Some great health ideas are being posted around the place at the moment, so I thought we’d send a little love to a few sites who deserve it.

It’s hard to miss all of the doom and gloom about the economy and the financial crisis these days. Just turn on the TV and you’d think it was the end of the world the way some people are talking about it. But there is a massive upside to a down-turned economy that people don’t [...]

Well, ok, really all you need is a half decent pair of shoes and your own body weight to get a pretty good workout, but let’s take it a little further than that. These are what I would consider the basic elements of a home gym - the very very basic elements!

The great thing about being healthy geeks is that we can figure out ways the web can help us reach our fitness goals. Yup, we’re really that geeky. Over the years we’ve collected a lot of great little sites and articles that really have all you need to know for free.

Some of us just don’t enjoy running. It’s a fact so let’s not skirt around some fantasy utopia where we are actually going to enjoy it. We don’t and we probably never will. Unfortunately, running is very good for you and if at all possible, it should be part of any healthy exercise regime. So [...]

It’s amazing how many people fall for buying those ridiculous contraptions you see on television that promise to deliver rock hard abdominals to you in only a few months. The sad thing is that these machines and contraptions will not work for a very simple reason.

Probably the best single thing you can do to get fit is to start a regimen of running. The problem is that getting up from your computer desk and running 3 miles (besides being almost impossible) will hammer your body and can really sap your motivation as a result. In short it hurts!

There are a lot of health myths circulating that are probably hurting your own efforts at staying healthy. Here are a few of the more obvious ones, but these certainly are not the only ones.

One of the biggest excuses people come up with for not working out is that they don’t own weights or can’t afford the gym. Well here’s some exercises you can do with only a chair. No more excuses!

We’ve all done it. We start a health kick and then a few days or weeks later, we see a tasty vanilla slice at the bakery and we just can’t help ourselves. Soon enough, the health kick is out the window and we’ve put on 5 lbs.
Well, here’s a way you can stop that happening.