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The Malibu Pilates Chair Carroll Krieff designed the Malibu Pilates Chair that takes the vision that Josef Pilates had to a whole new level. After learning Pilates for herself she started working with her celebrity clients with it. Carroll set a goal to get the Pilates method with its machine exercises, that produced great results, out to everyone not just her clients. Then she started working on a plan for a machine that was small and shaped like a chair. Through this chair one could get the same benefits of the bigger heavier machines usually in the studios or gyms. She soon discovered how p

The Cardio Twister An important part of the job of any Personal Trainer is teaching clients to exercise on their own at home, and having a compact exercise machine like the Cardio Twister is a great help. It is nice to imagine your own Personal Trainer arriving in the door three times a week to give you a great workout, but in reality the cost of that is not within the reach of most people. Personal Trainers do not come cheap! I believe that anyone can keep themselves fit by working out on their own in the comfort of their own home with a small amount of equipment. When people tell me that the

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The Firm Wave - Fat Burning and You Whether you are 20 years old or 50 years young, the way your body burns fat is the same. At 20, it is just much easier! But however old you are, The Firm Wave will help you burn fat. Fat-burning within the human body happens in more ways than one. Your body uses calories and burns fat every time you move, or do a crossword - even when you are asleep in bed. When you are young, your metabolism (the engine of your body) runs quickly; you have loads of energy, can work all day and party all night (and still get up for work the next morning!). Even without doing

The Firm Wave – Exercising At Home For exercising at home,I would say that your best bet with limited space and money is The Firm Wave. This is fairly new on the market, and is produced by The Firm, a U.S. based company with a good reputation for innovative weight loss products and inspirational DVDs. The Firm Wave Personal Gym is a curved piece of equipment that can be picked up with one hand and is made of a strong plastic. It is shaped like a hump-backed bridge and has holes along the edges that resistance bands can be fitted into. What makes it so innovative is that it can be used either s

The Firm Wave If you lead a busy, active, life - as I'm sure you do - exercising at home is often the only practical way. After all, what's the point of paying fees to an expensive and plush gym if you can never make the time to get there? They may have the latest equipment, the swankiest changing rooms and the hunkiest instructors this side of the Mississippi, but that's no use to you when you are trying to juggle home, work and kids. All that will happen is that you will lose no weight and feel guilty for paying out the fees every month without getting any benefits. Guilt leads to comfort ea

The Firm Wave Whichever piece of home exercise equipment you choose, there are several factors to take into consideration. • • • • How much available space do you have? How much are you willing to pay? Do you want something that can be hidden away in a closet, or left out all the time? Do you want something to tone and shape muscles as well as give you a cardio workout? It's really worth sitting down and having a good think about these points - there's nothing worse than buying a home exercise machine and realizing it's not what you wanted! The Firm Wave is a cleverly designed, curved exerci

The Firm claim that you will see visible results in 10 workouts by using their new Firm Body Transfirmation System. Is this hype or is it really possible? If anyone can make good their claim, it would be the Firm. They are well respected in the fitness industry for producing good quality DVDs and home exercise equipment that works. Thousands of people rely on the Firm to get great fat loss results, so is this system as good as they say it is, or is it just another piece of exercise junk? The Firm Total Body Calorie burning cardio and muscle bulding As any fitness professional will tell you, t

The Firm's Wave Review There's a new kid on the block in the world of home exercise equipment. It is the wave - a compact piece of kit at a great price! Unlike most pieces of home exercise equipment, the Firms Wave doesn't just do cardio exercise for calorie burn or toning exercise for muscle sculpting - it does both as to that the fact that core stretching and Pilates exercises can also be performed upon it, and you'll see what got me so excited! The Firm Wave System The Latest In Home Exercise Equipment - The Wave Like all great inventions, the wave seems very simple. It has a curved design

Shoulder Therapy - What Do You Need? If you have pain in your shoulder, it is wise not to try and self-diagnose; some shoulder pain can be referred from the neck or back. Make an appointment with a physiotherapist if the pain does not go away within a day or two. If you are active and play sports regularly, you can sustain a rotator cuff injury. Tennis, golf and basketball players are particularly susceptible to this type of injury as they rely heavily on the shoulder muscles - imagine the muscle power needed to serve a tennis ball at the incredible speeds recorded at top level competition! Th

On The Bone – Shin Splints & How To Survive Them Imagine the scenario. You have embarked on a fitness regime after years of being sedentary. This is something you've been promising yourself for a long time, but have never got round to, due to working, raising kids and being Chief Cook and Bottlewasher, Laundry Maid and General Dogsbody. Your weight has increased slowly but inexorably, your bust and waistline have simultaneously headed south, and somehow your favorite clothes seem to have shrunk and are too tight. You, who used to run for your school and played hockey at regional level. You are

There are several reasons why you may get leg pain - lower leg pain in particular may be caused by shin splints. If you are active and doing high-impact sports involving lots of running and sudden turns, the pain and inconvenience of a shin splint can be a nightmare and can become a chronic injury. But you don't have to be a regular athlete to suffer. Doing too much exercise too soon if you have been sedentary is also a common cause - joining a running club after being inactive for many years and trying to keep up with the regular runners from day 1 is also a recipe for sore shins! There are t

In my job as a Sports Therapist, I see a lot of people who do a lot of running; shin pain is one of their major complaints and running shin splints can cause them considerable discomfort and trouble. My problems come when I have to tell them that the best cure for shin splints is rest. Their faces blanch, and they act as if I've told them to stand on their heads in a bath of treacle. "Stop running? You must be joking! I can't possibly...I've got a 10k race in 6 months, and I have to be fit." At this point, I explain, that if they ignore my advice, they'll be fit for nothing. There are several

Anyone who has ever suffered from shin running pain will tell you that it is best to avoid it. The pain, usually just above your ankle has a dreadful, toothache quality that does not go away until you rest. If you are in the middle of a marathon at this point, that might be a problem! Pain at the front of the shin is almost invariably caused by a shin splint. This is an inflammation of the long, thin muscle that goes down the front of your leg from the knee to the ankle. Many people acquire shin splints running on hard surfaces or overtraining. Man is not designed to gallop for miles on tarmac

Most active people suffer from leg pain at some time. Often it can be traced back to a stumble on a rough surface, or even a fall, but sometimes there seems to be no reason for the pain. If the pain is in the back of your lower leg, it may be cramp or insufficient warmup causing the muscle there (gastrocnemius) to go into spasm. On a cautionary note, if you have unexplained calf pain that lasts more than a few hours and does not go away when you rest, you need to see a doctor PDQ (Pretty Damn Quick!), as you may have an undiagnosed DVT or blood clot. I'm not trying to scare you to death here,