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New Year’s Resolution – Lift Weights!

New Year’s Resolution – Lift Weights!

If there is one resolution that I can convince all women to try for 2010, it is this… add strength training to your fitness routine.

Many women believe that the only way to lose weight is to do aerobic exercise. So they jog or take aerobics classes five times a week. Eventually, they notice that while their bodies are a little smaller, there are still a lot of flabby parts. Sound familiar? Aerobic exercise is important for good health, but it’s only half of the equation.

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Get on the Ball for Fitness

Get on the Ball for Fitness

The stability ball’s most common use is for strengthening muscles by providing an unstable surface to exercise on. This forces the muscles to continuously readjust in order to maintain posture and keep balance. In most exercises, the muscles that benefit from this are the abdominal and back muscles.

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