What Is Your Flat Belly IQ?
Do you know the answers to the following flat belly questions? Or are you making the same mistakes that most gym attendees are? 1. Which of these exercises is the best for flattening the abdominals? a. The Plank b. The Abdominal Crunch c. Pilates d. Interval Cardio Training (alternating high-low intensity) e. Yoga 2. Which of the following exercise machines is best for flattening the abdominals? a. The Ab Chair b. The Ab Coaster c. The Ab Roller d. The Ab Rocket e. The Squat Rack 3. Which of the following food combinations is best to eat if...
read moreDropping in at some of our favorite places in Cabo
By Ed Kociela It was my wife, Cara’s, birthday Sunday, so to celebrate, we did a little getaway, a stay-cation, as they are called, at a place in Cabo San Lucas, about 20 minutes south of our home in San Jose. We hadn’t spent much time in Cabo in awhile and figured it would be a good way to prop our feet up and get out to some of our favorite places. Plus, we had some vouchers, available at the Los Cabos Magazine office, to use. [BTW: Those prepaid vouchers are a smokin’ deal that can save you a lot of money.] We stopped in for dinner the...
read moreHow to Avoid Common Exercise Injuries
By Robyn Littlewood, Personal Trainer Desert Spa at the Hotel Villa del Arco, Cabo San Lucas Shoulders, knees and lower backs. I rarely meet someone over 45 who is in the gym regularly and that hasn`t had one or more injury in these body parts. With knees, jogging, football and tennis seem to be the most common culprits. If you haven`t injured your knees yet, stop running now while you still can. I often see very out of shape and overweight people running down the pavement, (usually with a terrible limp and at least one knee brace….)....
read moreBest Exercises for Fat Loss
By Robyn Littlewood Personal Trainer Desert Spa, Cabo San Lucas Get off the darned cardio equipment! I see this common fat loss mistake time and time again, people spending an hour with their book in their so-called “fat burning” zone strolling along on the treadmill. Low intensity cardiovascular exercise is the least effective way to get fat off your body. You need to consistently burn more calories than you take in and three hours of low-intensity cardio exercise every week will only net you 400-600 calories lost. All you need...
read moreRain? Not a drop…yet
By Ed Kociela When I grow up, I want to be a weatherman. It’s not that I want to be on the TV and stand in front of a map of North America and point out where the isobars are going to wreak havoc with the jet stream and enable the monsoon to swoop through and dump heavily on the Southwest. I just think it would be reassuring to know that even if you were wrong 80 percent of the time, your boss wouldn’t hold it against you. Down here in Los Cabos, we have been keeping a fairly close eye on the weather for awhile now, and for awhile now,...
read more