When you think of professional athletes, generally you imagine players in prime physical condition. However, even athletes – whose job almost always calls upon fitness – get lazy and out of shape. Below is a list of the most egregiously out of shape, fat, and/or slovenly of all time. 10. Jerome Bettis – He was still effective as a goal line back late in his career, but I’m sure the coaches wouldn’t have minded him getting a little svelter. 9. Babe Ruth – You could have called him the Sultan of Salt, too. He loved to eat and drink and it showed. 8. Charles Barkley – He was an athletic freak in his prime. In the twilight of his career, he was slowed considerably by his fat. 7. Lendale White –... [Read more]

You’ve heard of yoga, but do you know the many benefits of yoga? If you incorporate a session per week, your body will be richly rewarded. Check out some of the awesome perks to yoga. flexibility – your body will never feel so limber. detoxification – you get rid of toxins because the blood is flowing to more minute places in your body improved muscle tone – yoga does a great job of getting rid of flab because it stimulates the muscles lubrication of ligaments and tendons – if your joints are rigid and stiff, yoga can really help you melt the tension away better posture – yoga loosens up your body out of previous bad habits and/or normal positioning This video introduces some of the beginning yoga stretches... [Read more]

You’re obese, you’re weaker than a kitten, and you can’t walk for 4 minutes without getting winded.  Basically, you’re below ground zero but you’d still like to somehow move into the realm of being in shape.  This blog will lay out the groundwork. The first step is the mental/thinking hurdle.  Realize that you want to make a life change and not just a get in shape change.  You want to make a permanent change in your life for the better of you.  You know this will take some time, but if you’re ever going to become fit, right now is the best time.  Go ahead and set some realistic goals on where you’d like to be in 3 months, 6 months, and a year. Next, you want to plan out some subtle switches in... [Read more]

You want a lot of results and you want them really fast without putting in a lot of work.  So goes the brain of the now generation.  But if you stop and think about it, there’s nothing inherently wrong with wanting a great body fast and easy.  We’re all greedy creatures and we all want to satisfy ourselves as soon as possible.  The only problem is the old adage, “you get what you put in”.  Let’s try to reconcile that with some tips to get toned up ASAP. First tip – lose the fat.  If you’re like most Americans, you’ve already got some fat on you.  Underneath all that blubber is some muscle (either from the course of your daily activities or previous conscious efforts to exercise).  By melting... [Read more]

You can order a BowFlex or a Nordic Track if you want to, but odds are you’ll never get past 10 home workouts.  Why is it so hard to work out at home?  There are a few reasons you can’t get in shape from home. sxc.huFirst, your home is filled with any number of distractions – kids, pets, wife, parents, tv, refrigerator, bed.  With so many alternatives to exercising it’s easy to coax yourself into another option. Another reason is your cognitive connection to home.  You probably see your home as a place for you to unwind and relax from work.  It’s hard to take your castle and turn it into a fitness center. Your home also doesn’t usually have the square footage or enough equipment to do the job.  Without... [Read more]