Although you will likely find cheaper swimwear at your local department store, they’re usually not as durable as a Speedo product. The make and design of each swimsuit is durable and well-thought out, allowing for a fit that is not only comfortable but also flattering on all figures.

When you mention the term “Speedo”, the picture that most often comes to mind are the simple one piece suits. However, Speedo also makes a range of other swim suit designs, including bikinis. Just enter the words “Speedo sell bikinis” into your search browser, and you will discover a wide catalog of bikini swimsuits for women. Varying patterns, colors, and styles are available, and each piece fits well so that you won’t ever have to worry about a wardrobe malfunction in the deep.

Speedo bathing suits are perfect for any occasion, whether you are just playing in a pool, lake or ocean, or out for some serious swimming or water activities. For the athletes, Speedo also sells a variety of training aids to help you swim faster and glide more easily in the water. Visit the Speedo website today to see what’s available.

• Contrary to popular belief, you can be fat and healthy, or skinny and unhealthy. 
• Exercise won’t help you lose weight but it will help you keep it off.
• A calorie is not a calorie.
• Despite all the media on the dangers of obesity, you don’t die from it, you die from Metabolic disease.
• It all comes back to sugar.

Why oh why did it have to be sugar? Of all the things I could have done without, sugar did not make the list. But it’s time to face the truth that our food is making us fat and even our children are addicted to this junk. If you are also in despair, here’s a book with a plan that will help you take steps in the right direction:

Fat Chance: Beating the Odds Against Sugar, Processed Food, Obesity, and Disease

The focus of this book is not to lose weight but to improve our health. Of course, if weight loss is a side effect of improving our health, then it will be a happy one.

If you don’t want to read the book, here are a few habits you can work on immediately:

• Increase your intake of fruit, vegetables and fiber.
• You should eat your fruit rather than drink it because fruit juice contains even more sugar than the equivalent amount in soft drink. Also eating the fruit means you’ll also be consuming the fiber which negates the negative effects of the sugar in the fruit.
• If you need fluids, stick to milk and water (apparently lactose is okay).
• Reduce your consumption of processed foods. What foods are processed? Anything with a label. So when you’re shopping at the supermarket, your food is only “safe” if it doesn’t have a label.

For the rest of Robert’s advice, I shall leave you to read the book for yourself…

What’s the Insanity Workout?

The Insanity Workout is a series of plyometric drills combined with intervals of strength, power, resistance, and core training exercises. It is essentially a modified form of interval training where you do bursts of high intensity exercises interspersed with short periods of rest as you alternate between aerobic and anaerobic exercises.

What’s great about this workout? No equipment or weights are needed and you can do it all in the comfort of your own home because the Insanity Workout comes in 10 DVDs. Apparently, you don’t have to be in extreme shape to do it either but word on the street is that it’s so intense, you’ll be struggling to make it through your first workout if you haven’t already been working out before you start this program.

The promise is a beach-ready body in 60 days (if you follow the plan, that is).

The 60-Day total body conditioning workout DVD program comes with 10 DVD workouts:

1. Dig Deeper & Fit Test: To start, Shaun will put your body to the test and see what you’re made of. (30 minutes)
2. Plyometric Cardio Circuit: Burn fat with intervals of intense lower-body plyometrics and sweat-inducing cardio. (40 minutes)
3. Cardio Power & Resistance: Build lean muscle and upper-body definition with strength-training and power moves. (40 minutes)
4. Cardio Recovery & Max Recovery: Shaun goes easier on you once a week so you’ll be ready for the next round. (80 minutes)
5. Pure Cardio & Abs: Nonstop, extreme cardio workout. (40 minutes)
6. Cardio Abs: Do explosive intervals of cardio and core moves for rock-hard abs. (20 minutes)
7. Core Cardio & Balance: This workout lets you take a break after month 1 and gear up for month 2. (40 minutes)
8. Max Interval Circuit: With MAX Interval Training, this circuit is more intense than anything you’ve ever done before. (60 minutes)
9. Max Interval Plyo: Push your legs ‘til they beg for mercy with power and plyometrics, all at your MAX. (55 minutes)
10. Max Cardio Conditioning & Abs: Get pushed to your limit with this extreme cardio workout. (50 minutes)

To help you along, you will also get their:

• Elite Nutrition Plan: A meal plan specifically designed to fuel your body for these intense workouts.
• Fitness Guide: It’s short and to the point, with just the information you need.
• Insanity Calendar: Allows you to track your progress through month 1 and month 2, set workout goals, and stay motivated the whole time. Plus, the Fit Test Tracker tracks your results as you transform your body.
• Free Online Support Tools: Stay inspired with round-the-clock access to fitness experts and peer support.

