There is Disability Equipment Available

Don’t let your disability stop you from anything, especially exercising and recreational activities that you love.  I came across a bowling ball ramp that is perfect for a person standing or even in a wheelchair.   Disability equipment like this may seem expensive, but with the use that one will get out of it, it would be the perfect gift!  I had never seen anything quite like this before, the bottom of the ramp have rubber tips and scuff guards so your local bowling alley should have no problem with bringing this product along next time you feel like bowling.

I highly recommend this product for anyone who loves bowling, bowling balls themselves are pretty darn heavy this would definitely compensate for all that trouble. You should definitely check it out and other disability equipment while you’re at it!

LifeSpan Treadmill Is Rated “Lightweight Champ” in LA Times

The L.A. Times Health section has named the LifeSpan TR 2000 fold-up treadmill the “Lightweight champ” as one of the four best treadmills on the market!

A very small footprint due to an under-the-belt motor and only spanning 32 inches when folded up were some of the likes of the treadmill. Also on the “likes” list is that it has a 2.5 horsepower engine, a 1% to 5% downslope, and convenient handlebar speed and incline control.

The dislikes were few, as it is only recommended for runners that weigh 165 lbs or less, 350 lbs for walkers, and that none of the programs included descents. Overall, not a bad trade off for the “likes” part of the treadmill, unless you’re a 166 lb. Runner!

The treadmill is priced at $1,599.00 and can be found at www.lifespanfitness.com, or call (877) 654-3837.

Add These Products To Your Cardio Workout!

Hey people, by now you should be well on your way to getting fit and trim for that vacation of yours.  I, myself, am going to the beach for 9 days and I’ve been working my increasingly thinner ass off lately getting ready for it!  9 days to marinate in the sun, god….I need a vacation…..

Anyway, last year I got bored with my cardio routine a bit…just running was really getting boring.  So this year I decided to do some research, maybe move my workout routine in-house a bit too, so I did a bit of research.  LifeSpan Fitness always has some cool stuff!  After all, I got my treadmill there last year and my girlfriend and I are very happy with it.

So LifeSpan has this new thing called a vibration plate…This actually interested me because the only thing I thought you could do with vibration is physical therapy and naughty things (hehehe).  And it is relatively new:  it was originally designed for Russian cosmonauts to keep their muscles from atrophying in space.  What it can do for you here on Earth, where we have gravity, is improve your muscle strength, your balance and flexability….so you know I’m just being a big pain in the a$$ bugging my gym owner to invest in one of these things to try it out!  They also carry an elliptical trainer and a rowing machine that my girlfriend wants, so I guess I gotta buy them before I buy my vibration plate…hence bugging the gym owner:)   LifeSpan is just a cool company with people’s fitness #1 in their minds, and their products are quality so I go to them first!

Oh yeah, and I know I promoted this product before, but get this if you have a muscle cramp or muscle spasm…This stuff actually works!  Cramp 911 has been my savior for the past two months.  Gotta thank my friend Steve for this one!

That’s all for now!  Happy Workout, People:)

Muscle Pain From Your Gym Workout

Today is May 15th, which means summer is right around the corner.  Now is about the time you starting seeing people dressing in less clothing and trying to look their best and most physically fit.  People have been hitting the gym since March or April to get ready for the summer, and if you haven’t gone yet, I suggest you do….your lazy a$$ is running out of time.

The trouble with heading back to the gym is that you have to start all over, at least for all of you that don’t go all year round like some of those meatheads…but it’s tough starting over.  If you work out too hard you get muscle cramps and spasms that can hurt and put a cramp (no pun intended) in your workout routine.  This happens to me all the time, and I usually just work through the pain, but a friend of mine, who is a “workout enthusiast” to say the very least (total obsessed gym rat), turned me on to this stuff called Cramp 911, it’s for muscle cramps and muscle spasms.  I gotta say, this stuff WORKS.  I had a neck spasm about a month back and he threw this stuff at me.  It was better in three days…..I usually don’t promote stuff like this on my blog, but I needed to because this stuff works wonders, so check it out!

Finally, Live Up to Your Resolutions

Do you know that January is the most profitable month for gyms? It’s true! People have resolutions to lose weight and get in shape. The thing is, public gyms know this. They also know that people will throw their resolutions right out the window in three months when it becomes “too hard”. That’s the reason you must sign at least a six month contract at a gym, most of them are a year.

