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How to Keep Exercise Fun

November 16, 2010 By Karen Hiser Leave a Comment

Is the thought of grueling exercise keeping you from being active or losing those couples of pounds you want? Often times many people want to exercise, have the best intention to start, but once they start to run, do sit ups or jumping jacks they realize this isn’t for them. Why? Probaly because so often people equate exercise to hard work. While it definatley is work, it can be enjoyable. Making exercise enjoyable will likely make it something you do more often.

When you think of exercise you think painful situps, uncomfortable push ups and lots of running. What about dancing? Dancing can be one of the most riggorus works outs you ever preform. The best part of this work out is that you will enjoy it. Many forms of dance take all forms of exercise to preform them.

Cardio, strength training and yoga are all included . The best part of of making dance your form of exercise is you can use a variety of music and dance to keep your exercise fun. Ballroom, salsa or even pole dancing can make your routine the best work out you have ever tried. If you really want to enjoy yourself, invite some friends out to enjoy exercising with you. Doing this makes it almost makes it feel as though your aren’t really exercising, but rather have a good time with friends or just taking a dance class.

Water aerobics is another form of exercise that can be fun.  While it is a very effective form of exercise it can be very enjoyable. For those  that enjoy the water, this is best place to exercise. While the water provides resistance to keep you burning calories, it also provides a different medium for your exercise. Many water areobics classes are done with music as well which makes this class feel more like fun than exercise.

The key to keeping exercise fun is loving what your doing. Enjoying what your doing will make sure that you continue to do it. It can be hard to stay motivated with something that you really don’t enjoy doing. The odds are you won’t continue to do it, even if you need to. Why set yourself up for failure and risk becoming even further from your goal. Exercising is as much as physical as it is mental . Being in the right frame of mind to exercise and make a commitment to it will ensure that you reach success.

Even just committing to dancing or water aerobics three times a week will make a noticable difference in yoru energy level and waist line. Incorporating healthy eating into your lifestyle will also make a signifcant difference in your day to day wellness.

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Fun Fitness Exercises – Make Working Out Exciting!

October 12, 2010 By Karen Hiser Leave a Comment

Ever feel like your exercise routine is dull? Things can get a little boring when your trying to lose weight between the dieting and the same old exercise day in and day out. Why does that have to be the case?  Breaking up the mundane can actually impact your results of weight loss. the more you enjoy working out, the better the work out. Exercise can be fun and rewarding you just have to be creative.

Jump Jump!

Trampolines are the new wave in exercising. Whether it’s an indoor or outdoor trampoline this is sure to get your heart rate going.  The key here is giving yourself plenty of room to jump with room for full arm extensions. The experience is freeing and doesn’t feel like exercise at all! You can incorporate all types of gymnastic routines into your jumping while burning calories. Add a little music into the mix and this is sure to be something you will continue to do just for the fun of it!

Pole Dancing?

Yes, pole dancing. This has taken the country by storm. What was once thought to be used for exotic dancing, women have changed into a demanding exercise routine. This exercise routine promotes flexibility and muscle toning. This is great exercise for abdominal and back strength while teaching some sensual dance moves! This keeps exercise fun and entertaining while building up confidence.

Dance You Heart out!

Don’t have rhythm? Don’t worry, just get moving! Hip-hop, Salsa, Break Dancing, Belly Dancing, Ballroom all are great sources of exercise. These styles of dance require demanding dedication and rigorous workouts. These will keep your heart rate up, while toning your muscles leaving you fit! If you want to be creative take these moves to the water. Water aerobics involve dance steps and can an a new element to your exercise routine. This is sure to keep your fitness fun, making working out exciting and fresh.

Video Game It!

Exercise has now become virtual. This may include your whole house since mom , dad and the kids can be active together! If going to the gym isn’t in the cards for all the family members, why not have exercise night in your own living room? Even your little ones can become involved with Nintendo’s Wii Fit. There is something for everyone on this program  with baseball, tennis, canoeing and it can have everyone active . This is a sure fire way to have fun fitness!

Making fitness fun will increase your odds of success. Working out can be a demand on your mind as well as your body. If your tired of the same routine, you eventually lose your momentum and it will drain you mentally. Keep things fresh and fun will help your motivation and ensure you stick to your commitment  of a healthy lifestyle.

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Adding Fun To Your Wedding With Music

May 24, 2010 By Karen Hiser Leave a Comment

Food and beverages are considered an important component of the wedding planning checklist but your music has equal importance in this event. A wedding without music would leave little to the imagination. You should provide music for your guests, be it  a DJ spinning tunes, a live band, recorded music from a boom box, or even  a string quartet .

 Wedding music is not just meant for dancing; you can include numerous activities around the music and this  certainly will add an element of fun to your lovely occasion.

Perhaps most popular in the wedding circuit  is the event of musical chairs. It is indeed fun for kids but perhaps adults wouldn’t mind musical chair with a little variation could be a lot of fun. One option is men acting as the chairs and the women slightly sit on their knees until any one of them falls down then the couple is out, this continues until we have a winning couple. A few brides and grooms prefer to play musical chairs to give away the table centerpiece, guests really have some fun with this. 

For an intimate wedding where almost everyone knows the wedding couple, perhaps the best rousing game in this situation is “name that tune”. In your wedding planning checklist this task is included as well to get information about the favorite songs of the bride and groom then to create a CD of those songs. Guests will be divided in two teams and they need to guess the song when a small clip of each song is played.

As guests hear the first clip they need to make a bid that how quickly they can name this song. Let us say in 10 seconds while the other group has to make either less than or greater than this bid, if group one fails to answer this then the second group can answer this. This involves the entire guest list providing delightful fun for everyone.

You can choose many games from wedding program templates but it all depends upon the wedding style you prefer. There are many games in which you can ask the bride or groom to join you on the dance floor. If you are planning to have a very large elegant wedding these game choices may not work for you as every place has its etiquette and demands. On the other hand in a casual small family centered wedding you can have more games, more fun.

“Call Out” is the other way to ask couples to come on the dance floors, but for this first the guest themselves needs to perform on the dance floor in their special way. In addition to this, guest at times have to perform to get the bride & groom to kiss is just another way to get your guests involved making the day memorable for the wedding couple.

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