In today’s world everyone is trying to get slimmer, stronger, and
more in shape than ever. Because of this, there are so many different
ways to work out and exercise. One of the best options for working out
is dumbbell exercises though. There are so many reasons why dumbbell
exercises are such a great option for working out and staying in shape.
One of the main reasons why dumbbell exercises are a good choice for
exercising is the convenience of them. Dumbbell exercises can easily
done anywhere in the house. The exercises can be done during the
commercials of watching TV in your living room, they can be done in your
home gym, they can be done in your bedroom. Dumbbell exercises can also
be done in the actual gym if you belong to one. They’re easy and
convenient to use.
Another perk of doing dumbbell exercises is that if you don’t belong
to a gym and you have to buy your own equipment for your house, buying a
few dumbbells isn’t expensive at all compared to the many machines that
people buy. All you need is a few different types of weights and the
dumbbells and you’re good. Also they don’t even take up too much space
in your house. So they’re cheap, and the stay out of the way!
A last advantage to working out with dumbbells is that they are able
to work a variety of areas on your body. If you were to buy machines,
they only work one specific area of muscles. But dumbbells can be used
to work every muscle in your body. Even when you are doing an exercise
that is meant to primarily focus on one muscle group, other muscles get
worked out. This way you’re able to make sure that no one muscle group
is getting too much work while the other groups aren’t. Everything moves
along at a similar pace and it’ll have you looking great!
2012年4月26日星期四
2012年4月25日星期三
How to Get and Stay Motivated to Exercise
Getting motivated to exercise can be like climbing up a huge mountain. You want to get to the top, you just don't know where to begin. How many times have you wanted to start working out, and just kept finding excuses to put it off? Maybe you know someone who is always talking about the gym, but haven't stepped inside one in years. I know how hard it can be. There were times I had taken off weeks of exercising and when I was ready to get back into it, the motivation just wasn't there.
There can be a lot of reasons to put off exercising when your not motivated. For example, not having enough time, no babysitter, not feeling up to it, no one to workout with, etc. I have a special name for all of these reasons, "Excuses". We make excuses to get out of things that our mind wants to do but we tell our body we don't feel like it. Here's some ways to get motivated and stay motivated to get in the best shape of your life.
A lot of people think Nike just made a cool quote when they said "Just Do It". I love this quote because it means "Take Action". Don't think about it, be about it. It's just like wanting to go swimming but your just putting your toes in and out of the water to see how cold it is. Just do it! Jump in and start swimming. The more time you waste thinking about things, the longer it takes you to get where you want to be.
Another way to get motivated is to Start Small then Grow. For example, by starting off with body weight exercises for 15 minutes a day, then 30, then 45, etc., motivates you by seeing progress. I can remember when it was hard for me to do 2 straight pull ups. I kept working at it and seeing the progress and now I can't stop doing them.
One of the most important things you can do to stay motivated to exercise is to Set a Goal. Your goal can be big or small. It may be to lose 10 pounds by the end of the month, run 2 miles without stopping by next week, fit those clothes that are too tight by the summer or increase your performance in your favorite sport. Try writing it down and putting it somewhere where you can see it everyday like in the bathroom, kitchen, mirror, etc.
To make exercising fun and to keep learning new ways to reach your goals, you should Surround Yourself with Like Minded People. I'm not saying dump your friends that don't exercise, I'm saying expand your social relationships with people who have similar goals. Try meeting people at the gym who you see all the time. Maybe you can workout together to help motivate each other. Just make sure you still have your own goals. I've seen a lot of times when people had workout buddies and eventually one fell off and the other one lost their motivation also.
Sometimes it can be hard to start exercising but once you take action, start small then grow, set goals, and surround yourself with like minded people, it can be hard to stop. Once you reach where you want to be, you will then have new goals to reach and the motivation continues to increase.
