A survey by the American Council on Exercise (ACE) predicts that fitness programs that are easy on the pocketbook will shine in 2009.
The group is out with its top 10 fitness trends for the upcoming year, after surveying personal trainers, group fitness professionals, and lifestyle and weight management consultants. Here is the list and my commentary on them.
1. Boot camp-style fitness programs
I’ve done a few of these workouts both in person and on DVD. They are really fun and work your entire body. A good DVD in this category is …

Practicing yoga can do more than relieve stress, it can also impact all of the wear and tear on your body associated with stress. We’ve all experienced the “fight or flight” response to a stressful situation — rapid heart rate, sweating, and increase in blood pressure. Yoga can create a “restorative state” to bring you down from this stressful level and reduce stress hormones released in the body. Chronic stress can cause physical and mental deterioration over time, so reducing stress hormones through yoga is especially important.
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Focus is an amazing tool in our quest for our own Fitness.
Can you block out everything when you workout and push as hard as you can? Or, do you answer the phone or let your mind wander about whatever might be going on in your life at the time?
The ability to focus on the task at hand is MONUMENTAL in your ability to achieve your Fitness goals.
Shut off your cellphone, home phone, ect., just for the time you have alloted to workout. Think about nothing else but moving your Fitness …

Like many Americans, I am a fan of The Biggest Loser Couples. It is heart-warming and motivating to see regular people lose a ton of weight and get fit before our eyes. The drawback was that most of them needed the assistance of celebrity trainers in order to succeed. Well, with this new season, there was a bit of a twist. For each couple that did not lose enough weight, they needed to send someone home. 

I applaud The Biggest Loser for giving folks the opportunity to succeed at home and …

Howdy Personal Fitness Coach Readers. I’ve also become a featured contributor for Weight Loss Wednesdays over at Pink Lemonade of Life. Stop by and say hi.
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