Improve Your Health – Adding Probiotics to Your Health Under normal circumstances, your body maintains a healthy balance of good and bad bacteria. Trouble can arise when the bad bacteria overpower good bacteria, potentially compromising digestion and your immune system. You know the feeling: occasional bloating, poor digestion, irregularity, occasional…
Total Gym Squat Exercises with Rosalie Brown http://youtu.be/jsnwdqlX7Yo Rosalie Brown is back once again at Total Gym Pulse. This week Rosalie discusses the importance of the squat and how it is one of the most important exercises for the lower body and buttocks area. You can actually do the squat…
Total Gym Lower-Back Exercises http://youtu.be/a_1oWt4W5wM The muscles located on the backside of the body play a critical role in maintaining a healthy and active lifestyle. These muscles are an important component in athletic performance, proper body alignment, posture, and living a pain free lifestyle. It would be an understatement to…
Overcoming the barriers to exercise If there were only more time in the day you’d workout, right? If only you weren’t so tired after work you’d exercise, right? If you had more time and less exercise barriers, you’d be running marathons, right? Wrong. When it comes to getting in shape…
Germ Alert - Stop Touching the Face! Remember when your mom would tell you to "wash up" before dinner? She was definitely onto something, moms usually know best. Well it's that time of year, the dreaded cold and flu season. However, mom's advice could actually go a long way in…
Start a Fitness Journal and Stay Motivated Fitness pros say the best way to get motivated to work out tomorrow is to keep track of what you did today. That’s a nice theory, but if you’re at all like me, by the end of the day you can’t even remember…
Mike Campbell, The Fat Guy: Part 2 http://youtu.be/EYSu9OBNxgs Mike “THE FAT GUY” Campbell joins Total Gym Pulse once again for his second video blog. Mike begins this segment by recounting what his life was like when he weighed 350 pounds. He was on several medications and had high blood pressure,…
What are Endorphins? The human body's natural pain killers, endorphins, are likened to codeine or morphine for the reaction they generate within the body. Endorphins not only relieve pain but also bring about a temporary sense of well-being. They originate in various parts of your body, the pituitary gland, your…
Feeling Sexy and in Shape This Holiday Want to stay in shape, stick to your fitness plan over the holidays, and not lose that sex appeal you’ve spent most of the year developing? Here’s the simple rule: you are what you think and feel. Ever realize that your thoughts are…
Rebecca Kiritsy – Testimonial of the Week http://youtu.be/bfUnxMIgTGg Total Gym Pulse welcomes Rebecca Kiritsy to the blog for our latest testimonial of the week. Rebecca mentions she is embarrassed when looking at old pictures of herself before using the Total Gym. She jokes that the pictures she shows in the…