There can be a lot of reasons to put off exercising when your not motivated. For example, not having enough time, no babysitter, not feeling up to it, no one to workout with, etc. I have a special name for all of these reasons, "Excuses". We make excuses to get out of things that our mind wants to do but we tell our body we don't feel like it. Here's some ways to get motivated and stay motivated to get in the best shape of your life.
A lot of people think Nike just made a cool quote when they said "Just Do It". I love this quote because it means "Take Action". Don't think about it, be about it. It's just like wanting to go swimming but your just putting your toes in and out of the water to see how cold it is. Just do it! Jump in and start swimming. The more time you waste thinking about things, the longer it takes you to get where you want to be.
Another way to get motivated is to Start Small then Grow. For example, by starting off with body weight exercises for 15 minutes a day, then 30, then 45, etc., motivates you by seeing progress. I can remember when it was hard for me to do 2 straight pull ups. I kept working at it and seeing the progress and now I can't stop doing them.
One of the most important things you can do to stay motivated to exercise is to Set a Goal. Your goal can be big or small. It may be to lose 10 pounds by the end of the month, run 2 miles without stopping by next week, fit those clothes that are too tight by the summer or increase your performance in your favorite sport. Try writing it down and putting it somewhere where you can see it everyday like in the bathroom, kitchen, mirror, etc.
To make exercising fun and to keep learning new ways to reach your goals, you should Surround Yourself with Like Minded People. I'm not saying dump your friends that don't exercise, I'm saying expand your social relationships with people who have similar goals. Try meeting people at the gym who you see all the time. Maybe you can workout together to help motivate each other. Just make sure you still have your own goals. I've seen a lot of times when people had workout buddies and eventually one fell off and the other one lost their motivation also.
Sometimes it can be hard to start exercising but once you take action, start small then grow, set goals, and surround yourself with like minded people, it can be hard to stop. Once you reach where you want to be, you will then have new goals to reach and the motivation continues to increase.
2012年4月24日星期二
Transform Your Body With Brooke Burke: Strengthen & Condition
Here, Brooke Burke is joined by her celebrity trainer, Greg Joujon-Roche, who, she says, developed the workout. It's very similar to the Tone & Tighten installment; in fact, it starts out with virtually the same exercise moves in the lower-body segment.
There's really no need to involve the trainer. At times, it seems as though the two -- talking over each other -- are competing to give the audience instructions. At other times, Burke -- who seems like a workout superwoman in the other DVD -- appears whiny and winded, even though she's only using itty-bitty 2-pound weights. Her tendency to clench her teeth and complain about being tired almost seems fake, in fact, because she's such a stalwart in the other DVD.
This is, however, a really challenging workout. As in the other one, moves are done for one minute -- and categorized into lower body, upper body and ab segments. The ab one, which borrows a lot of moves from Pilates, is particularly tough -- especially if you do it last. Most folks who don't work out with a celebrity trainer every day will have to drop out a few reps and catch up. You'll feel the results when you can barely get out of bed the next morning.
There's really no need to involve the trainer. At times, it seems as though the two -- talking over each other -- are competing to give the audience instructions. At other times, Burke -- who seems like a workout superwoman in the other DVD -- appears whiny and winded, even though she's only using itty-bitty 2-pound weights. Her tendency to clench her teeth and complain about being tired almost seems fake, in fact, because she's such a stalwart in the other DVD.
This is, however, a really challenging workout. As in the other one, moves are done for one minute -- and categorized into lower body, upper body and ab segments. The ab one, which borrows a lot of moves from Pilates, is particularly tough -- especially if you do it last. Most folks who don't work out with a celebrity trainer every day will have to drop out a few reps and catch up. You'll feel the results when you can barely get out of bed the next morning.