No time for the Insanity workout? Apparently there is insanity beyond insanity and it’s called: INSANITY Fast & Furious: 20 Minute Maximum Fitness Results Workout DVD. This DVD takes the original 45 minute Insanity Workout and crams it all into 20 minutes.

For the fitness fanatics, you can take the Insanity Workout one step further with the INSANITY Deluxe: MAX Interval Sports Training & Insane Abs Workout DVDs. What do you get with this? The Insanity Workout with:

• 3 more intense cardio workouts
• Professional-grade jump mat; and
• FREE body fat tester

If that’s not enough, you can get the INSANITY: The ASYLUM Deluxe – 30 Day Sports Training Workout DVD Program with Chin-Up Bar.

And don’t leave the kids out! Shaun T, creator of the Insanity Workout, also has one for the kids (as long as they are 7 years and above): Shaun T’s Fit Kids Club Workout DVD Program with Snack Ideas. The kids will be able to “cool it” and “groove it” with Shaun T, and learn to stay healthy and fit at the same time. It’s so fun, they won’t even know they’re exercising…

Stemming — Technique in which the hands and/or feet are pressured in opposition far out to each side, as in a dihedral or wide chimney.

Stem – Pressing both feet against opposite holds.

Watch a video on how to perform this technique in rock climbing.

Stemming is not a difficult move. As a child, I would stem door frames and narrow corridors. I used to do this exercise, too (just for fun, not for training).

Lose 14 pounds in 21 days!

To be honest, anything that claims “rapid weight loss” always makes me skeptical. Rapid to me spells short term gains and long term rebound weight gain. But I have a high regard of my SIL’s health science knowledge, so when she says it makes a lot of sense from the physiologic point of view, I knew it was worth looking into.

So what can you get out of this book aside from losing up to 14 pounds in 21 days? According to this book, you can:

• Lose weight fast without going hungry (hunger wrecks diets)
• Have more energy!
• Start to lose weight without exercising (up to 80 pounds)
• Reverse the aging process and look younger for life

And the reason why this works is because “other diet fads, whether they are low-fat or low-carb, wreak havoc on your hormones, which is why these diets are hard to stay on and the weight comes back the moment you stop.”

However, the real reason why my SIL and I are looking into this book is for health purposes. I like to think we’ve evolved beyond the youthful desires of looking beautiful (which the modern world equates to being slim). And if you follow Michael Aziz’s “prescription”, you will reap the health benefits, too. His patients who followed his diet plan also experienced “improvement in the markers for heart disease, blood pressure, diabetes and more.”

If there’s one gripe I have about dieting, it’s that there are many of the weight loss programs out there that focus on the sole aim of losing weight – health risks be damned. I find myself struggling with the idea of compromising my health in order to “look good”. Consider the 6 Popular Fashion Trends (That Killed People) – you’d think that things like this only existed in history, but we continue to do the same but just in a different way. I’m sure in years to come there will be an article about diet trends that killed people.

What I liked most about the Perfect 10 Diet was this: “overall health improved significantly… while eating great food, feeling full after their meals and having more energy.

When you have kids, you really can’t afford to go on a diet that makes you hungry and tired – which, I think is the number one problem for a lot of diets out there. Even if weight loss and looking beautiful is not the goal, I think the health benefits and promise of feeling good make this diet a worthwhile endeavour.

Go check out The Perfect 10 Diet.

Here’s an excerpt:

What Is the Perfect 10 Diet?

In 1979, stunning Bo Derek starred in the movie 10, and the number became associated with absolute physical perfection and beauty. If you already consider yourself to be a 10, you have no doubt been blessed with extraordinarily good genes. So why did I choose this provocative title that applies to so few of us? Well, I’m not really talking about beauty; I’m concerned with your health. When it comes to your health, anything less than a perfect 10 is not good enough. Your health is priceless.

But if you bought this book for its title and a desire to be sexually appealing, believe me, you’ve also come to the right place. The Perfect 10 Diet will make you look your absolute best, because when you’re healthy, it shows in your skin, hair, nails, and physique.