The Public Gym is here to help you with some tips to get your lazy ass into shape for 2008. Even though people say it was too hard, or they didn’t have time, or this or that, beating around the bush making excuses, the bottom line is that the reason why people quit going to a gym after a while and waste their money is because of two reasons: They either don’t know how to work out, or they feel uncomfortable working out with other people. The latter, I can’t help you with. That’s a psychological problem and, even though I’ve taken some psychology courses, I’m not an expert and I’d just tell you that you’re wuss.

For the former, though, I probably can help you…People don’t know how to properly work out at a gym, they get sore almost immediately mainly because they try to push too much weight or run too many miles after a year of their muscles practically at the point of atrophe from sitting around so much.

There are so many books and postings on the Internet that tell you how you should work out, how you should eat, when to go to bed for the best weight loss, what kind of diet pill you should take….You don’t know where to start. Here’s a good place to start: Start with you. You, above everybody else, know your body better than anyone. You should consider which workout would be the best for you and then tailor it even further to suit your needs.

Now, when you first work out, you’re going to be sore, that just comes with the territory. Have no fear, it’ll only hurt for a couple days, you pansy…Don’t try to bench press 200 pounds for the sake of seeing the other guy do it, you’re not gonna be able to lift that….start in the mid two digits. If you’re a cardio person, only run for about 5 to 10 minutes on the treadmill…don’t go for the 5 mile marathon right off the start.

Before you do anything, you have to stretch. This may seem like a waste of time, but in order to get your muscles loose you have to stretch. This will also help with the soreness afterwards. Also, like I said, you’re going to be sore, so if girly-man can’t stand the pain, I suggest an ice wrap to put on your muscles for at least 20 minutes a day, five times a day, for several days. This also works for muscle pulls and muscle spasms. If you have a muscle pull, don’t go all hypocondriac, just treat it with an ice pack, it’s a hell of a lot cheaper than physical therapy rehab.

Overall, ice packs will help with anything relating to muscle damage, whether it’s a pulled hamstring or a muscle spasm to general muscle soreness. Just by an ice wrap and some topical aesthetic muscle and joint pain relief cream and you’ll be fine. Gyms are expensive, don’t waste your money by going there for only three weeks and paying for it for the rest of the year.

Staying In Shape Over Winter

Now that Winter is approaching in most of our lives, the thoughts of the beach vacation that we took last summer are slowly fading away. The only clear memories we have of it are the hundreds of pictures that you took of monuments, ocean waves, seagulls and obese people that you swore you would never look like.

Winter is a tricky thing, though. It’s where more primal animals start gathering food and hibernating for the winter. Humans are no different. Humans naturally pack on a couple of pounds over the winter months because our body’s natural state tells it to do so. Not many, but sometimes it’s noticeable. Coupled with the fact that people are less likely to be active in the winter months, gorging yourself at Thanksgiving, and eating yours and everyone else’s share of Christmas cookies, plus the leftovers (Oh my! The leftovers!!) you could gain more than 5 to 10 pounds over Winter!

Pretty soon, you’re well on your way to becoming that obese man or woman that you had to walk backwards about 200 yards to get their whole wide behind in the lens so you could snap a picture.

Have no fear, though! There are ways of combating the Winter weight. First and foremost, you must eat less. Lay off the cookies and the eating competitions at Thanksgiving. You don’t need to be rolled over to the pumpkin pie after you’ve had 18 servings of grandma’s stuffing. Go easy on the carbs and the refined sugars. Instead, eat more fruit, vegetables and protein with little or no fat.

Get a membership to a gym. If you feel insecure about other people staring at your jiggly butt, buy a treadmill or an exercise bike and get involved with one of those home – yoga or pilates workouts you see on TV at 5:00 in the morning for those housewives that actually still like to look good for their husbands after 5 years of marriage.

Third, move around at work. Nobody likes seeing a once – good looking girl’s brand new secretary spread, you know, how her a$$ hangs out over both sides of the chair about six inches…So what if you can’t go for your jog over lunch, go for a walk around the office, or right outside. Some movement is a lot better than no movement at all.

If you do these three little things over the Winter months, you should have no trouble staying thin, keeping in good shape and looking good. Plus, the less you put on over the winter, the less you have to lose come Spring! If you’re a diehard gym rat, the less weight you put on over Winter means you’ll lose more weight than you did last Spring and look even better.

