Ever since January 22, 2010, my guilty pleasure and obsession has been with the new Starz original series, Spartacus: Blood and Sand. The show talks about a man who was betrayed by the Romans, forced into slavery, and reborn as a gladiator. In order to play these beasts of the arena, all the actors had to participate in a month long “Gladiator Camp.” For 4 hours straight every day, these actors had to engage in cardio, sword fighting, gymnastics, and weights. Part of the intense workouts that the actors engaged in were the combined exercises that made sure that...

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No, no, I am not writing this article from experience and because I am trying to warn you of a mistake that I made, but now that skiing season is almost over, I have been in the mindset of wanting to improve myself as a skier before next season even starts. I know what you are thinking, it's almost April, but I figure that I at least can think about training for next season even if I don't actually start getting around to it until later on. At least step one will be done! Strength, flexibility, endurance and agility drills...

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These days, teens are in worse shape than ever.  Between 16 and 33 percent of children and adolescents are obese.  Obese teens are considerably more likely to die before the age of sixty than teens who are in shape. Obesity is a very dangerous disease, so I am adding my thoughts on how teens should fight obesity.  Also, parents, feel free to use these tips with your kids!

1. Try to get outside for at least one hour every day.  Play a sport, walk around the neighborhood, whatever...  just get off your bottom and start moving around.  Walking around is an exercise in...

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Bathing suit is even closer, which may mean you're working even harder to get ready.  In the past two weeks, you've learned about some simple upper body and lower body exercises that you can do at home- without any exercise equipment.  This week we have a couple exercises designed to work your ab muscles, and again these exercises require no special gym paraphernalia. I.Core work- in a chair from Lisa Hoffman at Solo Fitness & Wellness Inc. 1. Sit straight up in a chair – your back should be supported. Feet flat on the floor. 2. Both hands on your...

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Imagine coming across a grizzly bear in the wild.  How would that make you feel?  Scared?  Recently, I encountered a grizzly bear but not the actual animal.  I have encountered a fitness routine nicknamed the grizzly bear, and it, too, is scary. This is a workout consisting of numerous calisthenic exercise done in 20 second intervals and working every muscle group.  You can do this exercise anywhere and get a great isometric strength/cardio workout all at the same time.  The program is broken up into upper body, abs and lower body exercises.  You do three sets of the program. All three...

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