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3 Keys to a Better Bum: A Guide to a Shapelier Lower Body
If you’re looking to fill out your favorite pair of jeans in all the right places, or simply trim your hips in proportion with the rest of your physique,we have a routine that will work for you.

Sculpting Your Arms with Yoga
Whether you’re already studying yoga or want to begin a practice, this discipline is arguably one of the best for sculpting your upper body into tank-top material.

Secrets of Successful Strength Training
It’s easy to fall into a weight training rut, doing the same old routine of favorite exercises day in, day out. The key to successful training lies in varying the training stimuli.

10 Exercise Myths
Although some old fitness fictions are fading fast, plenty of popular exercise misconceptions still exist. Here are some of the most common myths debunked.

Body Fix-Ups That Work: Belly, Thigh and Butt Shapers
FIRM instructor-trainer Kirsten Palmer shares 5 techniques that will help fix your most problematic body parts. In other words, she explains how to make your body bathing suit-friendly.

Top 5 Ways to Lose More Weight with Your Existing Workout
You’ve established a healthy workout schedule, working up a sweat three to five times a week—but why aren’t you losing weight?

5 Workout Techniques to Burn Major Calories in Less Time
Want noticeable results in less time? Get the fastest results by combining cardio and sculpting into a single workout (and even a single move). Here are 5 techniques that will help you get fit and look good—fast!

5 Ways to Boost the Bone Building Power of Your Workout
Tweak your workout to build bone density even if you already have bone loss or osteoporosis. How weight-bearing vs. weighted workouts help, plus multidirectional movement, balance exercises and more.

Best Cross-Training for Your Core Sport
Personal training, physiology, and biomechanics experts share their top tips to help you cross-train for the specific sports and activities you love most, from cycling and running to swimming, golf, yoga, racquet sports, volleyball ...

8 Insider Tips for Tighter Abs
Here are 8 tips I share with anyone who asks me about having tighter abs. They work for me so I know they will work for you, too!

How to Lose Weight with Yoga
Experts weigh in on the best ways to put specific yoga styles, poses and side-effects to work helping you lose weight and get healthier.

6 Easy Ways to Work Healthier
From improving your ergonomics to reducing eye strain and releasing stress fast, these six tips and solutions can make your corner of the office a healthier place to be.

Study: Ab Crunches Work 38% Better on a Ball
How and why using a ball can sculpt abs faster with less strain and effort — plus a how-to guide to three abs exercises supercharged with a stability ball or fitness ball.

Gyrotonic: Exercise Outside the Lines
Working out can be so linear: Treadmill, stair climber, bike path …Break out of “front-facing” workouts. Gyrotonic is an fusion of circular movements combining elements of dance, yoga, swimming, t’ai chi and gymnastics.

Workout Rut? Variety Boosts Results
Bored with your same-old fitness cardio or toning workouts or athletic training routine? Not getting the results you used to? Muscles learn to perform the same exercises using the least energy. Fitness trainer Rick Olderman recommends these circuit and interval techniques for variety that boosts results.

Hoop Your Way to Weight Loss: Top 5 Tips from a Hoop Workout Expert
Hooping expert Betty 'Hoops' Shurin shares her best advice on how to get serious fitness results at home -- and have some serious fun -- with her Dance Hoop Workout for grownups.

Mariel Hemingway's Secrets to Healthy Living
In her new book, actress, yogi and survivor Mariel Hemingway shows you a 30-day plan to help you derive "more health, more peace and more pleasure" from the life you already have.

Can Yoga Help You Lose Weight?
Diets are often about limiting your experience. Yoga is about celebrating the experience of life. Which would you find easier to commit to? This excerpt from the book Yoga Conditioning for Weight Loss explains why, by teaching you to turn your focus inward, yoga works on an emotional level to strengthen a nurturing relationship with yourself and with food -- and identify your overeating triggers.

The "Other" Martial Arts: 7 trends & facts to take you beyond kickboxing
... plus a quick run-down of definitions for martial arts methods you might be less familiar with and are gaining a foothold in America.

Cameron Shayne: Sculpting Celebs, Cultivating Spirit
Bullied as a kid and inspired by episodes of "Kung Fu," Cameron was drawn early to the martial arts -- beginning (against a friend's advice) with taekwondo and its explosive, spinning kicking techniques. His diverse study and practice in Eastern mind-body arts inspired him to synergize yoga, martial arts and meditation to create his holistic Budokon training system, whose devotee list reads like People magazine: Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox Arquette, Meg Ryan, Renee Russo ...

Billy Blanks: From tough-town beginnings to "putting on the power"
"You have the ability to achieve and do anything you want to do," says Tae Bo creator and fitness megastar Billy Blanks. "But you have to put on the power!" Few people have demonstrated such power -- in business, in life, and in the ability to motivate others -- the way this man has.

Know Your Body-Mind Type, Find Your Most-Compatible Workout
It's not you -- it's your workout. A lack of enthusiasm for your current workout program might mean you simply haven't found the right one. Discover your true fitness personality with T'ai Chi expert and wellness coach David-Dorian Ross' advice and eye-opening quiz.

