Get In Shape: 5 Fun Ways
The market is saturated with low-fat, low-carb and sugar-free foods. More than half of all American adults are overweight despite all latest fitness machines, magic pills and fad diets that promise to melt away the pounds out there today.
For true weight-loss success, health experts stress the importance of changing your lifestyle for the long term and exercising regularly. To help you win the battle of the bulge oncce and for all, make fitness fun again by trying these creative fitness ideas.
* Take "healthy" vacations. Make fitness part of your travels. Start with a little pampering say at a spa where you can also go hiking, rock climbing, enjoy kickboxing, water arobics and yoga.
* Walk or run for a good cause. Maybe all the motivation you'll need to start a regular fitness routine is to begin training for a 5K charity walk or run. The best thing is you'll be helping your favorite chairty by helping them meet their goals as well.
* Dance. Join a ballroom or hip-hop dancing class. It's a great way to shed the pounds, learn how to dance and have fun.
* Strip the weight away. New DVDs featuring Carmen Electra help you spice up your regular workout routine and provide a fun new way to tone your body right in the comfort of your own living room.
“Carmen Electra’s Aerobic Striptease” and “Carmen Electra’s Aerobic Striptease - Fit to Strip” are fast becoming wildly popular. Electra shows viewers how to trim down with both high and low impact fitness and dancce techniques weith the help of fitness experts. You can tone your abs, hips, buns and thighs by doing these strengthening moves. Some of the special features on the DVDs include workout tips and a pop-up video display and a customizable music track.
* Do Pilates. Find out what makes Pilates the workout of choice for countless celebrities, and why your gym's Pilates classes are always full. The “MTV: Pilates Mix” DVD, hosted by renowned Pilates and yoga instructor Kristin McGee, is perfect for those who want to add a more cutting-edge beat to their workout. The DVD features two half-hour workout sessions that focus on toning the arms, legs and abs, with a music mix that motivates you to get up and work out.
You can get these DVD's in bookstores or online nationwide.
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