2012年4月23日星期一
Getting Jennifer Aniston's Hot Body Is Easier Than You Think (VIDEO)
Have you ever envied Jennifer Aniston's super-buff figure? If you say no, then I'm going to have to assume you're either lying or you're just hopelessly devoted toTeam Angelina and refuse to shed any sort of positive light on Jen. Because it's pretty hard to argue that she's got one of the most rockin' bodies in Hollywood -- hands down.
So many of us have always wondered how she manages to stay so slim and trim, without the slightest hint of a lump, bump, or inconvenient bulge. She has to be drinking some sort of magic potion right? Well, it turns out that her method for staying in perfect shape is one that many of us have access to right in our hometowns, and a lot of us are probably already doing it. So -- how do we make our bodies look just as buff as Jen's?
It turns out all we have to do is head down to our local yoga studio and get our zen on. Yoga? Really? That's it? Huh. I wonder what I did wrong when I bought into thehot yoga craze for a little over a year. I got on that mat and endured sweating like a pig over and over again, and while I did tone up a bit, I never remotely resembled Jennifer Aniston. I must have been doing the poses incorrectly or something -- because they're sure workin' for Jen.
Jen's trainer, Mandy Ingber, has had her doing yoga workouts for quite some time now, and she thinks that the balance it has created between her mind, body, and emotions is what has made her body so flawless. Mandy also says that Jen is very disciplined in her workouts, which isn't exactly a shock. I think you kind of have to be a bit rigid and consistent with your routine to maintain such astonishing results.
Mandy does offer a yoga DVD called Yogolosophy, which Jen supposedly used while filmingWanderlust. I have to admit -- I'm pretty tempted to order it and give yoga one more try. Looking like Jen would definitely be worth the shipping and handling fees.
So many of us have always wondered how she manages to stay so slim and trim, without the slightest hint of a lump, bump, or inconvenient bulge. She has to be drinking some sort of magic potion right? Well, it turns out that her method for staying in perfect shape is one that many of us have access to right in our hometowns, and a lot of us are probably already doing it. So -- how do we make our bodies look just as buff as Jen's?
It turns out all we have to do is head down to our local yoga studio and get our zen on. Yoga? Really? That's it? Huh. I wonder what I did wrong when I bought into thehot yoga craze for a little over a year. I got on that mat and endured sweating like a pig over and over again, and while I did tone up a bit, I never remotely resembled Jennifer Aniston. I must have been doing the poses incorrectly or something -- because they're sure workin' for Jen.
Jen's trainer, Mandy Ingber, has had her doing yoga workouts for quite some time now, and she thinks that the balance it has created between her mind, body, and emotions is what has made her body so flawless. Mandy also says that Jen is very disciplined in her workouts, which isn't exactly a shock. I think you kind of have to be a bit rigid and consistent with your routine to maintain such astonishing results.
Mandy does offer a yoga DVD called Yogolosophy, which Jen supposedly used while filmingWanderlust. I have to admit -- I'm pretty tempted to order it and give yoga one more try. Looking like Jen would definitely be worth the shipping and handling fees.
2012年4月22日星期日
How Abs Work
Everyone wants an impressive six pack. Having a full
understanding of what the abdominals do and how the muscles work can
help you get one.
How do I get that six pack? This is the question we all have asked at one time or another. Having that flat washboard stomach is a sign that you are serious in keeping fit and strong, but that doesn't mean you're abdominals are just for show. The muscles in your midsection are essential for strength and fitness across your body.
Your abdominal area is comprised of four separate muscle types. All four muscles support and help move the torso.
1. The Rectus abdominus (the "six Pack" Muscle), the long slender muscle that runs vertically down your abdomen from your lower ribs to the pubic bone. It flexes the ribcage so that it moves towards the pelvis. This is one of the main muscle groups you will use when doing crunches.
2. The external obliques, which cover the front side of your abdomen and run diagonally from the lower ribs to the pelvis to form a 'V' shape. They bend the torso sideways and rotate it to the opposite side when flexing forwards.
