Healthy happy you.
Jennifer Lopez
1 4-5-6-6-5-4: Cardio Plan
Get It Up
2 Get it Up - Your Heart Rate, That is: StairMaster Interval Training
Fitness
3 Extreme Sport: Stair Racing
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4 Steppin' Out: Pros and Cons of the Stair Climber
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5 Do You Suffer From Exercise Equipment Buyer's Remorse?
Cardio
6 Get it Up, Your Heart Rate That Is: Become a Stair Master
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7 Step Up Your TV Routine
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8 Does Watching TV Motivate You to Work Out Harder?
Pop into a Saturday garage sale and you'll surely see one of these exercise machines for sale. Price tag? $50 or best offer. These high-ticket items used to be all the rage until they started collecting dust in our basements when we decided we'd rather get fit outside or go to the gym. After our Guess the Fad Exercise Quiz, I couldn't help but think of the exercise equipment I no longer use but Read more
I used to think that watching TV while exercising was a big no-no because it was too distracting. I take it back. Not only is it not distracting, it can be hugely motivating. For those of you that don't care about baseball or live outside of San Francisco — newsflash: the Giants are going to the World Series! And since watching the playoffs became distracting to my fitness routine, I skipped my Read more
Watching television is just one of the many reasons people exercise less and eat more. And with so many great shows on TV, it's an easy routine to get caught up in. I already told you about my friend that jogs in place during commercial breaks to burn calories, but she's upped the ante even more by exercising during entire shows. Like Buzz, my friend enjoys guilty pleasures like the Real Read more
With daylight saving time, those who used to fit their workouts in after work will be left in the dark. So working out in a gym is a great option. There are so many cardio machines to choose from, ranging from the ever-popular treadmill, to the lower-impact elliptical, to the stationary bike. The stair climber is another option that I don't see too many people using. Check out the chart below to Read more
If you love the StairMaster, you're going to love stair racing (also called stair or skyscraper run-ups). If you enter a race, you start at the ground level of a gigantic building, and you run up the stairs with hundreds of other people, often ascending thousands of steps in a few minutes. Just recently in the Taipei 101 race, a German athlete sprinted up 91 floors in 10 minutes and 53 seconds! Read more
My absolute least favorite cardio machine to use at the gym is the StairMaster. I don't know what it is about it, but I get so bored and I just don't like it. Today, I stopped avoiding it and tried out this new workout, which applies a modified pyramid technique (when you gradually move from low intensity for a longer time to high intensity for a shorter time, then back down again). The workout Read more
In the fitness world, they say if the mind is bored, the body must be too. Really...they say that - I have heard it and lived it. If you suffer from boredom or have a body that easily adjusts to however you challenge it, I have a workout plan that might just be for you. Gunnar Peterson, trainer to the stars (like Jennifer Lopez, Bruce Willis and Ben Affleck), likes to mix it up for his clients Read more
Looking for a change to your workout? Maybe you should hop on the StairMaster for this heart pumping program. 00:00-05:00 Warm Up Level 3 05:00-07:00 Level 6 07:00-09:00 Level 8 09:00-11:00 Level 6 11:00-13:00 Level 8 13:00-15:00 Level 6 15:00-17:00 Level 10 17:00-19:00 Level 8 19:00-21:00 Level 10 21:00-24:00 Level 8 24:00-26:00 Level 10 26:00-28:00 Level 8 28:00-30:00 Level 10 30:00-35:00 Cool Read more
Yesterday, I shared a sneak peek of Courteney Cox's beautiful new home, which will be featured in the July/August issue of Elle Decor. The home was designed by Courteney's good friend Trip Haenisch, and Courteney was personally involved in every step of the redesign. Trip took a few moments out of his busy schedule recently to chat with me about what it was like to design her home. Take a look Read more
Living in a tight-spaced apartment with creaky wooden floors pretty much rules out large movements or foot-stomping cardio workouts. However, with Winter storms brewing, at-home workouts may be on the rise. Put away the Zumba and floor-shaking DVDs, and opt for these three cardio workouts instead; you can do each workout indoors without disturbing a soul — your downstairs neighbors will thank Read more
