You have limited time, you have too many places to be and the clock is running. What do you do? Don't give up the gym! You can still get a beneficial workout in a shorter period of time if you know what to do. Don't blow your workout off if you think your cramped for time. Increasing intensities for a brief period of time time is challenging and beneficial especially if you have hit a plateau. How does it work? Quite simply you increase the intensity on both cardio and weights. For cardio this can be an increase to resistance level or speed. For weight a slight increase in poundage as generous as ten pounds can make a substantial impact on a workout that is time restricted. Oftentimes with an increase in cardio intensity you can back the length of time down and still retain the same benefits and maybe even more benefit from a new physical challenge. So stay the course and don't sway your efforts in getting to the gym, it's easy to make excuses and gradually stop going. DON'T! The world has enough slackers.

Ah yes the old knee and hip pain saga. Comes and goes, sometimes it's there sometimes it's not. Often one is the result of the other. If you run, walk, bike, or do treadmill you find these aggravate existing inflamation. Often times when we engage in these activities depending on our level of conditioning we tend to gravitate toward our dominate side. Unless a pre-existing injury or trauma is present, years of training can lead to knee and hip pain. Crosstraining helps to alleviate this. Getting back to our dominate side discussion we see that often times as we begin our exercise we are pretty evenly balanced. However as we become tired and continue on we see that we begin to lean to our dominate side and much of the work and force are impacted on this side. It is subtle. You may not even notice it is happening. Months even years down the road this can create the problems that lead to knee and hip pain. To resolve much of this be aware of you dominate emphasis. As you begin your routine and become fatigued make adjustments to your right and left side body mechanics. A balanced workout and cross training can keep you in the game longer and maybe even injury free.

Everybody wants to look good at any age. Fitness can help that youthfulness remain in tact. There are a few things to keep in mind as we continue exercising and aging.

Swimming is a great activity for all ages. Getting involved in a swimming class or water aerobics class is a wonderful way to change up your workouts or relieve injuries from overtraining.

How can I possibly exercise.......I'm too busy!!!

Reps,sets,sets,reps what the......?

Reps and sets are the frequently used terms to describe the number of exercises to be done and the number of times they are done within a group.

So you want to run a marathon?....Not!

Running is truly the king of cardio. However it is not for everyone. Just like running a marathon is not everyones bag. For some folks jogging suits them fine and others have a life goal to do some serious mileage.

The most neglected component of exercise and perhaps the most necessary is stretching. Plain and simple.

What do you know about calories? There is more hype about carbs than about calories. What do you need to know?

Did you miss one day of exercise this week? Do you feel bad about it?

Getting fit,whats it all about? It's all about you.