Home Fitness for Women

Have you ever wished you could have your own home exercise equipment? What holds you back? Is it the cost? You don’t have the space? Well, here is your answer! Purchase a portable, electronic mini stepper! It’s affordable and fits anywhere.

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A while back, I read an interesting statistic that increasing the incline on your treadmill by 2% will burn 25% more calories. Today, I put that to the test in a controlled experiment.

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It’s not very often that I watch television. And it’s even less often that I will bother to stop and watch an infomercial on an exercise product. (Too much hype. Not enough reality.) However, the other day, the Proform Stride Select™ Elliptical was being demonstrated when I walked by the television and it caught my [...]

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Have you heard about the ProForm Activator yet?  This revolutionary new piece of fitness equipment claims to increase muscle activity during your workout up to 73%.  They are calling it “vibration training“.  Basically, you work out on a vibrating surface which causes your muscles to contract in order to keep your balance.  (Similar to the concept [...]

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How to Choose the Best Treadmill for You With so many different brands of home treadmills and treadmill features, how do you know which home treadmill to buy?  Basically, you have to look at your needs and how they fit with the features and cost of each particular treadmill.  You need to consider your height, [...]

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One of my favorite pieces of home fitness equipment is my ProForm 745CS treadmill. My husband bought it for me as a gift after the birth of our first child so that I could exercise at home, get back in shape and watch over the baby.  That was back in 2001 and I’m still using that treadmill [...]

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Coming Soon! Home Fitness: Designing Your Own Home Gym and Workout Plan (Book) by Suzanne Falaschetti, M.S. Exercise physiologist and wellness expert Suzanne Falaschetti presents sound advice on how to design and implement a home exercise plan. Falaschetti guides the reader, step-by-step, as they prepare for exercise, design a workout plan, and select safe and [...]

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