February 5, 2012

Benefits of a Detox Health Cleanse

ultimate reset detox cleanse by Beachbody

The human body generally contains toxic products within the organs of the body and in the blood. Such impurities keep the body organs unhealthy. In order to maintain good health, there is a need to detoxify the body. This is a process through which a detox cleanse is used for detoxification. When you cleanse the [...]

4 Tips to Succeed with Your New Year’s Fitness Resolutions

Fitness New Year's resolutions

On January 1, 2012, millions of people will wake up excited about their New Year’s fitness resolutions. By the end of January, 95% of those people will  have failed at those New Year’s resolutions for one reason or another. Don’t be one of them! Here are 4 tips to help you succeed with your fitness [...]

Team Beachbody e-Gift Cards

Beachbody egift cards

This year, use e-gift cards to give the gift of fitness and health to family and friends! You can purchase Team Beachbody e-Gift cards and send to anyone you want via email. These electronic gift certificates are easy to buy and easy to use. Then, your recipient can redeem it just like cash and it [...]

3 Healthy Foods That Are Affordable

Sweet potatoes are healthy

Eating healthy foods is sometimes challenging. I hear it all the time from people, “eating healthy is too expensive.” Really? I eat extremely healthy and I bet my weekly food bill is less than theirs! It’s completely inaccurate to think that healthy food is more expensive. More expensive than what? The processed, low nutrition, high-calorie [...]

Beachbody Challenge Pack Available Now

Team Beachbody Success Pack

Tired of feeling tired, overweight, and out-of-shape? It’s time to end your unhealthy habits and get healthy and fit! When you commit to a fitness program and nutrition plan, you can achieve success. To stay accountable, join others in an established workout accountability group. When everyone is consistent and share similar goals, it’s a lot [...]

Is Being Overweight and Unhealthy the New Normal?

Is overweight the new normal

In the last 20 years, the rate of obesity has increased. According to national surveys, 67 percent of Americans are overweight or obese. Are people getting comfortable with being overweight? Being overweight is a lifestyle that is the number one cause for many diseases and conditions like type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, cancer, high [...]

Target Heart Rate Zone

Target heart rate for exercise

You must understand your target heart rate which is bringing your rate to a certain level in order to get a good aerobic workout. If not, it will be difficult to lose weight or get in shape! Your general physical condition is measured by your heart rate. When you visit the doctor, they find your [...]

Eating Late at Night

Calories burned Eating at night

Is it bad to eat late at night? This question has sparked a lot of debate in the last few years. Many people think that eating late at night will lead to weight gain or make it harder to lose weight. Others think that it doesn’t matter what time you eat as it has no [...]

USDA MyPlate Replaces the Food Pyramid

MyPlate nutrition guide usda

The Food Pyramid used to be the standard nutrition guide introduced by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Divided into six horizontal sections containing images of foods from each section’s food group, it was updated in 2005 with colored vertical wedges that replaced the horizontal sections and renamed MyPyramid. MyPyramid was an abstract design [...]

5 Fitness and Health Tips for Summer

summer beachbody workouts

Staying healthy and fit in summer can be a challenge. With summer vacations and lazy days, staying energized to fit in those workouts and pay attention to food choices may take even more effort. That energy you had at the start of the year to stick with your fitness program may have gotten off track [...]