3. The internal obliques, these are directly underneath the external obliques but they run in the opposite direction and form an inverted 'V' shape. They help the rectus abdominus bent the torso forwards, as well rotating it to the same side to which they are attached.
4. The transverse abdominus (TVA), this is the flat sheet of muscle lying underneath the rectus abdominus, running across the torso. It originates in the lower spine, and wraps around and attaches to the ribs, abdominals and the pelvis. It acts as a muscular girdle to hold in your internal organs.
What the abs do
As I have mentioned earlier in this article, although the word 'abs' is usually used as the plural for the rectus abdominus muscle that is a single sheet that connects your rib cage to the pelvic bone. This muscle has hard tissue that marks out segments, which are the things that form the visible six pack. As you by now are well aware, there are a total of four muscles that make up the powerful midsection 'The Core'.
The flexible midsection is activated every time you use a large muscle group because it stabilises your body and provides a solid platform from which your strength can operate. During sports and other activities you transmit the force you generate through your midsection 'The Core' from one half of your body to the other. For example this is why you rotate your shoulders and swing your arms just before you kick a football, you are therefore transferring the energy you generate from the top half of your body (swinging your arms and rotating your shoulders) and transferring that energy through your core (Midsection) to your leg, the outcome of this is the ball moves.
One of the great ways you can train you midsection your core for stability is by using lose weights with a Swiss ball rather than using a static bench. Stabilising yourself on a ball forces your muscles to work harder than they would if you where on a stable surface.
Techniques
One of the biggest myths, that doing a 1000 crunches a week will give you a great six pack. Right there is nothing wrong with doing crunches as you are working your core muscles, but to get that flat stomach and a defined six pack there's a bit more to it than that. We all have a six pack but in order to make your six pack more defined you will have to strip away the body fat that surrounds them. There's no special secret to building abs muscles. They work the same way as every other muscle in the body and like the other muscles in the body you need to exhaust them by lifting heavy loads (Weights) in short intense workouts. After these short intense workouts you should be looking to rest the muscle group for 48 hours for them to recover and grow before your next workout. Once you have built up some muscular endurance in your abs by doing crunches, you will need to add some more resistance to your workout; this can be done by holding a heavy weight tight against your chest like a flat dumbbell weight. Getting your protein intake right will also help in building your muscles as well.
Strip away the fat.
This is just one approach to developing your six pack underneath your layer of belly fat, but the belly fat itself will remain there. You cannot get rid of your belly fat 'Beer Gut' by just doing crunches alone. The only way to burn body fat is the old fashioned way and that is cardiovascular exercises. Short, intense cardiovascular workouts are best for burning calories and less likely to burn muscle. Do three short 30 minute intense workout cardio sessions a week, followed by some lose weight workout. Eat a diet of low saturated fat and processed carb's. Also If you supply your abs with new challenges every four weeks, and stick to healthy eating and don't skip on your workouts, you'll soon see the six pack come through. As you strengthen your midsection along with the role your abs play in keeping your body stable, you will feel fitter and be better able to do any activity.
How do I get that six pack? This is the question we all have asked at one time or another. Having that flat washboard stomach is a sign that you are serious in keeping fit and strong, but that doesn't mean you're abdominals are just for show. The muscles in your midsection are essential for strength and fitness across your body.
Your abdominal area is comprised of four separate muscle types. All four muscles support and help move the torso.
1. The Rectus abdominus (the "six Pack" Muscle), the long slender muscle that runs vertically down your abdomen from your lower ribs to the pubic bone. It flexes the ribcage so that it moves towards the pelvis. This is one of the main muscle groups you will use when doing crunches.
2. The external obliques, which cover the front side of your abdomen and run diagonally from the lower ribs to the pelvis to form a 'V' shape. They bend the torso sideways and rotate it to the opposite side when flexing forwards.
3. The internal obliques, these are directly underneath the external obliques but they run in the opposite direction and form an inverted 'V' shape. They help the rectus abdominus bent the torso forwards, as well rotating it to the same side to which they are attached.
