background preloader

Calculate Your BMI - Standard BMI Calculator

Calculate Your BMI - Standard BMI Calculator

B4B Breast exercises Breast enhancement exercises are more designed for all body size's and shaped women, by using the different types of exercise and in combination with a healthy diet, a huge difference can be made. Exercise and diet will improve the muscle structure behind your breasts, making the muscle tighter and more firmer, giving a lift to your breasts, this lift is sometime perceived as growth, but it is only your breasts being naturally lifted, giving a much improved bust line. Although there are many different breast enhancement exercises, here we look at the top three breast enhancement exercises are: Pec Press: lie on your back knees bent and arms stretched out to either side. Butterfly Press: Using the same weights as the pec press sit on a chair with your back straight, let your arms lie at your sides, then raise your arms keeping the elbow straight till your arm is at the same height as your shoulder, hold this for 3-4 secs and lower arms to starting position.

The Couch-to-5K Running Plan By Josh ClarkPosted Saturday, 1 January, 2011 Couch to 5K ® | Beginning Running First off, you may be asking, "exactly how many miles is a 5K?" A 5K is 3.1 miles. You should ease into your 5K training plan gradually. It's easy to get impatient, and you may feel tempted to skip ahead in the program, but hold yourself back. Start Your 5K Training | A Few Minutes Each Week Each session should take about 20 or 30 minutes, three times a week. Be sure to space out these three days throughout the week to give yourself a chance to rest and recover between efforts. Run for time or run for distance There are two ways to follow this Couch to 5K ® training program, to measure your runs by time or by distance. Before setting out, make sure to precede each training session with a five-minute warmup walk or jog. Cool Running’s Couch to 5K ® Program is available for purchase online through iTunes or the Google Play Store. 5K Training Schedule

Tighten and Tone Your Abs - Bikini-Belly Bootcamp Warmer weather means less clothing—making spring the perfect time to start getting your abs in shape for summer! Certified personal trainer Jessica Smith, star of the “10 Pounds DOWN: Cardio Abs” DVD, designed this effective workout routine with targeted strength moves to help you develop a strong, flat stomach and cardio bursts to blast away that extra layer of belly fat. How it works: Do this workout on three or four nonconsecutive days per week. And be sure to maintain a healthy diet for best bikini-belly results. BONUS: Check out this full-length workout video to see the moves in action! You can use your keyboard to see the next slide ( ← previous, → next) Sculpt flat abs for summer with these fat-melting moves Promo Subtitle Image Alt Text Bikini-Belly Bootcamp Title Text Media Root By Jessica Smith

Free Calorie Counter, Diet & Exercise Journal Losing weight isn't easy - we know. But with a membership to MyFitnessPal.com, you'll get the tools you need to successfully take weight off - and keep it off. And best of all, everything on our site is 100% FREE. So put away your credit card - you'll never have to pay a cent. Study after study has confirmed the benefits of keeping track of the food you eat and the activity you do. At MyFitnessPal.com, we focus on making sure you can log your meals as quickly and easily as possible. How does it work? The reason our system is so easy to use is because it learns from you! So the more you track your meals, the easier it becomes! With a 100% FREE membership you get: The easiest to use food diary on the web - Track what you eat with just a few clicks from anywhere with an internet connection - at home or at work A searchable food database of over 3,908,000 items - and it's growing every day! Don't wait! Join today and get on the path to healthier living! Join Now for FREE!

100 no-equipment workouts 4 Great Core Exercises To Help Flatten Your Abs Everyone wants flatter abs, and a lot of people try to “spot reduce” by doing ab exercises to try to get them. The problem is, you aren’t going to lose fat from your midsection by doing 1,000 crunches. It’s just not going to happen. What I like to do instead is Core Exercises. You see, you need to achieve overall fat loss before you will see the results you want around your abs. 7 Reasons Core Exercises are good for your personal training routine: Core exercises improve your balance and stabilityCore exercises don’t require specialized bulky equipmentCore exercises can help tone your absStronger core muscles make it easier to do almost all other physical activitiesCore exercises can be done at your own paceCore exercises can be done from the comfort of your own homeCore exercises can help you reach plenty of your other fitness goals Now it’s time for the workout. Breathe freely and deeply during each exercise. Click on the exercise name to see a video demonstration of the exercise.

Burn off Your Meal Now that chain restaurant menus list how many calories are in each dish, it’s harder to justify eating certain foods anymore (we’re talking to you, 460-calorie scone from Starbucks). But a study, presented by Texas Christian University researchers at the Experimental Biology meeting in April 2013, found that people make even healthier choices if, instead of seeing the calorie count, they’re shown how much exercise it takes to burn off what they’re considering eating. Maybe one day, menus will list how many minutes you’ll need to log on the rowing machine to erase that scone (48 minutes with vigorous effort, for the record). Cheeseburger One single cheeseburger at 343 calories = 30 minutes of vigorous freestyle laps in the pool Cheese Pizza One slice of cheese pizza at 285 calories = 50 minutes of walking at a brisk pace (that means 4 mph on the treadmill) Tostadas Two tostadas with guacamole at 360 calories = 2 hours of Pilates Soda Beer

100 Famous Restaurant Recipes You Can Replicate at Home Eating out is becoming a more and more popular phenomenon. With fast food taking only minutes out of a day and costing a few dollars, it can be convenient. Likewise, fine dining is also on the rise and can put a considerably larger dent in your wallet. But unless you were a master chef with a keen sense of taste, these recipes were lost to you. Until the internet came along and provided those with the ability to reproduce recipes and post them for the world to see. Famous Appetizer Restaurant Recipes You Can Replicate at Home Start your meal off the famous way with the help of these recipes. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Famous Soup Restaurant Recipes You Can Replicate at Home Instead of a cup or bowl, make an entire pot of your restaurant’s favorite soup with a peek below. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. Famous Salad Restaurant Recipes You Can Replicate at Home Dressings, veggies, and more are featured in these famous restaurant recipes. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25.

Simple relaxation techniques for well being You will find 2 totally different relaxation techniques on this page. The first one is the basic technique that will help us create new reflexes in our body. When you practice it, you're taking a pause from the outer world for at least thirty minutes! The second relaxation technique is for use in everyday life, each time you have a few minutes, during a pause from work for example, for general maintenance. I call it the monkey's dance. Basic relaxation technique. My master used to say "comfort first!!!!!!!". With a big exhale we let our body sink slowly to the ground, make small movements to check if whole the back side of your body is well in touch with the ground. In the basic relaxation technique we are going to use our mind and inner voice to relax our body. The first key word is HEAVY, think HEAVY, While you scan your body, part after part, taking your time. Move to the calves. Move to the thighs. Move your attention to your pelvis,....HEAVY Shoulders.................HEAVY Feet ...WARM.

The 100 Healthiest Foods In the fast-paced world of nutrition research, it seems like a hot discovery hits the news every week. So we asked prominent scientists doing groundbreaking work on how edibles stave off illness to pin down the 100 most nutrient-packed foods. To make our list, a food had to be very rich in at least one vitamin, mineral or other compound known to protect against cancer, heart disease or other diseases. Be supermarket smart and use this list as your shopping list. you body will be glad you did! ANTHOCYANINS: Plant pigments that help protect you from heart disease. ANTIOXIDANT: A substance that prevents harmful molecules called free radicals from damaging DNA. by Janis Jibrin, R.D.

Walk Run Off the Pounds Polka Dot/Thinkstock Haven't run since middle school gym? No sweat. Do all walking and running at an intensity level that feels challenging but comfortable. The best part? Week One

Related: