Every magazine rack you look at contains a variety of fitness magazines with super-fit models on its cover.

You may be wondering why there are so many different titles and what each one has to offer.

Before we discuss different titles perhaps we should discuss what people are looking for in fitness magazines. Essentially there are only two things that people are looking for when reading fitness magazines:

1) Information: This could be in the form of advice from fitness experts, latest research findings, exercise techniques and more. 2) Motivation: Some of us motivate ourselves by seeking out muscular physiques that we admire (like those of the fitness models in the magazine). While others read motivational articles of how

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Open just about any women’s magazine and you’ll find ads for Celrase, the anti-cellulite cream. The product is reportedly being swooped off drug store shelves and department store counters in the hopes that it will solve one of women’s constant body complaints: the presence of cellulite.

To understand what cellulite is, you need to understand a bit about the musculature and fatty tissues beneath your skin. Cellulite is the name coined to describe a collection of fat that pushes against the connective tissue beneath a person’s skin, which causes the surface of the skin to dimple or pucker up and look lumpy. Found primarily in women, it affects all ages, shapes, and sizes, and can be one of

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If you have ever joined with a male friend in a weight loss programme you may have noticed that men are able to lose weight more easily than women. Life seems cruel sometimes. Men hold a metabolic edge over women because they have more muscle, and muscles are the “workhorses” of the body.

Many women who felt slim at 35 years, still weighing the same at 45 hnow consider themselves “fat”. No it probably isn’t social conditioning. It is more likely to be the truth and they are actually more “fat” than they used to be. The scales are not the only answer to understanding what’s going on in your body.

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Where do you go if you have women’s health questions? Do you go to your favorite doctor-like website? Do you look through magazines or do you just ask your friends? Maybe you actually go and visit your doctor? I have found that when it comes to questions of a sensitive nature, I’d much rather go online and try to find an answer that way than talk face to face with somebody I know. For example, if I have a general question I have no problem polling some of my female friends. How long is the average woman’s cycle? 28 days? Okay, no big deal to talk about with friends or family. But when there’s something that isn’t quite right,

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Finding that perfect fitness machine that “does it all” may be more real than expected due to the fact that the latest
research supported, cardiovascular fitness machines are now available on the market. Elliptical cross trainers offer a truly beneficial yet low impact workout. They really are the fitness machine that gives that sought after total body workout.

La Crosse, a research team at the University of Wisconsin, conducted a comparison of a treadmill to an elliptical cross trainer, the NordicTrak Ellipse. Special attention was directed toward the low impact, elliptical motion of the cross trainer in contrast to the high impact walking or running required on the treadmill.

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