4. The transverse abdominus (TVA), this is the flat sheet of muscle lying underneath the rectus abdominus, running across the torso. It originates in the lower spine, and wraps around and attaches to the ribs, abdominals and the pelvis. It acts as a muscular girdle to hold in your internal organs.
What the abs do
As I have mentioned earlier in this article, although the word 'abs' is usually used as the plural for the rectus abdominus muscle that is a single sheet that connects your rib cage to the pelvic bone. This muscle has hard tissue that marks out segments, which are the things that form the visible six pack. As you by now are well aware, there are a total of four muscles that make up the powerful midsection 'The Core'.
The flexible midsection is activated every time you use a large muscle group because it stabilises your body and provides a solid platform from which your strength can operate. During sports and other activities you transmit the force you generate through your midsection 'The Core' from one half of your body to the other. For example this is why you rotate your shoulders and swing your arms just before you kick a football, you are therefore transferring the energy you generate from the top half of your body (swinging your arms and rotating your shoulders) and transferring that energy through your core (Midsection) to your leg, the outcome of this is the ball moves.
One of the great ways you can train you midsection your core for stability is by using lose weights with a Swiss ball rather than using a static bench. Stabilising yourself on a ball forces your muscles to work harder than they would if you where on a stable surface.
Techniques
One of the biggest myths, that doing a 1000 crunches a week will give you a great six pack. Right there is nothing wrong with doing crunches as you are working your core muscles, but to get that flat stomach and a defined six pack there's a bit more to it than that. We all have a six pack but in order to make your six pack more defined you will have to strip away the body fat that surrounds them. There's no special secret to building abs muscles. They work the same way as every other muscle in the body and like the other muscles in the body you need to exhaust them by lifting heavy loads (Weights) in short intense workouts. After these short intense workouts you should be looking to rest the muscle group for 48 hours for them to recover and grow before your next workout. Once you have built up some muscular endurance in your abs by doing crunches, you will need to add some more resistance to your workout; this can be done by holding a heavy weight tight against your chest like a flat dumbbell weight. Getting your protein intake right will also help in building your muscles as well.
Strip away the fat.
This is just one approach to developing your six pack underneath your layer of belly fat, but the belly fat itself will remain there. You cannot get rid of your belly fat 'Beer Gut' by just doing crunches alone. The only way to burn body fat is the old fashioned way and that is cardiovascular exercises. Short, intense cardiovascular workouts are best for burning calories and less likely to burn muscle. Do three short 30 minute intense workout cardio sessions a week, followed by some lose weight workout. Eat a diet of low saturated fat and processed carb's. Also If you supply your abs with new challenges every four weeks, and stick to healthy eating and don't skip on your workouts, you'll soon see the six pack come through. As you strengthen your midsection along with the role your abs play in keeping your body stable, you will feel fitter and be better able to do any activity.
I hope this article helps you answer those questions and that you
find the right program to match what your personal weight loss and
fitness goals.
2012年4月20日星期五
The Top 3 Most Useful User Tips or Warnings From Online P90X Ten Minute Trainer Reviews
10 Minute Trainer with Tony Horton is a Beachbody.com 10 minute
workout that is a clear attempt by the company to market to two specific
groups of people.
First, people who are really busy and may or may not have tried P90X, but feel it is too many hours in a week. Second, are people who are beginners to fitness. After all, the logic goes, you can give 10 minutes easier and fight your way through, even if you aren't fit.
Beachbody doesn't shy away from people calling the workout the P90X Ten Minute Workout. You'd have to be a total fool in marketing to shy away from being lumped in with the famously successful P90X. However, having done P90x, I can attest that the level of commitment and the results you get from that commitment are like nothing I had experienced with other home workouts.
