INSPIRATION

Ideas to motivate...

Beverly Hills personal trainer Jim O’Connor has some advice. But the advice isn’t actually for you. It’s for other personal trainers who are having trouble marketing their services. So let’s take a look at what he says and see if there isn’t something useful that you could use to help yourself. … a majority of [...]

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iVillage is concerned about the recent number of celebrity women appearing soon after the birth of a child, showing how they have regained their “bikini body.” All of a sudden, it seems that we can’t walk down a supermarket aisle without some famous new mother flashing her abs. So why the concern? They say it’s [...]

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Crabby McSlacker has some advice for those of us who are not always cheerful about the things we need to do to lose weight. She thinks the key is to harness our inner crab: …plenty of grumpy, unenthusiastic, and downright lazy folks like myself have discovered the amazing benefits of good nutrition and vigorous exercise. [...]

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Have you had trouble getting into shape? Do you need to lose weight and get fit in a hurry? Then a “boot camp” may be just the thing. The LA Times highlighted some of the benefits of boot camps: “It’s a very efficient workout because you’re working your whole body in a short period of [...]

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There is a fascinating discussion on the forums at wrongplanet. A question was asked about compulsion to exercise: While I would never say I am an exercise nut exactly, I don’t feel right if I fail to exercise at all over the course of my average day. I even shadow box as one of my [...]

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