Get fit, stay healthy in 2010 with Yahoo! Answers and Shine!
Last week we asked the Yahoo! Answers community, “How can Yahoo! Answers help you meet your fitness goals in 2010?” – after reviewing your questions, we brought them to our fitness gurus, Joan Arico and Joanne Haggerty who work with Plus One Heath Management.
As promised, over the next few weeks, we’ll be posting Joan and Joanne’s answers to some of your health and fitness questions here, to help inspire you to meet your fitness goals for 2010. So let’s get started!
Question: “Can you help hook us up with a diet/exercise buddy where we can commiserate or compare and help keep other on track?” – Love Life
Answer: You bet! We know that part of what makes losing weight tough is feeling like you’re on your own. To help you feel like you’re a little less “on your own” we’ve set up a Yahoo! Group called “Get fit, Stay Healthy!” (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/getfitstayhealthy) for anyone looking to find a buddy, share their story, or share weight-loss tips.
Please remember this group is NOT open to spam or marketing, so please don’t join it looking to promote your acai-berry shakes, or your weight loss pills. We’ll also cross-post our fitness tips there each week, as well as fitness and health tips from the health editors over at Shine. We hope to see you all there!
Question: “What are some practical fitness options for corporate employees? Some of those guys spend up to 10 hours in their offices. People are designed to be active, but sometimes our jobs make that impossible for us. We aren’t a country of farm and factory workers anymore. We sit in offices and stare at computer screens. What are some easy ways to step back from the desk and get active, even if we have to do it at home?” – Austin D
Answer: Office workers have to work a little harder to burn calories because of the hours of sedentary living. To counteract this, you can try: walking or exercising during lunch breaks, stretching at your desk, workout before or after work. Or, better yet, have meetings while you walk.
An easy solution when your in the office is to take the stairs instead of taking the elevator, and park as far away from the building as you can—that way you’ll have to walk clear across the parking lot to get to your car in the morning and the evening.
When you get home from work, play with your kids outdoors to cut down on TV time and make exercise a family activity. All of these things can help make corporate employees more active (and productive!) both at home and in the office.
Question: “i was just about to ask this question: i am not muscular. i need biceps and a six pack. should i exercise every day? what should i do? i love yahoo answers. i find everything i need on here. thanks yahoo!” — wil
Answer: Thanks for the kudos. For us to see those muscles, you have to work off excess body fat and then have muscles to show! Think healthy eating, cardio, and weights! For a few easy and quick workouts, check out this article from Shine.
For more tips and tricks, and to see what questions our fitness gurus answer next, be sure to check back here next week!
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I am 63 and just do rope jumping without any rope.I use “JumpSnap” a new product wherein you can simulate jumping without a rope.I do it for only 15 seconds and continue the cycle after 15 seconds rest.Total 36 minutes makes me jump 4800 times.I sip one Litre hot water in this process.I have lost 15 lbs in 4 months and feel healthy.No diet control.Enjoy TV news during exercise while keeping eye over center second of the wall clock.
That is nice. When I finally started to get my legs looking like they were in shape, I had to start drinking 3 glasses of non-fat dry milk a day first. I walk a lot Thank-you for the information. Happy Valentines Day early. Truly.
i just started w orking out on my bowflex around 2 months ago and i can see results, my arms and chest are bigger, and for the past week i’ve been using the elliptical everyday, i got all my information off yahoo answers, thanks
Hello. I have been reading a bit about Krill Oil as being better than the usual Fish Oil. It’s supposed to be more potent as a Super Antioxidant. If it is all it is supposed to be then that’s great for a great many people.
However, I am also trying to be a good steward of our planet. I know that whales eat krill…in great amounts.
If Krill Oil is so good for the human race and we start buying and using it in the millions, where will that leave the whales?
Are we going to desimate the Krill population as we have desimated the fossil oil and the trees and everything else we have destroyed through time?
Are we going to destroy the whale population by taking there main source of food?
Thank you.
regular execise ,morning walk ,no junk food
I go for a walk everyday and its made a big difference in terms of happiness and health. Its one of the best exericses u can do so go for it.
what do drinking hot water do?
Not a recent discovery but an important one:
If you subscribe to digital cable (not sure if this applies to dish users) and have “OnDemand”, you have access to at least a hundred different exercise and wellness programs! From aerobics to pilates to dance to yoga, there is something for everyone! Be sure to check back every week because programs are constantly being retired and replaced with new ones.