(BlackFitness101.com) With winter soon among us, winter is usually the time of year we all enjoy holiday eating and pack on the pounds. But you don’t want to reverse all the hard work you accomplished during the spring and summer months. Winter blues is an actual emotional state. You have to ...
(BlackFitness101.com) Time and time again we are reminded of the large amount of health disparities affecting African-Americans in this country. While heart disease leads as the top killer of Americans, it’s something that African-Americans are more particularly affected by. According to the American Heart Association, 44% of A.A. men and 48.9% ...
(BlackFitness101.com) Any workout is good for your body, but some exercises are far better than others for burning fat, as they increase your heart rate and help you burn a large number of calories. The best thing about fat burning exercises is they are are often high intensity, meaning you can ...
(BlackFitness101.com) One of my jobs as a fit pro is to build sets into my client’s fitness regimen. I stress to my clients the importance of finishing all of the prescribed sets. Doing so is good for the body. In life, also, finishing our dreams, our goals and our aspirations is ...
(BlackFitness101.com) Treadmills, bikes, ellipticals and gliders are just a few of the heavily used cardio machines at the gym. Let’s start by saying cardio is a healthy, and valuable, part of a workout. It is great for building endurance, blood circulation, warmups and heart health. Many women love cardio and it ...
(BlackFitness101.com) In our community we see so much emphasis put on heart health, blood pressure and diabetes. These areas are very important. In our day to day health regimen we must not neglect our back. When we hear about having a back bone it is always in reference to strength of ...
(BlackFitness101.com) Many of us experience stress in our muscles that cause pain, and make us feel stiff as a board. Sometimes we can find ourselves walking slowly due to cramping, and workouts that make us so sore we want to stay in the bed. Stretching on a daily basis can help ...
(BlackFitness101.com) New Year resolutions, self-awareness and health concerns often send people running to the gym with the ambitions to start a journey to fitness. Some have made the choice to eat healthy, in addition to workouts…and this is good. However, sometimes we have the wrong expectation about fitness. Losing weight, or ...
(BlackFitness101.com) In our society we are constantly inundated with information on how to lose weight. Each day it seems we are introduced to a new diet or craze or pill that’s aimed at taking the pounds off. How do we needle through this madness and find a sensible, non-invasive path ...
(BlackFitness101.com) Being in the fitness profession I run into a lot of people who have launched a journey to better health. While I’m always willing to offer my services, invariably I get the same response: “I know what to do” or “I can do it on my own.” Weeks or ...