It gets even better. What if I told you the Perfect 10 Diet can help you stay younger-looking, longer? You see, the Perfect 10 Diet does all its magic by improving many hormones that play major roles in weight and health. The Perfect 10 Diet focuses on the ten most important hormones in your body. Each of those hormones has a profound effect on others. And when these ten hormones are in perfect balance, you will not only lose weight, but you will also dramatically turn back the aging clock.

The Perfect 10 Diet has fewer rules and restrictions than other diets that leave you hungry, unsatisfied, or less healthy. Better yet, you won’t ever have to count calories, fat grams, or net carbs again. The Perfect 10 Diet is designed to serve as an eating-for-life plan, not a quick-fix-and fail diet.

Unlike diet books that limit food choices to one country’s cuisine, the Perfect 10 Diet is about eating delicious, world-class choices from a variety of cultures, all the way from American to Vietnamese.

The food choices are rich, varied, and satisfying, including everything from fish poached in champagne to a decadent cheesecake. The Perfect 10 Diet takes into account the best aspects of myriad healthy cuisines and incorporates them into a single master eating plan that anyone can follow, maintain, and benefit from. Imagine that—an international diet that can be followed by people from all walks of life, with few rules or restrictions. Pick your adjective. Amazing. Astounding. Unbelievable. Unbeatable. All of them apply and give this one-of-a-kind diet a perfect 10 score.

About the Author – Michael Aziz MD:

Dr. Michael Aziz is board certified in internal medicine. He completed his training at Albert Einstein College of Medicine-Long Island Jewish Medical Center and Staten Island University Hospital in New York. He is a member of the American College of Physicians and the American Society of Internal Medicine, and Dr. Aziz is also a fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine in the United Kingdom. He has appeared as a keynote speaker before prestigious groups nationally and internationally such as the American Academy for Anti-Aging. He is the founder and director of Midtown Integrative Medicine in New York City, a practice that focuses on traditional, complementary, and integrative medicine. Dr. Aziz lives in New York City.

Find the Perfect 10 Diet on Facebook.
Check out the Perfect 10 Diet website.
Read the Perfect 10 Diet blog.

Watch the Perfect 10 Diet on CBS with Michael Aziz.

Dancer Sofia Boutella -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0Zo_5wyXMA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QT9JKzioz8w&NR=1

Rock climber Jain Kim -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xO-Q1xi9z1Q

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNdP8n-XZto

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AvRnG_ocDA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XW9s8ni-sUg

What can I say? I think the videos speak for themselves…

• Get lean, bulk up, or grow stronger, with an endless variety of mix-and-match routines to keep you motivated
• Muscle Confusion technique accelerates the results process by constantly introducing new moves and routines so your body never plateaus
• Collection of 12 highly diverse and intense DVD workouts
• Also includes comprehensive three-phase nutrition plan, specially designed supplement options
• Personal trainer Tony Horton will keep you engaged every step of the way

Tired of ineffective workouts that sound great but produce less-than-optimal results? Turn to the P90X Extreme Home Fitness system, a bundle of 12 sweat-inducing, muscle-pumping workouts designed to transform your body from regular to ripped in just 90 days. Hosted by personal trainer Tony Horton, the series of DVDs will help you get lean, bulk up, or grow stronger, with an endless variety of mix-and-match routines to keep you motivated. The secret behind the P90X system is an advanced training technique called “muscle confusion,” which accelerates the fitness process by constantly introducing new moves and routines so that your body never plateaus and you never get bored. The more you confuse the muscle, the harder your body has to work to keep up. And the more variety you put into your workout, the better and faster your results will be. By breaking old routines and opening new doors, secondary and tertiary muscles are constantly being activated and developed.

In addition to the 12 DVD workouts, the P90X comes with a comprehensive three-phase nutrition plan, specially designed supplement options, a detailed fitness guide packed with valuable information on how to get the most from your program, a How to Bring It DVD that provides a quick overview of the system, a calendar to track your progress, online peer support, and much more.

The DVD Workouts
Each of the 12 highly diverse and intense DVD workouts focuses on either a specific set of muscle groups or a unique training technique.

