Recent Posts In: Exercise

Gloss How-To: Shed Those Holiday Pounds

Gloss How-To: Shed Those Holiday Pounds

1 / January 3, 2012 3:34 pm

So, we’re a few days into the New Year and maybe also indulged a bit too much over the holidays and have a few extra pounds you’d like to shed. We talked to celebrity fitness trainer Valerie Waters — she’s [...]

Gloss How-To: Get Killer Calves

Gloss How-To: Get Killer Calves

1 / November 15, 2011 10:40 am

Whoever said men were God’s gift to women obviously never slipped into a pair of Louboutins.  Seriously, what were they thinking?  Stilettos can do wonders in shaping our legs – from lengthening to making them appear even more toned than [...]

Gloss How-To: Stay Fired Up About Fitness This Winter

Gloss How-To: Stay Fired Up About Fitness This Winter

0 / November 1, 2011 9:27 am

As winter creeps up on us and the temperatures creep downwards, staying motivated to workout can be tough. Combine the colder weather with our increasingly busy schedules — thanks to holiday parties, holiday shopping, and endless events at our kids’ [...]

Gloss How-To: Workout While Cleaning

Gloss How-To: Workout While Cleaning

0 / September 6, 2011 5:00 am

With the change of the seasons it’s a good time to clean up your home and get organized.  Try cleaning using a special technique – a toning technique from Molly Maid – that will leave your house sparkling and your [...]

20 Minute Jump-Start: Amp Up Your Walking Routine

20 Minute Jump-Start: Amp Up Your Walking Routine

0 / August 25, 2011 9:35 am

Add a little oomph to your walking routine with the “20 Minute Jump-Start.” Designed by Rachel Cosgrove, fitness trainer, triathlete and author of The Female Body Breakthrough, this pre-walk workout warms up your muscles and boosts your metabolism, so you [...]

15 Minutes of Exercise Per Day Adds 3 Years to Your Life

15 Minutes of Exercise Per Day Adds 3 Years to Your Life

0 / August 17, 2011 12:55 pm

It’s time to stop using the “I don’t have time” excuse when it comes to not exercising… A groundbreaking, long-term new study has found that by exercising for just fifteen minutes per day, you’ll not only improve your health and [...]

Safe Tips for Hot Weather Exercise

Safe Tips for Hot Weather Exercise

0 / August 17, 2011 10:33 am

Feeling hot, hot, hot? Where I live, August has decided to be as mild as May. It’s a perfect 72 degrees — a welcome reprieve after July’s crazy heat — and I just got back from a mid-afternoon walk. But [...]

Gloss How-To: Sculpt Your Legs

Gloss How-To: Sculpt Your Legs

3 / August 8, 2011 12:43 pm

Want lean, toned legs? It’s actually quite simple, for most of us, we learned how to do it when we were little girls — all you have to do is curtsy. Hold a weight in your right hand and curtsy [...]