some facts you begin to understand how easy it can be. Check out the [...]



Spin it!

May 11th, 2007 | By coolskies | Category: Exercise

By: Lanny Schaffer
Some call it tormenting, while others call it exhilarating. There no denying, however, the great popularity of spinning or indoor cycling classes. These classes differ from the usual boring stationary cycling when the instructor takes participants on a virtual outdoor road race with hills, valleys, flat roads and finish lines. Before you jump [...]



Heath Benefits Of Cycling 15 Minutes A Day

Apr 29th, 2007 | By coolbiking | Category: Exercise

By: Chip Clark
When done properly, cycling is an effective and enjoyable form of aerobic exercise. Cycling can reduce the risk of heart disease, high blood pressure, obesity and diabetes according to a report by Kelley GA. Effects of Aerobic exercise in normotensive adults, 1995. It can reduce your ‘real age’, lowering it more than a [...]



You Can Easily Lose 10 Pounds by Biking

Mar 30th, 2007 | By coolbiking | Category: Exercise

By Abbas Abedi
So you want to lose weight. All of us do at some point and losing weight is a great way to both look and feel better. Not only that, but you’ll feel better about yourself and have more confidence. A great goal to set for yourself when initially trying to lose weight is [...]