• Workout One: Chest & Back. This superset chest-and-back-blasting workout emphasizes two classic upper-body exercises–push-ups and pull-ups–to build strength and develop shape. The combination of these two push and pull movements will help you burn loads of calories while simultaneously attacking, strengthening, and developing multiple muscle groups.
• Workout Two: Plyometrics. Get ready to go airborne. Offering more 30 explosive jumping moves, this intense cardio routine will keep you in the air most of the time. Plyometrics, also known as jump training, has been proven to dramatically improve athletic performance. If your sport involves a ring, rink, field, court, or track, this training will give you the edge. Just be prepared to “bring it” for a full hour when you leap into this workout, because there is no letting up.
• Workout Three: Shoulders & Arms. Nothing rounds out the perfect physique like a pair of well-defined arms and shoulders, and with its potent combination of pressing, curling, and fly movements, this routine will leave you feeling stronger and looking sexier. Whether you want to build muscle mass or just slim and tighten what you’ve already got, these targeted shoulder and arm exercises will give you the results you want.
• Workout Four: Yoga X. Yoga is a vital part of any fitness regimen, and is an absolute must for an extreme program like P90X. This routine combines strength, balance, coordination, flexibility, and breath work to enhance your physique and calm your mind. Yoga X will leave you feeling energized, invigorated, and maybe even a little enlightened.
• Workout Five: Legs & Back. Get ready to squat, lunge, and pull for a total-body workout like no other. While the main focus of this workout lies in strengthening and developing the leg muscles (quads, hamstrings, glutes, and calves), there are also a handful of great pull-up exercises to give your legs a quick breather while you work the upper body.
• Workout Six: Kenpo X. Kenpo X was created to give P90X users a high-intensity cardiovascular workout packed with lots of punching and kicking combinations to improve balance, endurance, flexibility, and coordination. During this workout you’ll learn some of the most effective ways to defend yourself, while at the same time getting your body in peak condition.
• Workout Seven: X Stretch. Stretching is the one thing that will help you achieve a higher level of athleticism over a longer period of time. The X Stretch routine is an integral part of the program, as it helps prevent injuries and avoid plateaus. The extensive full-body stretches that make up this routine use disciplines from Kenpo karate, hatha yoga, and various sports to ensure that your body is fully prepared to meet all P90X challenges head-on.
• Workout Eight: Core Synergistics. Each and every exercise in the Core Synergistics workout recruits multiple muscle groups to build and support the core (lumbar spine and trunk muscles), while at the same time conditioning your body from head to toe. Loaded with a variety of fun, unique, and challenging exercises, this routine will get you moving in all directions to maximize your P90X results.
• Workout Nine: Chest, Shoulders, & Triceps. Packed with an array of moves that target both large and small muscles, this workout will do wonders for your upper body. In just one full sequence you’ll get a healthy dose of presses, flys, and extensions to push you to the brink. The results will be a stronger, leaner, and highly defined upper torso that will leave you looking awesome, with or without a shirt.
• Workout 10: Back & Biceps. With a host of curls and pull-ups, this routine will make it fun to flex those powerful biceps. But don’t worry, ladies–by using lighter weight, you can focus on toning and tightening these showcase arm muscles without adding the size that most guys covet. Additionally, this workout also provides some great back definition that everyone can appreciate. Regardless of your goals, you will achieve them in dramatic fashion if you dig in and max out your reps.
• Workout 11: Cardio X. This low-impact cardio routine can be used in a variety of ways to meet your P90X goals. Use it in addition to your standard P90X workload when you want to burn some extra calories, or as a substitute if your body needs a break from the program’s high-impact workouts. Whatever your reason for using Cardio X, you’ll find it a fun, full-throttle, fat-burning workout that will leave you feeling lean and mean.
• Workout 12: Ab Ripper X. The combination and sequence of movements in this unique workout taps into not only abdominal strength, but true core strength as well. Master these 11 highly effective exercises and you will achieve vital abdominal muscle strength to benefit your overall health and physical performance. You’ll also develop that highly coveted six-pack as you take Ab Ripper X to full throttle. It’s extreme work that’s better than any machine in any club.

P90X Fitness Guide
This is your road map and your plan of attack for using P90X. Learn guidelines for getting started and essential tips for how to make the most of the program. The fitness guide provides you tips to reduce your chance of injury; a fit test; recommended supplements and equipment; detailed instructions for stretching, warming up, and performing exercises; and guidelines to help you select which P90X phase to complete, whether Classic, Doubles, or Lean.