So I don't believe necessarily that a person can call 10 Minute Trainer a P90X Ten Minute Workout without more information. When splicing out the meaning of what it means to be a P90X workout, the biggest requirement is getting those great looking results.
I sincerely don't believe that a person can expect 10 Minute Trainer to be a true P90X Ten Minute Workout without basic principles that are not in the marketing pitch of your 10 Minute Trainer program. Instead these are principles that I gathered looking at nearly 300 online reviews by satisfied and dissatisfied customers.
First, you should fully expect to go hard as you can in your first workouts and full expect that it will be too hard for you to finish. This is key with your 10 Minute Trainer. You will be counted on to measure your own progress honestly and to make modifications so that the workout is always on the edge of being too difficult. Those modifications depend on knowing where you stand physically right from the beginning.
Second, don't fool yourself that you will get P90X fit in 90 days on a quarter of the total exercises. Users are saying that the program will help you lose weight if you need to, and get stronger with better endurance on just the 10 minutes. The next level of getting really fit and beach ready for most of us, probably means doing at least 2 probably 3 of the 10 minute workouts in a day.
Third, and probably most importantly, your results will depend mostly on having a nutrition plan that promotes your goals. As I have pointed out in prior articles, I know plenty of fat guys and some heavy women who run 5k races and jog a couple times a week. If you want to get beyond that level, mastering a workable nutrition plan is a must. Start on the Beachbody customer forums. They'll be so many diet nuggets of gold shared there, that it won't take long for you to have a program you can start with.
First, people who are really busy and may or may not have tried P90X, but feel it is too many hours in a week. Second, are people who are beginners to fitness. After all, the logic goes, you can give 10 minutes easier and fight your way through, even if you aren't fit.
Beachbody doesn't shy away from people calling the workout the P90X Ten Minute Workout. You'd have to be a total fool in marketing to shy away from being lumped in with the famously successful P90X. However, having done P90x, I can attest that the level of commitment and the results you get from that commitment are like nothing I had experienced with other home workouts.
So I don't believe necessarily that a person can call 10 Minute Trainer a P90X Ten Minute Workout without more information. When splicing out the meaning of what it means to be a P90X workout, the biggest requirement is getting those great looking results.
I sincerely don't believe that a person can expect 10 Minute Trainer to be a true P90X Ten Minute Workout without basic principles that are not in the marketing pitch of your 10 Minute Trainer program. Instead these are principles that I gathered looking at nearly 300 online reviews by satisfied and dissatisfied customers.
First, you should fully expect to go hard as you can in your first workouts and full expect that it will be too hard for you to finish. This is key with your 10 Minute Trainer. You will be counted on to measure your own progress honestly and to make modifications so that the workout is always on the edge of being too difficult. Those modifications depend on knowing where you stand physically right from the beginning.
Second, don't fool yourself that you will get P90X fit in 90 days on a quarter of the total exercises. Users are saying that the program will help you lose weight if you need to, and get stronger with better endurance on just the 10 minutes. The next level of getting really fit and beach ready for most of us, probably means doing at least 2 probably 3 of the 10 minute workouts in a day.
Third, and probably most importantly, your results will depend mostly on having a nutrition plan that promotes your goals. As I have pointed out in prior articles, I know plenty of fat guys and some heavy women who run 5k races and jog a couple times a week. If you want to get beyond that level, mastering a workable nutrition plan is a must. Start on the Beachbody customer forums. They'll be so many diet nuggets of gold shared there, that it won't take long for you to have a program you can start with.
2012年4月19日星期四
Fitness incentives sought after program killed due to lack of student interest
Humber’s BEE Fit Incentive program was cancelled last year after two decades due to low student participation but the athletics department is currently working on a new initiative to replace it.
“When we ran the BEE Fit program, it was an incentive program that changed yearly as to how we ran it and different things would happen where you would collect points on a chart,” said Leanne Henwood-Adam, fitness co-ordinator and facility manager.
