In many things in life, starting early gives the best results. This holds true for physical exercise as well. Exercise builds bone strength and the best results are seen when you start at a young age – the time when skeletal growth and development is going on. Studies found that exercise that involves weight-bearing and [...]

The benefits to mom for exercising while pregnant are well-known, and recently doctors discovered that it may benefit baby too - as well as giving mom’s heart a workout, baby’s heart also learns how to pump more efficiently.
There were many days during my nine months when I felt like a lump and wanted to stay [...]

Still trying to lose that baby weight? Every magazine on the newsstand seems to tout a new way to “walk off the weight.” But you know what? Combined with a healthy diet filled with lots of fruits, veggies and whole grains, walking really does work!
Walking is also the perfect exercise during pregnancy. The American College [...]

Sadly, a positive pregnancy test is not a green light to lie on the couch and eat jelly donuts for nine months. Now, I’d never recommend anyone gave up jelly donuts altogether, but being pregnant is no longer a reason to give up exercise.
Prenatal exercise has many benefits for mom. It helps with aches and [...]

Physical activity is good for your health. This we know. Moderate alcohol intake is said to be healthy, too. So what do you get when you combine these 2 together?
A Danish study tells us that lots of exercise and a little bit of alcohol may actually be the perfect recipe to a long life. The [...]

I’m writing this at the gym.
Seriously, I am. My gym has a nice lounge area that I sometimes relax in with my laptop while the kids enjoy the babysitting service. Most days of the week I come here to exercise, get a shower, and then do some work while my son and daughter [...]

I recently overheard a department store employee tempting a mother to purchase one gaming system over another largely because the “extra activity of this system will burn off more energy.” Mom seemed intrigued.
Looking down the aisle, I noticed her son was a couple Oreo’s short of “husky” size. So I give the salesman [...]

So my husband and I love watching “The Biggest Loser”, and with the writers’ strike, we love it even more since it looks like there won’t be much else on TV for a long while, so of course we couldn’t wait for the start of last night’s “couples edition.” It’s basically teams of two losing [...]

You might know that exercise can help stave off excess weight gain during pregnancy; you might also know that doctors warn of over-exerting yourself during pregnancy. Walking might just be the happy medium between these two.
The ACOG recommends healthy pregnant women exercise moderately for at least thirty minutes on most, if not all, days of [...]

You’ve heard a million times over how important what you eat and drink is during pregnancy. You know that what you consume fuels the development of your growing baby. You know that you are supposed to avoid eating too much sugar and fat.
But how, exactly, are you supposed to do that when a buffet of [...]