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Enjoying Burn Notice

by The Diva

I don’t know why, but we’re really behind on Burn Notice in Canada. My husband and I just finished watching the end of Season one. I think in the US they’re on season four … so yeah, we’re kind of behind.

Thankfully we’re aren’t that behind on most shows! That would be a drag!

I wasn’t sure that I’d like the show when we first started watching it this fall, but it grew on me. My husband really likes it. I think it’s all the fight scenes. Man those guys must be on muscle building supplements or something to keep in shape for all the action scenes!

The good news about the show is that Showcase (the Canadian equivalent of Showtime) is going to air season two of Burn Notice in January. Maybe there’s some hope that we’ll catch up before 2011 is over!

Filed Under: Entertainment, Home and family, Items to Try, Television Tagged With: action, action scenes, burn, burn notice, fight, guys, husband, muscles, season one, shape, showcase, showtime, spy

I need to start a new fitness routine

by The Diva

Every time I look over at our TV stand I see our Wii. I hate to admit it, but I haven’t used my Wii in ages!

I think it’s been four or five months since I played a game or did a cardio workout on my Wii.

Later this evening I’m going to make up a mini workout schedule. I’m still sick (Crohn’s, Migraines, back pain) so I can’t get too ambitious, but I know that if I continue to not do anything I’ll probably feel worse and worse.

So … if I at least make a plan to get out and take a long walk, with the dog, at least twice a week, and to pull out the Wii and do one or two of my favorite workouts like the Gold Gyms Cardio Boxing twice a week as well I’ll be on my way to better health. At the very least I won’t feel compelled to research belly fat burners because four low level to medium level workouts a week should at least maintain my weight if not take off a few pounds. Certainly it should tone my muscles.

I also have an elliptical machine upstairs in a spare bedroom gathering dust. Actually my husband currently has two of his guitars resting on it right now. If I can start doing some workouts – hopefully beginning this week, maybe, by the time the bad weather arrives in November or December, I’ll be ready to start using the elliptical again.

Do you workout at home or at a fitness club regularly? Do you use a Wii to get your body moving? Tell me what you do to try to stay fit.

Filed Under: Entertainment, Health and Fitness, Home and family, Items to Try, Womens World Tagged With: back pain, cardio boxing, crohns, dog, dusty, elliptical, fitness routine, guitars, Health, healthy, long walks, migraines, muscles, shape, sick, stay fit, tone, walk dog, weight, Wii, workout

Warm enough to wear shorts?

by The Diva

Last week was so warm here in Toronto that people were actually wearing shorts. Personally I don’t think it was quite warm enough for shorts although it did reach about 65 F or so.

It was nice to get a taste of summer! I enjoyed the warmer weather by getting outside everyday and opening up the doors and windows for a while each day to air out the house. I also enjoyed seeing some of the guys in the neighborhood in their shorts. LOL Some of them appear to have gained some muscle over the winter … either they’re working out or using some products like bsn cell mass.

I don’t know what they’re doing, but I can tell you that I don’t mind a bit of eye candy! LOL

It’s cooler this week, but I think that once March is over we’re going to have nice weather … unlike last year which gave us a cold spring and summer.

Was it warmer in your area last week too? Did you get an early taste of spring or summer?

Filed Under: Entertainment, Health and Fitness, Home and family Tagged With: muscles, neighborhood, neighbors, nice weather, shorts, summer, taste of spring

Ease Pain With Exercises For Lower Back Pain

by The Diva



Exercises for lower back pain is a common treatment for people who had backache. They also play a very beneficial role in relieving chronic back pain during pregnancy. If you are under lower back pain treatments, they can ease the pain.


For avoidance of upper, mid, or lower back, you should take some preventive steps. The most important priority is to strengthen your core muscles and build up flexibility. You can also incorporate comprehensive regimen such as weight-bearing sets, aerobics, stretching, balance practice, and  strength training. For better flexibility and increased strength of your back, you must not ignore the importance of these lower back pain exercises. Furthermore, physical workout maintains the health of your spine.

The most effective way to deal with low back pain is stretching and strengthening exercises. Lower back pain exercise is known as a natural tranquilizer. The process of stretching and strengthening your back muscles gives a feeling of relaxation and overall health. You feel the relief that you get is equivalent to the similar of effect of  the muscle relaxants and pain relievers.