Henwood-Adam said that staff participation was always high, but students did not find the program appealing.
“They weren’t interested in getting things that we were giving – like a t-shirt, stress ball, or a gym bag,” said Henwood-Adam. “Nowadays, students want more big ticket items like an iPad, iPod, MacBook, or mountain bike.”
The program that was designed to encourage people, especially students, to work out will be restructured to try to accomplish that.
“Our goal now is to try to get student participation but not by giving out prizes,” said Henwood-Adam. “We want them to get excited about the different things that we’re going to offer, like theme months, workshops and events based around those theme months.”
The range of activities offered by the program may expand in the future, which will be finalized over the summer and advertised in September.
“We might do a rock climbing event or get a bunch of people together and go mountain biking or canoeing somewhere.”
Athletic director Doug Fox helped develop the BEE Fit program about 20 years ago and is now working with Henwood-Adam in the restructuring.
“Unless we’re giving away TVs, the incentive’s not there, so you regenerate and try to go in a new direction to create specialized programs,” Fox said.
Fitness trainer Stephen Jeffrey said getting students to make fitness a high priority means aligning the program with their interests.
“If I had to create a fitness program to encourage students to work out, I would base it around activities they enjoy doing,” said Jeffrey, 22, a second-year fitness and health promotion student. “I give my clients a choice as to what they want to do.”
Jeffrey added that students are more focused on grades than fitness and this might be one of the reasons as to why the BEE Fit Incentive program failed.
All fitness programs are fully funded by the athletics department.
“It is free to the students because they pay a fee as part of their tuition that comes to athletics,” said Henwood-Adam.
“Students can be assigned a fitness trainer at no cost, who will work with them to achieve their goals,” said Jeffrey.
Athletics department remains dedicated to promoting an active lifestyle to students: “Keep fit, stay in shape, the only winner is a participant,” Fox said.
“When we ran the BEE Fit program, it was an incentive program that changed yearly as to how we ran it and different things would happen where you would collect points on a chart,” said Leanne Henwood-Adam, fitness co-ordinator and facility manager.
Henwood-Adam said that staff participation was always high, but students did not find the program appealing.
“They weren’t interested in getting things that we were giving – like a t-shirt, stress ball, or a gym bag,” said Henwood-Adam. “Nowadays, students want more big ticket items like an iPad, iPod, MacBook, or mountain bike.”
The program that was designed to encourage people, especially students, to work out will be restructured to try to accomplish that.
“Our goal now is to try to get student participation but not by giving out prizes,” said Henwood-Adam. “We want them to get excited about the different things that we’re going to offer, like theme months, workshops and events based around those theme months.”
The range of activities offered by the program may expand in the future, which will be finalized over the summer and advertised in September.
“We might do a rock climbing event or get a bunch of people together and go mountain biking or canoeing somewhere.”
Athletic director Doug Fox helped develop the BEE Fit program about 20 years ago and is now working with Henwood-Adam in the restructuring.
“Unless we’re giving away TVs, the incentive’s not there, so you regenerate and try to go in a new direction to create specialized programs,” Fox said.
Fitness trainer Stephen Jeffrey said getting students to make fitness a high priority means aligning the program with their interests.
“If I had to create a fitness program to encourage students to work out, I would base it around activities they enjoy doing,” said Jeffrey, 22, a second-year fitness and health promotion student. “I give my clients a choice as to what they want to do.”
Jeffrey added that students are more focused on grades than fitness and this might be one of the reasons as to why the BEE Fit Incentive program failed.
All fitness programs are fully funded by the athletics department.
“It is free to the students because they pay a fee as part of their tuition that comes to athletics,” said Henwood-Adam.
“Students can be assigned a fitness trainer at no cost, who will work with them to achieve their goals,” said Jeffrey.
Athletics department remains dedicated to promoting an active lifestyle to students: “Keep fit, stay in shape, the only winner is a participant,” Fox said.
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