Tom Manfredi

A Simple Guide to - In Home Exercise Equipment

The need for fitness equipment is a personal matter. If you are going to be doing most of your exercising at home you may want to consider purchasing some equipment to help you do certain exercises more easily, conveniently, and efficiently. If you p... Read >

Important Tips for Fitness Walking - Something for Nothing (Almost)

Would you like a trimmer body, better weight control, and better overall health?  And of course you'd like all these benefits without too much effort!  Then walking for exercise may be just for you.     There is a good chance that walking is one ex... Read >

New Year's Resolutions That Will Work

How do you do with your New Year's resolutions? Many people never make it past the first few weeks with their plans for change in the new year. There are some pretty universal reasons why this happens. Knowing what they are and how to deal with them ... Read >

Ten Ways to Reduce Calories and Help Control Weight

1.Monday morning weigh in A good way to help you control your weight is to keep checks on it weekly. It's important to know what's happening with both your body weight and fat percentage. If you're going to weigh yourself , do it on Monday morning ... Read >

Three Very Important Weight Control Facts for Baby Boomers

If you recently received or will receive an invitation to join AARP (or maybe not so recently), then you can consider yourself a baby boomer. The accepted definition for a baby boomer in the U.S. is anyone born between 1946 and 1964. Most marketing e... Read >

Seven Strength Training Tips Every Mature Adult Must Know About

Each decade after our 20's we start to lose some of our muscle mass. This not only means that we may not be as strong as we once were, but it has an effect on our metabolism. Since muscle is more "metabolically active" than fat (that means muscle burn... Read >

10 Things You Must Find Out Before Joining a Health Club

If you are serious about getting the best results you can when it comes to improving your physical fitness, then joining a quality health club is probably going to be important for you. The number of people who successfully reach their fitness goals by ... Read >

The Most Important Secrets of Fat Loss Through Aerobic Exercise

We exercise for a variety of reasons - weight loss, to build muscle tone, to increase strength, to strengthen our heart, to prepare for a sport, etc. Most of us over the age of 50 exercise to improve our health and fitness. This usually includes most ... Read >

The Secrets About Spot Reduction Exercises They Don't Want You to Know

One of the areas I see exploited regularly in the press and in ads is the idea that there are special exercises to help you reduce fat in a specific part of your body. Well, I hate to be the one to break it to you folks, but the secret is that ther... Read >

Simple Exercises for Couch Potatoes

Have you ever had the chance to observe an animal in the wild up close? Did they look over weight? Probably not. Why do you think that is? It's because they get all the exercise they need in their regular daily lives. They don't need to join a health... Read >

Does Stretching Prevent Exercise Injuries?

The answer to this question is not as easy as saying yes or no. There are no current studies that prove that stretching prevents injuries during exercise. That being said, stretching as part of a sensible warm up will allow a body to more safely perform... Read >

Dieting - It’s Both What We Eat and How We Eat

Have you got a few pounds to lose? Or maybe you have more than a few pounds to lose. When people think about dieting, they usually think about what they're eating. In other words, how much of your diet consists of carbohydrates, proteins, and fats. Tha... Read >

Four Ways To Modify Your Daily Calories and Lose More Weight

Most of us realize that in order to lose weight we have to reduce our daily caloric intake and/or increase our daily caloric expenditure. The challenge for the average person is to figure out how to do this as simply and painlessly as possible. If we ca... Read >

Target Heart Rate and the Mature Exerciser

Anyone who has ever become involved in exercise, especially aerobic exercise, has probably heard the term "target heart rate" or "target heart range" or THR. This is a very important concept for anyone who is involved in an exercise program or someone wh... Read >

Six Keys to Fitness for Baby Boomers

The benefits of being physically fit are so numerous that it makes no sense not to attempt to develop a reasonable level of fitness. As we age, keeping fit can become more of a challenge, but the benefits are even more numerous and rewarding. Here ... Read >