Archive for March, 2009

CPR Certification

Even before you get your fitness certification, you must get certified in CPR. Depending on the organization, your CPR will last either one or two years. In the past few years, most CPR certification will also teach you to use the automated external defibrillators, which are also know as AED. If you plan to work [...]

So You Want to Become a Women’s Fitness Instructor

Perhaps you have decided that you would like to become a women’s fitness trainer. Or, maybe you have always harbored a secret fantasy about being a personal trainer. After all, you are the one that your friends come to when they want to know the best workout for the "belly," or the best workout for [...]

BMI: Body Mass Index

Today, many people are talking about BMI. What is it? BMI stands for Body Mass Index. It is a number that is calculated from a woman’s weight and height. Although it does not directly measure body fat, a BMI reading has been shown to correlate with body fat measuring methods such as underwater weighing. According [...]

10 Tips for Healthy Manicures

Simple tips for avoiding nail infections, fungus, HIV or AIDS at the nail salon.

Weight Loss through Weight Watchers

In the past three decades, some of the wackiest diets have been marketed to the American public. If studies have proven one thing, it’s the fact that fad diets do not work. The only program that has remained consistently tried and true is the Weight Watchers Program Even if you are not the type of [...]