It’s getting tougher to get children to exercise with all the gadgets and gear that seem to be tying them more and more to the couch. Some video games may help sharpen mental skills. Some TV shows may help them learn different languages. There is a wide variety of entertainment from the couch that it’s getting harder to get kids out of the living room and into the playground.
How can you get kids to exercise more? Here are some tried-and-tested ideas gathered from friends and relatives who’ve successfully balanced couch potato time with lots of good exercise time with …read more

Today I’ve got something for the men. AOL Health has a piece on the best exercise for even better sex.  C’mon guys, grab your weights, and lets get busy.

*Push-ups – Men need good upper body strength to support themselves in the missionary position.  Push-ups build muscles and help increase endurance. They don’t mention it, but the yoga position known as The Plank would also help here. Lean forward with forearms along the floor, hands in fists, feet bent down, toes on floor. Lift mid-section off the floor and support your weight on forearms and toes. Try to keep your body in …read more

For getting (and staying) in shape there is no better exercise than walking. It’s easy on the joints, you don’t need special equipment, and you can do it anywhere. You can even do it in the comfort of your home with some of the walking DVDs that are on the market. (Like the one we’re giving away here at Blisstree.)

To show you just how easy it is to walk for your health, the American Heart Association has started a National Start! Walking Day. The day is April 8th, and you are encouraged to participate!
The movement has …read more

This study earns my new Blisstree Health Pat on the Back award:
If someone told you to go for a moderately intense walk, what would that mean to you? If you ask your coworkers or friends, you’d likely get differing answers too. It’s fine for healthcare professionals to offer advice, but we need to be more specific and detailed with this advice, don’t we?
Maybe now, we’re getting somewhere though. According to a press release issued by Elsevier Health Sciences, “Researchers have determined that a rate of at least 100 steps per minute achieves moderate intensity activity. Therefore a simple pedometer-based recommendation …read more

How do you stay fit?
For me, I love to walk.  Since I live in a colder climate, I like having DVDs around so I can keep up my exercise routine without having to go outside.  The DVDs I use most frequently are by Leslie Sansone.
Leslie has generously donated a few DVDs to us for giveaway items, and I have one for you to win today!  It’s the Walk Slim 4 Fast Miles DVD.  That’s right, four miles of indoor walking for your exercise pleasure!
Here’s a sneak peak of the DVD:
Doesn’t that look like fun?  I actually have this DVD so …read more

As my regular readers have figured out by now, I heart Leslie Sansone!   Her walking DVDs have made a real difference in my life.
A few months ago she sent some DVDs my way to give to all the loyal readers we have at b5. Since we’re starting our new site called Blisstree, I thought: What better way to celebrate than with a giveaway?
I have a copy of Leslie Sansone’s Teen Walk DVD to give to one lucky reader. In my teen years, we biked and walked everywhere. I knew very few kids that were heavy …read more

There are 24 hours in a day.
I can spend 1 of them exercising.
(And if I haven’t been doing it at 6 am when its pitch black and the mythical rapist is the only one out at the track – well, during The View or Oprah on my garage sale eliptical is still an hour of exercise. And if I ate 4 boxes of Girl Scout Cookies last week, oh well – I still got all those exercise endorphans to my brain!)

How are your New Year’s Resolutions going?
Do you feel like a failure in February?
Have you doubted your sanity or wondered why this or that was so dang important to you?
Or are you going strong? Having a few successes and building steam?
I decided I was going to learn to run and lose 35 pounds and count calories.
Feb. 12 – How am I doing?
Well, I’m on track – basically.
The running at 6 am out at the track was a great idea. But, the pitch darkness out at the track next to the woods and the black man wearing black clothes driving the …read more

At RealAge.com you log on and take a test about your exercise, eating habits, vitamins and supplements, social habits, diseases or illnesses and vices like smoking and drinking.
I updated my Real Age this week and I’ve gotten SEVEN YEARS YOUNGER as a result of my lifestyle changes in the last two years. Since last year I’ve reduced my Real Age by nearly THREE years.
Chronologically I am 35.4 years old, yet my Real Age is only 32.5.
When I began my dramatic lifestyle change two years ago, I took the Real Age test. I was 33 at the time, …read more

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