Physical therapists can also play a important role in teaching you especially on the proper lower back pain exercises and yoga stretches. Using the right methods of doing exercise, you will get a fast recuperation from back pain and prevent back pain. Physical activity is not limited to outdoors only where you need the presence of a physical therapist but it also includes some exercises that you do at home.

It is important to know some basics before you embark on the exercises for back pain.

Always do warm up before you start any workout. This allows more flexibility and less chances of muscle tearing. You can do simple warm-ups such as brisk walk. Your back muscles will suffer injury if you don’t warm up.

Always work the back muscles within your comfortable level. Your back will not be able to take so much stress when you overexert it. Your back muscle pain will get work if you attempt to perform more exercises for low back pain than usual. You can’t rush especially in strengthening your back.

Using aquatic therapy, you can perform some low back pain exercises in the pool. The buoyancy of the water supports your weight which prevents the joints and the intervertebral discs from experiencing any undue pressure. Furthermore, your muscles can work more in the water. The best part is that there is no fear on injuring your back as you strengthen your back.

You may rely upon widely used back pain treatments such as medications and surgery to reduce the pain, but you should study more effective and safer  alternatives. It is a misconception that lower back pain exercises have to be complicated which makes people they are hard to do. You don’t need any exercise equipment. In fact, you can do them at home. Some back pain exercises work specially on weak muscles that you can’t control consciously.. Exercises for lower back pain that incorporate stretching is considered as one of the most beneficial therapeutic activities you can do to treat back pain and sciatica.

Filed Under: Health and Fitness Tagged With: back muscles, back pain, back pain treatment, beneficial, benefit, brisk walk, exercise, exercises, fitness, flexible, lower back, lower back pain, muscles, pain, physical therapy, pressure, relieve pain, sciatica, spine, stretches, therapeutic, walk, walking

Exercise Balls: Simple & Useful Exercising Equipment

by The Diva

Exercise balls can serve as excellent exercise equipment. These balls, constructed of elastic rubber having a diameter of around 22 inches to 34 inches, are also referred to as “Swiss balls.” These balls come in a number of forms including pilates balls that are most suitable for pilates exercises, and medicine balls that are used as a training aid for several different exercises. Besides these, there are also the timing balls that help in developing accuracy and timing of strikes and kicks of martial arts.

 

Low back pains can be treated with the help of exercise balls. The usage of exercise balls also act as a preventive for relapsing of back pain. Core body muscles are developed with the regular usage of exercise balls. This helps in stabilizing the spine or vertebral column.

 

The balls come of use for athletes of several kinds as also for older people and pregnant women. Particular exercises have been developed making use of the ball in different ways to provide special benefit for specific groups whose interests the exercise ball serves.

 

The size of the exercise ball to be used is important. This depends on the height of the person concerned. An easy way of determining this is to sit on the ball to make sure that the hips come level or just slightly higher then the knees. Even overweight people can use suitable exercise balls. There are burst resistant exercise balls that can hold over 600 pounds.

 

Exercise balls work by putting the body in an unstable environment. Thus, on lying on the ball the body reacts and the legs and abdominal muscles contract immediately to prevent falling off. Coupled with some simple exercises like chest press or crunch this helps increase intensity of the movement. Thus by engaging more muscles to work the ball helps make them stronger over time for keeping balance.

 

They can be used for just about anything i.e. any exercising. They are versatile enough for weight training, abdominal training, flexibility, Yoga and pilates exercises and even for playing around or sitting around. Exercise ball workouts are best achieved by following the exercise ball videos or books.

 

Exercise balls help achieve a host of benefits; apart from developing the overall control and strength of the core body muscles, they also increase lower back mobility. They enhance the balancing and stabilizing capacities of the body, too.

 

There may be some harm associated with the exercise balls, also. It has been observed that people often tend to overuse the balls which can lead to injury. It has also been opined that a significant proportion of exercises undertaken using the Exercise balls are quite useless. They cannot satisfactorily achieve the projected claims.

Filed Under: Health and Fitness Tagged With: benefit, books, equipment, exercise, exercise ball, exercise equipment, fitness, low back pain, muscles, pilates, pilates_balls, spine, stabilizing, videos

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