There’s no doubt you’ll be turning heads in nothing but a skimpy bikini and flip flops (check these flip flops out!) while you aggressively try to maneuver to get the perfect shot of that shirtless oversized load waddling down the boardwalk on your next beach vacation.

Parents’ Performance…

This is for all the parents out there. Do you have a fat kid? Does your kid just sit around and watch TV after school? When the family goes out to eat, does your kid look at the menu and say, “okay”? Don’t worry, you’re not alone. There’s plenty of other parents that have fat children too. As a matter of fact, about 20% of the children in this country are overweight. And it’s only getting worse. It’s been said (I forget by whom) that this generation may just be the first generation to NOT outlive their parents…Isn’t that nice?!?!

Chances are that if your kid is fat, you probably are too. Like anything else, it always goes back to the parents. It’s parents’ performance that initially shapes a youth’s mind. If you sit on the couch for hours on end and eat potato chips and ring dings while the button on your jeans is screaming to release some pressure, you’re kid will inherit that same talent. Therefore, you should really lead by a good example. Go out and be active, put down the cheese doodles and take a walk….and take your kid with you. Have you ever taught your kid how to throw a baseball? Now’s a good time to play some catch with him and actually tell him that kids used to play outside! How about you get in shape yourself. Buy a treadmill and some free weights and tell your kid that you’re sick of not being able to fit through a doorway. If that’s too strenuous for ya, at least teach your kid about physical activity and enroll him into sports. Believe me, when you have a heart attack at 50, he’ll thank you for it.

If you don’t know what can happen to an overweight kid, here’s some stuff to get you started, consider it a reference of sorts:

- childhood obesity is the leading cause of pediatric hypertension

- childhood obesity is associated with Type II diabetes

- childhood obesity increases the risk of coronary heart disease

- childhood obesity increases stress on the weight-bearing joints

There’s also psychological factors too, like a drop in self – esteem and poor relationships with peers. What this means is that your fat kid goes to school everyday and gets picked on by kids specifically for being fat. They call him “jellyroll”, “tons-of-fun” and “Fatty McButterpants”. In turn, your kid is now thinking he’s worthless and feels lower than whale crap. Who wants to deal with a suicidal 10 year – old? In some cases, it also leads to anorexia.

I’m not saying go out a purchase a treadmill and weights for him, that’s for you. Instead, get him active! Get him away from the Playstation, the after – school cartoons and the four cans of soda a night. Have him join a football league, a baseball league. Instead of feeding his face with fatty junk food, have him eat fruit and drink water. Also, like I said, lead by example. Kids aren’t going to take you all that seriously if you don’t do it yourself. That “Do what I say, not as I do” crap doesn’t work. Stop making excuses for your child (ie. “You’re not fat, your big – boned…”, “You’re just a growing boy, don’t mind those Husky pants we just had to buy”, “It’s just baby fat…”) and tell him to go outside and run around. Let me tell you, the thinner he gets the less he’ll be coming home from school with an “Oversized Load” post – it on his back.

Don’t Let This Happen To You!

Did this ever happen to you?

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LifeSpan Fitness!

Lately, there has been a huge social surge in cardiovascular fitness. The Public Gym has been tracking this for a while now and figured we could help out a little bit and give you, the reader, a little insight. All around America people have been wanting to lose weight and slim down a bit for the summer, and a lot of people have. Take a look on your block and you see people walking, jogging, biking and doing various other things to burn calories. But now we’re in August, summer’s coming towards the end and everybody has taken their vacations. Now people are looking to pack it in for the winter months. Pretty soon it’ll be too cold to go out for your morning run or your 20 mile bike ride after work. Not to worry, though, because the Public Gym has a company for you to invest your fitness needs in over the next coming seasons to help you keep the weight off!

LifeSpan is an award – winning company that sells treadmills, exercise bikes, elliptical machines and other fitness equipment. LifeSpan’s machines are innovative, durable, reliable, very well priced, very simple to use and are great for any cardio workout you do and any goal you may want to achieve. The company also specializes in compact and folding treadmills for those without much space to put a machine. Their exercise bikes are also very durable and comfortable enough for a nice long bike ride in the comfort of your own home. Their elliptical machines offer comfort and great performance for all you cross – trainers out there too.

Overall, LifeSpan is a company that immerses themselves into your fitness and wellness and the company stops at nothing to achieve their goals and yours through their products. They are extremely dedicated to their commitment to healthy living and superior performance of their products. With LifeSpan, you can keep the weight off over fall, winter and spring and look even better for your vacation next year!