How to Eat Healthy at Cookouts and BBQs It's harder in the summer to eat healthy and on track with your health and fitness goals. We tend to think of it as a relaxing time where we vacation, lay by the pool and get caught up on our summer reading.…
Refuel Your Body http://youtu.be/dALGLsa4sxU No matter what type of exercise you are involved in it is critical to properly refuel your body. Joining us once again on Total Gym Pulse is fitness trainer and long-time Total Gym user Rosalie Brown to give us some great tips on refueling our body…
Cardiovascular Workout Using The Total Gym http://youtu.be/2vIANkc_Lkc When you hear someone talking about a cardiovascular workout you probably think about running on a treadmill, jogging outside or participating in any sport that gives you a great aerobic exercise. However, there is another piece of equipment that is capable of giving…
The Top 10 Steps to Sizzle in Your 70’s Perhaps healthy, energized aging can be summarized in just five words, “Use it or lose it.” The nation’s top experts on active aging all point to the same finding in study after study. Want longevity? Want a boost in energy? Want…
Advanced Back Workout with John Carleo http://youtu.be/y47lL7aVGNs Today on Total Gym Pulse we have special guest John Carleo who brings us an advanced workout for our lats using the Total Gym. Latissimus Dorsi or “Lats” as they are commonly known, are the broadest muscles in the back. Properly working out…
Why We Should Be Drinking More Water I never ask my clients how many glasses of water they drink a day. Eight glasses (as we have been hearing for decades) is simply not nearly enough. I ask how many liters they have consumed. If you wait until you are thirsty…
How to Avoid Giving Up On Working Out You made that New Year’s plan to lose weight, which included regularly working out. Now it’s May and the last time you exercised was ___________ (fill in the blank and proceed to be mortified). So, after the first few weeks of going…
Health Risks and Benefits of Using a Sauna A sauna is a small room specifically designed to heat up to very high temperatures. There are two distinct types of saunas: wet and dry. The wet saunas are more commonly known as steam sauna rooms. Temperatures in wet saunas are lower…
Memories Are Made of This Tips for Improving your Memory If my memory boosting tricks serve me right, this song was Dean Martin’s biggest hit, recorded in 1956. Now THAT’s some memory, right? Nah. I looked it up. I was barely seven years old when that song came on the…
Zucchini Recipes http://youtu.be/Uo_lYUwVQmo When discussing delicious pasta dishes, zucchini recipes aren’t exactly the first that come to mind. For years pastas have been thought of as a healthy eating choice, but sometimes they're full of preservatives and with the high calorie sauces we put on them, it’s simply not the…