Muscles for Women

Apple Shape These people tend to store fat around the mid-section from the breasts to the hips. This will be true internally as well as externally, and therefore apple types are more at risk of diabetes, heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure and gall bladder disease. Apple Read more ...

Are you ready for summer? Do you feel confident enough to cast off those long jumpers and baggy trousers and slip into something more revealing, or do you cringe at the thought of exposing your less-than-lean thighs and cower in embarrassment that you didn’t do something about Read more ...

Do you follow a healthy, well-balanced diet? How much do you know about the food you eat? Do you read the labelling on the side of the packaging? Did you know that at one time carbohydrate foods were the bad boys and therefore to be avoided at all costs, and yet recent research Read more ...

In order to function at its optimum a healthy body needs a well-balanced diet which should include carbohydrates, protein, fats, minerals and vitamins. Carbohydrates: the main function of carbohydrates is to provide energy for the body. During digestion carbohydrates are converted Read more ...

This programme isn’t about losing weight, nor is about calorie counting. It is about looking at ways to eat healthily and curb any bad eating habits you may have adopted over the years. • Drink lots of sparkling water – it fills you up, keeps you hydrated and helps flush Read more ...

If you are looking for some tasty meals for your new eating routine, here are some suggestions you may like to try. Breakfasts • Bowl of muesli with fresh fruit, followed by a slice of wholemeal toast with a little butter or low-fat spread and marmalade. • Bowl of cornflakes Read more ...

There are four main reasons why most people become bored with exercising: lack of time, no local gym, boredom, absence of results. Lack of time: if you really want to do something, you will make time for it. And just imagine how much benefit you will gain from exercising – Read more ...

There are exercise routines to help tone up all parts of the body and if you have one particular area that you feel needs more work than another, then simply spend more time working on that. But if you are looking for an all-round tone up exercise regime, try this routine every Read more ...