For shoulders and arms, few gym machines are more effective than the Overhead Press. It works the deltoid muscles, or the sides of your shoulders, which are good for lifting boxes from shelves or picking up a small child. If you’ve never used t... Read more
"Time is money," Benjamin Franklin advised a young tradesman in a 1748 essay. Although we don’t know to what extent he applied Franklin’s wisdom, most of us do understand the implications of this adage in our own lives. When it... Read more
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About This Workout
Kathy Smith, fitness expert for over 30 years, takes you through a gentle stretching and strengthening session in this 20-minute&n... Read more
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In a new series of videos, Coach Nicole will demonstrate some of her favorite... Read more
Exercise beginners usually try to make up for lost time by going all out their first week. The result? Injury or intense soreness. Pain does not necessarily mean gain.
Many injuries occur at joints, where bones meet and provide motion. An enormo... Read more
"Pressing Pause" That is definitely what I've had to do with yesterdays Jillian Micheals's 6 week 6 pack Ab video. It is SO intense! And it seemed like it was going so fast! I don't know what that's all about. I tried my best to keep up with the card... Read more
Hi, I've always been active but recently have started wondering if exercise machines like the rower, bike, and other weight resistance ones are really all that good for bones.
If you google, you can read that they can create thinning of bones as yo... Read more
I want to get an elliptical machine to increase my activity. There are so many out there, many you order and put together. How do you decide what is good? 314... Read more
Hi everyone in Sparkpeople land!
I have been very tried lately. I don't know exactly why, but I have. I have to literally force myself to exercise. I went to the doctors and he stated that I should be using a multivitamin, but I take them. I do... Read more
So I like using it for cross training but I have a couple of questions:
1) For people who row often, how do you deal with the blisters on your hands? Do gloves help?
2) What is the point of the fish game that is programmed into the machine?... Read more
This team is for anyone with an interest in living healthier through incorporating weight training by using free weights, weight machines, cardio techniques or other equipment such as medicine balls.... Read more
Working our biceps is important, but we must not neglect the back of the arms, better known as the triceps. Working both muscle groups allows for muscle balance, therefore reducing our risk for injury. Because the triceps are comprised of smaller m... Read more
Compound exercises are those exercises that work multiple muscles or muscle groups around multiple joints such as a squat. Isolation exercises, on the other hand, work a single muscle or muscle group around a single joint such as a bicep curl. Compou... Read more
