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Monday, February 22, 2010

The types of jobs you need to be fit for

With the job market that is so tight right now, it does not take much of an imagination to figure out that being physically fit will often get you that job you are after. There are of course some jobs that require a person not only to be fit but pass an extreme physical just to be considered for the job. One such job is being a fire fighter. I know of several people both male and female that got their Fire Service degrees only to fail the obstacle course that they had to pass just to be considered for the job. They all went back after more rigorous training and passed the obstacle course so they could advance to the next level of elimination.

The physical demands for that type of job are tremendous. Other physically demanding jobs are farm field workers, tree trimmer, electric linesmen and logger. Most are considered to be a male oriented careers but us gals know that if we want to get the good pay we have to, and do, enter those male careers for better pay.

Friday, February 19, 2010

Anoher diet supplement needs to be looked at

There is yet another diet system on the market. This one is called Quick Trim. Just by the title I can see that it is yet another gimmick diet to part you from your cash. There are websites that are popping up all over that claim they have the best or most honest quick trim reviews. I have not looked into this diet or system yet but with the word 'Quick" in its title, it can't be all that good.

Monday, February 15, 2010

You don't want to look like this

I always tell anyone that is interested in losing weight or getting into shape.........DON'T use fast weight loss pills or try and go on a crazy diet to lose weight fast. Otherwise you will end up with lots of loose skin like this:


The type of people that want to lose weight fast are the plastic surgeons bread and butter. They love people who need a nip and tuck job after losing weight too fast. You need to not ony diet but you have to exercise as well.

Drop outs in my workout class


I have been attending my college strength and fitness class now for 7 weeks. It meets 3 times a week for an hour. When I first started the class there were about 50 students. Now, 7 weeks later I think there are only 15. A lot of people have dropped out.

I think that most of the students just wanted a quick fix to their weight and fitness. I even overheard 2 of the girls talking about alli reviews since one of them was tempted to try it out. Thankfully the teacher overheard them too an managed to talk them out of that shortcut to their overall health.