The Nutrition Plan
Following the P90X nutrition plan is just as vital to your overall success as any of the extreme workouts in this program. Specifically designed to work in tandem with the P90X Workout routines, this three-phase eating plan recommends the perfect combination of foods to satisfy your body’s energy needs every step of the way. P90X is not about quick fixes or miracle diets. It’s about selecting the healthy foods that you want to eat, and determining the portion amounts that will provide your body with the right amount of fuel to excel during exercise. The P90X nutrition plan offers three phases. Phase 1 is the Fat Shredder, a high-protein-based diet designed to help you strengthen your muscles while simultaneously and rapidly shedding fat from your body. Phase 2 is the Energy Booster, a balanced mix of carbohydrates and proteins with a lower amount of fat to achieve additional energy for performance. And Phase 3 is the Endurance Maximizer, an athletic diet of complex carbohydrates, lean proteins, and lower fat, with the emphasis on more carbohydrates. You’ll need this combination of foods as fuel to get the most out of your final few weeks and truly be in the best shape of your life.

Tools to Keep You Motivated

• P90X Calendar to set your workout goals, track your progress, and stay motivated.
• Free Online Support Tools for access to fitness experts, peer support, and motivation.

What’s in the Box?
12 DVD workouts, nutrition plan, fitness guide How to Bring It DVD, a calendar to track your progress

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Impossible heel-hooks and cracks become your specialty when you slip on the Mad Rock Con-Tact Climbing Shoe. Made with Mad Rock’s Science Friction 2.2 rubber, this sensitive slip-on was designed for bouldering, training, or any situation where you need to smear it or hook it.

Product Features

• Material: Leather
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• Sole: Science Friction 2.2 rubber
• Last: Slip
• Asymmetrical Curvature: Medium
• Lacing: Hook-and-loop, slip-on
• Recommended Use: Bouldering, training, crack climbing
• Manufacturer Warranty: Limited lifetime

If you’re looking for a soft, extra-sensitive climb shoe that’s simple yet hard-working, Mad Rock offers its Con-Tact. Its concave dual-density sole makes it ideal for friction climbing, and heel hooking is a breeze with the removable Power Strap.

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Rock climbing can be carried out on the outdoors on an actual rock or indoors on fake rock walls. Rock climbing outdoors characteristically engages climbing up predefined tracks. A number of the tracks comprise of clips that are bolted to the rock so the escort climber can effortlessly guard himself from a long descend. Other tracks need the escort climber to position objects that are strangely shaped or clamming apparatus in a protected manner to grip a fall. This is known as traditional or trad climbing. Rock climbing calls for a large amount of expertise and method. Muscles are no alternatives for methods but can aid in developing climbing skills.

At times the objective of the climber is to come across a part to climb for the wholesome satisfaction of climbing. At further times the objective is to climb a mountain where the track to the pinnacle engages in climbing rocky terrains, which is known as alpine climbing.

Endurance training: If you are a comparatively fresh climber, your usual exercises at the neighborhood climbing gym might entail a short cardio warm-up, a few upper body stretches, and a simple route or two. Thereafter you might try 3-4 further tough routes to develop your forearms. This might be acceptable at the time you are acquainting yourself with different methods of climbing and rendering yourself to a variety of moves. However if you by now believe you have a reasonably sturdy method and have been climbing for more than 6 months, and are trying to come across a means to elevate your climbing to the next stage, make an effort to pursue a methodical progress via a set regime.

If you are a fresher to alpine or sport climbing, you must to sign up to acquire the assistance of a professional climbing trainer. A professional climbing trainer can instruct you how to maintain stability of your legs, pay attention on your footwork, learn new moves thoroughly, etc. In addition to this, on the whole, a professional climbing trainer can evaluate your method. This is done so that at the time you set in motion into the first phase of this exercise you would by then display various abilities.

There is a four-part sequence, which is planned to facilitate intermediate rock, alpine, as well as sport climbers to improve their presentation by developing their climbing conditioning.

Part I: Part I is carried out for 4 weeks, and consists of guidelines for your climbing practices at the fitness center in addition to the muscle training workouts to assist you to remain stabile and in good shape. Part I will offer you a fine foundation for the rest of the series by building up common muscular endurance.

Part II: Part II will be pursued for three weeks and will pay attention on power, together with ideas for fitness center climbing training as well as balancing muscle training if you can not reach your neighborhood mountains or climbing gym.

Part III: Part III consists of power training, which goes on for 2 weeks.

Part IV: Part IV is a week of energetic respite or revival.

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