Posts from — March 2009

Know how to pump up your mental muscle? Consistency is the key to fitness and weight loss success, but what determines whether you achieve your goals is often a mix of the right strategy, the best tools and having a ‘thought plan’.

All professional sports athletes from Dana Torres to Tiger Woods and Rafa Nadal have a thought plan they execute when tired or anxious before a challenge or frustrated and disappointed during performance. Smart athletes use such sports psychology tips as self-talk to refocus, motivate themselves to turn things around and ensure their personal best. And now you will, too.
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Need an upper body workout on-the-cheap? Pushups are the do-anywhere, do-anytime, no-gear-required, upper-body workout that will tone and firm your arms, chest and back while developing endurance. A fit person can do 20 or more pushups. Less than that, and they rank poorly for upper body endurance. Improving your muscle endurance means your arms won’t quit when carrying groceries, hauling luggage or drunk boyfriends. That’s why determining the number of pushups you can perform is important. Take the pushup test and see how fit you are.

Get inspired! Adam Sandler does pushups with NO hands in his comedy, You Don’t Mess with the Zohan, and Jennifer Love Hewitt did 10 on the Jay Leno show.

Pushups are a multi-muscle move that’s perfect for an express workout in under five minutes! Learn correct form and join in this modified pushup instruction clip from the Mayo Clinic.

Bicycling, running, in-line skating, soccer and volleyball place demands on your hip girdle muscles. If yours are too weak or inflexible, fatigue sets in early during exercise or you experience discomfort and stiffness in hips, glutes, thighs and lower back. Now you can free your hips! Introduce your hips to greater range of motion and awaken athletic power with Coach Jay of Nike’s Inside Running. Watch Coach Jay’s free video to see how to perform 12 exercises, then download a PDF of the routine, or download the video to your iPod.

Let Fiterati’s Spring Training Cardio Workout Playlist motivate you to get back in shape now!

The compilation of 17, specially-selected house remixes of popular songs and new beats by cool DJs will get you excited to workout. Press play for over two hours of continuous, feel-good workout tunes for any aerobic activity and ignite your spring training plans.

Need to blast through 30-minutes? Push through that stubborn threshold to complete a long-haul 20K ride or run? This workout playlist will make time fly, lighten your legs and bring out your joy to fuel your cardio just when you need it most and beyond!

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Workout Playlist: Yoga, Pilates and Easy Walking Workouts

You might enjoy Fiterati’s Bliss iMix. A mix of trip hop and pop, these five dreamy tunes feature fluid female vocals to create positive vibes for a relaxing soundtrack for yoga, Pilates, walking errands and cool-downs.

From the folks who brought you Jennifer Aniston’s Smart Water, Vitamin Water 10 is its sexy, slimmer, younger sister. Now with only 10 calories per bottle, you can quench your thirst for a leaner body like Carrie Underwood, Gwen Stefani, Madonna, Alicia Keyes and 50 Cent. Sweetened with a stevia blend, Vitamin 10 is a healthier choice than pop, with no artificial sugar and saves you 110 calories simply switching from the regular brand. That means no more half guzzled bottles in the fridge. Chug-a-lug such new favourites as Acai + Blueberry + Pomegrante, Orange Orange, Tropical Citrus and Lemonade. In stores next month.