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Speak Up: Taking Baby to the Gym?
A new trend I've been seeing in the fitness world is parents are taking babies as young as six weeks to special fitness gyms to get them moving early on in life. Fitness centers for children such as My Gym are popping up all over the country where parents are able to enroll their baby or toddler in a fitness class. While there could be many reasons for this rising trend, I think its safe to assume this trend is in part due to growing fears about childhood obesity.
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How Octomom Slimmed Down to 125 Pounds
Whatever your opinion of Nadya Suleman's decision to carry eight babies at once, most can agree that her quick slim-down is rather astonishing. When her octuplets were born nine months ago, Nadya weighed 270 pounds. In the latest issue of Us Weekly, she admitted she packed on the pounds by "eating everything in sight."
Alessandra Ambrosio Lunges For VS Runway
I know models need to work hard to stay slim and in shape, but a lingerie model must have to work 10 times harder since she just about bares it all.
So when Victoria's Secret model, Alessandra Ambrosio had a baby girl last August, she had to do a lot of cardio to lose her post-baby pounds so she could strike her stuff on the runway four months later. Her body looked amazing in a short amount of time, but she said for this year's show, it's not as easy.
5 Reasons to Try Kettlebells
I can't stress enough how important it is to mix up the equipment you use when strength training. Dumbbells, weight machines, and resistance bands are common fitness tools you'll find at the gym, but you may have also seen kettlebells. Though they look like some medieval torture device you want to avoid, they're actually a really effective way to tone and strengthen your muscles.
How Melissa Joan Hart Got Her Bikini Body
Adding to the frenzy of celeb slim-downs is Melissa Joan Hart, former star of Sabrina the Teenage Witch. She does look wicked amazing, bad pun and all. Inspired to lose her baby weight when unflattering bathing suit photos of her at a larger 155 pounds circulated around the Internet, Melissa lost 42 pounds.
Reality Check: Anna Faris Is Eating More Before Her Wedding
It's easy to lose focus on the big picture while wedding planning. A romantic engagement suddenly warps into a stressful process, and this stress is often accentuated by the pressure some brides feel to lose weight for the big day.
Anna Faris is turning her back on the idea of spending months before her wedding regulating everything she eats or turning the gym into her second home.
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- A new study found that aerobic and resistance training significantly reduced fatigue in men undergoing radiation treatments for prostate cancer. Fatigue is a common side effect of such treatments.
- Doctors at the Mayo Clinic found that exercise improves the physical and emotional well-being of patients with Alzheimer's disease. The patients exercised for as little as 60 minutes each week.
Emma Bunton Likes Her Pizza and Eats It, Too
It seemed to be the year of celebrity babies in 2008, so it makes sense that we've been hearing so much about the famous new moms' post pregnancy bodies these days. More often than not, it seems celeb mamas shed extra weight in the matter of a few months, which just isn't feasible for most women. It's refreshing to learn when moms take a slow and steady approach, like Spice Girl Emma Bunton.
Jamie Pressly Has Hollywood's Sexiest Shape
Jamie Pressly might be an Emmy winner, but her latest honor is landing the number one spot in Shape magazine's list of the Sexiest Bodies in Hollywood. The trim and toned mother of a 2-year-old looks confident on the cover of the March issue, and inside she discusses the pride she takes in working hard.
I have nothing but love for someone who acknowledges, "I’m into the no pain, no gain thing!"
Healthy Dose Link Time
- How to make a "recession diet" work for you — Mark's Daily Apple
- Dealing with the post-baby paunch takes daily effort — Fresh Fitness Tip
- Learn six tricks of fitness pros — Daily Spark
- UK to follow NYC's lead and post calories — That's Fit
- A numbers game: Title 9 and the First Lady — Never Say Diet
- Chill out to lower your Alzheimer's risk — Vitamin G
- Rapper 50 Cent embraces "girly" moves at the gym — Fit Celeb
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