With work, our families, and all of the things we do in a day, exercise most often does not make it onto our daily to do lists. It should because exercise helps us to maintain healthy, strong minds and bodies that are more resistant to physical and emotional illnesses...

Everyone needs a source that they can look to for motivation from time to time. The best way to guarantee that you will always have access to the motivation you need is to arm yourself with as many motivational resources as you can get your hands on.   Books,...

1.  Document your goals and reasons for setting those goals to remind you on low motivation days as to why you       are trying to reach these goals. It will be harder for you to find excuses for dismissing your goals when the      reasons you have them are on your...

What you say to yourself is what you will believe. You determine whether the language you use when talking to yourself is positive or negative, and your choice has a lot to do with how much success you have in life. If you call yourself a loser, tell yourself how much...

So the Olympics are almost upon us. While you have the chance, compare the differences between a marathon (long distance) runner’s body and a sprinter’s body. What do you notice? The long-distance runner is skinny, frail, kind of bony, thin and almost sickly looking....

How committed are you to achieving your weight loss goal as we head into bathing suit season? Are you hitting the gym, guns blazing, ready to take off all the pounds you’ve been putting on over the winter and spring . . . finally ready to look amazing for that...

Under the surface, every body is built the same. Each of us has an athlete’s body buried down there somewhere — and we all have the ability to move like athletes. Some of us are just ahead of others in terms of our fitness progress. However, with appropriate...

  When trying to lose weight it is natural to want to lose it quickly and reach your desired weight sooner. Taking shortcuts to get ahead in other parts of our lives can also be very tempting, but the truth is that quick fixes do not work for weight loss or in life. A...

Most of us could benefit from the occasional push in the right direction, because good or bad, life happens. Sometimes we are prepared for it, and other times it sends us way off course. It is also fair to say that some of us are not living our lives to our fullest...