Randy’s Fitness Tips

If you are experiencing mild depression or anxiety, studies show that aerobic workouts such as walking or jogging can significantly improve your mood. Give it a try, what do you have to lose, expect weight and depression.

A Crash Course in Cellulite

Cellulite, as you probably know, is stubborn. It takes a long time to smooth things out, and we are impatient. The first thing you need to do is to accept the fact that, as of yet, there is no quick fix for cellulite.

Tips on Healthy Living

If you want to lose weight, experts say you need to get enough sleep. Specifically, researchers have reported that women who sleep 5 hours or less per night generally weigh more than women who sleep 7 hours per night.

Recovery… Be Your Own Soigneur

Carmichael, USA Cycling’s former national coaching director and the architect of America’s most successful Olympic showing since 1984 (Atlanta ‘96), knows a lot about recovery. A former elite racer himself and coach of some of today’s top pros, such as Lance Armstrong and Bobby Julich, Carmichael has had ample opportunity to refine his views on what he considers the most underrated aspect of cycling.

On Spot Reduction

The simple truth is that you have no more control over where you lose fat than you did over where you gained it.

Fat is deposited in a genetically predetermined order that cannot be changed by any specific exercises. Abdominal exercises and outer and inner thigh exercises will not necessarily get rid of the fat in those areas.

Inner Thigh Lies: The Truth about Spot Reduction

Assuming that you are right-handed, over the course of your entire life you have used your right arm several thousand times more than you have used your left, right? So if spot reduction existed, your right arm would be ripped and your left arm would be flabby! Is that the case?

What is an “ideal” level of Body Fat?

Weight is largely meaningless as an index of fitness, health, physical attractiveness, or practically anything else related to human beings. Unless you are an athlete aiming to compete in a certain weight class, body composition is what matters… NOT WEIGHT!

Mental Toughness… Strength and Power from the Neck Up

If you can’t afford such luxuries as a heart-rate monitor and live in a region where there are few others to ride with, setting small goals is one way to harden your mind for maximum efforts. One method is to locate a series of telephone poles or other landmarks, such as mile markers, that are spaced anywhere from a few hundred meters to a full mile apart.

10 Tips to Get You Back on Track!

If you haven’t exercised in a while, expect to “hit a wall” within the first 5 to 10 minutes of your exercise session. As you work back into your regular workout, there may be a point when you may feel like quitting, but don’t.

11 Ways to Increase your metabolism forever!

1. Always eat breakfast! Skipping breakfast sends the message to your body that you’re starving because you haven’t had food in 18+ hours. As a protective mechanism, your metabolism slows down. Food, especially complex carbohydrates, fuels your metabolism.