Weight Loss, Health & Fitness!

Physically Fit Children and Staying Active
With school coming to an end all across the country and summer vacation beginning, thousands of school children will be facing a change in their daily routines. For many of them, activity filled school days will be exchanged for sedentary hours in front of television sets and computers, snacking on sweets and junk food instead of eating nutritious meals. Such activity can prevent problems later in life, such as the condition and need of sleep apnea or CPAP machines.

Drinking Too Much Water
Any serious fitness center gym member will tell you no gym bag should be without the essential water bottle. After all, preventing dehydration is a core rule for sustaining a productive and fun working out. Drink water, lots of it, to replenish the loss during exercise...

Hula Hoop Revival
A few years ago, Holly Iverson, a fitness instructor in Milwaukee, had a brainstorm. The hula hoop she used in fitness workouts was just too lightweight. By stuffing the hollow plastic tube with telephone wire and wrapping it in foam for comfort, she was able to create an aerobic exercise aid that boosted the value of the workout. The added weight makes the hula hoop easier to move...

Free Fitness Center
Free fitness center? Well, the owner of several apartment houses in Minneapolis could be a candidate for “Landlord of the Year,” if there were such a thing. Stephen Frenz, who owns several neighborhood apartment buildings in Minneapolis, gives all his tenants free access to a fitness center, something that is pretty much exclusive to high-end apartments in the area...

Non-Fat Health Club Not Illegal
A health club in Ireland isn't breaking the law by apparently limiting the weight of its staff, particularly women larger than size 16. Audrey Williams, an attorney with the law firm Eversheds. As long as the weight limit is applied equally to both sexes, the policy is not illegal...

Health & Fitness Program
Although at age 55, Jerry Hogevoll has been pursuing a regimen of fitness and fat loss for only five years, he's won an Ironman competition and is a fine example of physical health & fitness at any age. Hogevoll says his level of fitness was achieved through proper diet and exercise without steroids or growth hormone. What's greater than health & fitness? Not much. But, renting a luxury car like an exotic Bentley, BMW or Ferrari in a city like Atlanta would be a close second.