The Hybrid Workout: Results Get More Satisfying
You don't have to be a yogi or abandon your Stairmaster and Bowflex to reap the benefits of mind-body fitness. We talked with fitness trainers and yoga and Pilates experts on how mind-body fitness with traditional workouts can give even the results-obsessed something to believe in.

Fresh, Hot Pilates Stays True to the Core
Pilates expert Ana Caban says Pilates is a-changin'. Her take on why change (but not too much) is good, and how you can use the newest tools, equipment and "hybrid" workouts to make Pilates more interesting, accessible and effective.


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Superhuman? Dr. James, the "Life Athlete"
Physician, TV host, yoga instructor, author, triathlete ... How does this guy do this? James Rouse loved sports coaches who inspired him to "go bigger than himself." Now he says Ironman triathlons train him as a doctor, father, husband ...

Cameron Shayne: Bullied Kid to Martial Arts Master
Photos and footage add to Cameron's recollections of taking tae kwon do against a friend's advice, bodyguarding celebs, choreographing fight scenes, being the ginnea pig at Om Yoga, his inspiration to marry martial arts and yoga, why women love the sense of power Budokon gives them, and more.

Tae Bo 3-Minute Belly Fat Blaster Workout
Sculpt your core and melt fat in your midsection with this quick but intense three-move series guided by Tae Bo? creator Billy Blanks and his daughter, Tae Bo master instructor Shellie Blanks Cimarosti. Uses adjustable Tae Bo Amplifier weighted bar.

How to Get Some Power in Your Life
"Most people don't know how to get power in their lives," says Tae Bo? creator Billy Blanks in this interview for Gaiam Life. Take some sage advice on how to power yourself up, from a man who defied the odds and the naysayers to become a karate champ and celebrity trainer.

Boost Workout Results: Use Pro Training Techniques
"Life takes energy, endurance and strength," says pro trainer, endurance athlete and Walkvest creator Debbie Rocker. "It's not how hard you train, but how efficiently you train," she adds, explaining why varying intensity and heart rate is so important.

Walking: The Best Workout?
Competitive endurance athlete, trainer and Walkvest creator Debbie Rocker explains why walking is the most effective workout -- and how she integrates training techniques used by pro athletes into her walking workouts.

Billy Blanks: Tae Bo Kicks! Check & Refine Your Technique
Love workouts that kick butt, yet feel like a clutz doing the kicks? Take three minutes to polish your moves. Billy Blanks and Shelly Blanks Cimarosti show you the do's and don'ts of Tae Bo kicking techniques to help you work out smarter, not harder. Plus: A useful tip on doing side-kicks if your balance isn't the greatest.

Kick Back for Toned Upper Arms
We asked triathlete and naturopathic physician James Rouse to demo the best exercise for getting strong, defined muscle tone in your triceps. Don't want your arms to keep waving after your hand stops? You need this exercise.

Kickbox Hip/Thigh Reshaper
Kickboxing expert Patricia Moreno shows how a good kick reshapes glutes, hips & thighs.

2-min. Hip & Thigh Toner
Add this toning burst into cardio for real weight loss results. Debbie Rocker gets you motivated!

Kickbox Yoga Fusion Workout Demo
This fun and effective workout is an energetic fusion of kickboxing and yoga moves. Performed by Patricia Moreno and her students in a spectacular outdoor environment.

Mayo Clinic: Heart Health
Bijoy Khandheria, M.D., of Mayo Clinic shares tips and research on how to keep your heart healthy and prevent heart attack through simple lifestyle changes.

Mayo Clinic: Weight Loss Tips
Donald D. Hensrud, M.D., from Mayo Clinic explains how modest lifestyle changes can help you lose weight permanently and improve your health. From the Wellness Solutions DVD series by Gaiam and Mayo Clinic.

5-min Kickbox Cross-Train Workout
Fun, fast, complete kickbox sequence with Patricia Moreno. From Gaiam's Kickbox: Core Cross Train DVD.

Mini Dance Workout
Patricia Moreno shows you a fun dance workout sequence to tone your core. From the new Dance: Core Cross Train DVD by Gaiam.

5-min Yoga Core Cross-Train Workout
Who needs crunches when there's this new core yoga set with Rodney Yee on a red-rocks cliff?! From Gaiam's Yoga: Core Cross Train DVD.

8 Minute Ball Workout
No time? Do fitness trainer Tanja Djelevic's top five cross-training moves using the BalanceBall for fighting belly fat and toning your whole body.

Smarter Dumbbell Workouts
Triathlete James Rouse, also a naturopathic physician and one of the fittest people we've ever seen, recommends strength training for everyone. Here he shows you tips on technique for getting the best results when using dumbells.

5 in 5: Quick Cardio
Firm instructor Rebekah teaches you 5 FIRM moves for a full body workout that tones and shapes your arms, back, butt, legs and stomach.


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