Is numbness a problem?

Imagine that you are weight lifting, and all of a sudden something goes numb and you are not really expecting that. Hopefully, it does not happen when you have heavy weights above you; in my case, it happened as I was hanging suspended in the air. I was finishing up...

Weighing yourself daily

The Health and Fitness Blog (dead link) links to an article that discusses daily weighing of oneself and weight loss. They list these weigh in tips: • To minimize variation, always weigh at the same time of day, such as in the morning just after having used the...

Bridge exercise on a swiss ball

This morning I was at the gym working out (my “getting back into lifting shape” workout), and I saw somebody doing a bridge, which is a great workout exercise for your abs but which I do not have currently written into my workout. However, he was doing it...

Workout Tip: Plan your workouts

This may seem obvious as a workout tip, but plan your workouts before starting. Figure out what your goals are for the months ahead, so that you can figure out the general types of shorter term goals to set. That way you can set specific goals a week or two ahead of...