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Resistance bands: These are lightweight strips of rubber that can really whip your muscles into shape, increasing the strength and endurance of your muscles. The bands offer different levels of resistance,enabling you to increase the intensity of workouts as you gain strength and improve your fitness level.

Jumping ropes: Remember the times when you were having fun jumping rope? At that time you didn’t realise you were also getting a total-body workout. Challenge your workout buddy or your kids to a jump rope contest and burn about 175 calories per 15 minutes.

Medicine ball: These colorful weighted balls make a great alternative to dumbbells and they help build core strength. Medicine balls come in different weights and can be used for upper and lower body exercises.

Stability ball: These king-size balls can improve flexibility, balance and posture while building muscle strength, especially in the abdominal area. Stabilizing yourself on the ball engages your core muscles. A variety of exercises can be done using the stability ball: lie on your back for ab work, stretching or upper-body moves; or rest your belly on the ball for push-ups. You can substitute the ball for your office chair to keep your core muscles engaged while you are working.

Do you notice that you can use these exercise tools at home, at the office or when traveling?

Weight loss is the reason many people start with exercise in the first place. But it is certainly not the sole benefit of an exercise program. The emphasis on the long-term goal of weight loss to people starting fitness or exercise programs can be discouraging. People have trouble sticking with something if they do not see results quickly. People should also be aware of the improvement in their level of functioning in the activities of daily living. That can serve as the motivation to keep at it and following through with their exercise and fitness program. So if weight loss is your goal for starting an exercise or fitness program, do not make it your only goal. Strive to feel better about yourself, to have more energy, to be less stressed. Notice the small things that exercise does for you quickly, rather than getting hung up on the narrow goal of the number on the scale. With a goal of losing weight and enhancing and improving physical and emotional health, exercise has to become a part of a person’s life, not an afterthought.

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So my doctor recommended that I get some core muscles back before I go nuts on my exercise routine.  He said that a fitness ball can help kick start my exercise routine.  He also recommended that I walk before I get into a run.  This is so that I don’t hurt myself in the process of trying to get healthy.

I told him that I will take it easy for a little while, but I am really looking to make big strides in a short period of time.  The athlete in me is dying to get out and I am going to have to unleash him eventually.

When I was in high school I was on the varsity swim team.  Then I swam as a collegiate sprinter until my junior year.  That’s when I realized that I wasn’t going to the Olympics anytime soon and I needed to focus on another form of business before I get stuck in the coaching world.

So I became an accountant at a medium sized firm.  I am ambivalent about my job, but I am not about my body.  It has gone down the tubes in the last decade that I have changed my lifestyle.  Now I want to have my body back and I am getting some home exercise equipment to meet my goal.  I am completely serious about this being my passion in life right now and I can’t wait to start on this new challenge.