You stepped on the scale to weigh yourself. Apart from immediately stepping on the scale again to make sure the number’s right, when’s the next time you should step on the scale again?
If research is any indication, then the answer is probably tomorrow. Continue reading How Often Should You Weigh Yourself When Trying To Lose Weight?
Unilateral exercises involve using the muscles on one side of the body at a time rather than together in performance of a movement. Doing so is great for isolating muscles and avoiding imbalances between muscle groups, which goes a long way toward appearing symmetrical…in addition to injury prevention, if you care about that sort of thing! As an added bonus, there’s also something known as the “crossover effect”, in which unilateral training strengthens the unused side as well as the one that’s being trained. It’s for these reasons that unilateral exercises should be a part of your training regimen.
One example of a unilateral exercise are lunges, single leg movements that primarily challenge stability and balance.
As you know, there are a variety of lunges. So what differentiates walking lunges from the others?
It’s a shot in the dark, but the walking part is probably what sets walking lunges apart from something like…ummmm…stationary lunges, which are…ummmm…performed…stationary.1Psst…”stationary” is another word for remaining still, as in “not moving”. And by walking, not only are virtually all of the muscles in the lower body activated as they are in a stationary lunge but the muscles comprising the core are brought more into play to keep the body stable and balanced as it takes each step through space. Continue reading How To: Walking Lunges
Sugar cravings, we all have ’em. So when we do, what’s better to eat: fruit or sweets?
The answer is obvious, sweets are better! They taste much, much better than fruit. But apart from taste, fruit is the far better option between the two.
But why?
Ummmmm, the reason why fruit is better and you should always pick it over sweets is because your mother said so!
Oh, your mother has lied to you before about things like you being her favorite child and your parents loving one another? Okay, that explains more than enough why you need more proof than just her word! Continue reading Why Fruits Are Better Than Sweets
Belly fat is excess fat around the abdominal organs.1Considering that the abdominal organs are in the belly, this is probably why some genius came up with “belly fat” as a name for it. Not only is having too much fat in the midsection unsightly but it’s also unhealthy. For example, if you’re a man with a waist above 40 inches, then that places you at high risk of unbelievably fun stuff like heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and cancer.2Because some people think a woman’s health is just as important as a man’s, it’s probably expected that I include that women whose waist is above 35 inches are at high risk of the same fun stuff. Alas, I’m far too much of a misogynist to include that information!
As we can see, belly fat poses a danger.
So, ummmm, how do you lose the stuff?
By doing crunches? Planking?! Strapping on a vibrating belt you have no idea why is mixed up in your collection of vibrating objects you were rummaging through to use on your significant other because you’re not doing a good enough job of satisfying them on your own because excess belly fat is also linked to erectile dysfunction?!?!
Well, here’s what you can do… Continue reading How To Lose Belly Fat
Need to lose weight, huh?1Psst…that’s a rhetorical question. Because I have two fully functioning eyes, of course you need to lose weight!!!
That probably means you’re on a diet and have cut out all sweet shit because you think there are “good” foods and “bad” foods that make you fat, with dessert items falling into the “bad” category.
Ha, look at you already doing dumb shit! Continue reading Eat Dessert And Still Lose Weight
