The FJ Picks Of The Week

Hello there you lovely devils you!
Heres our  2nd installment of the FJ Picks of the week; in our effort to share the pearls of wisdom on the net. You can also refer to it as our weekly round up. From how swimming can be a good exercise for women, to new research being conducted to combat aging; this round up has some good reads for exercise, health and nutrition. Enjoy

Exercise
Swimming Can Boost Every Woman's Fitness
A good read that explains the benefits of swimming as an exercise for women. It lists 9 benefits including hearth health, exercising during pregnancy and strengthening your core.
FJ TIP: If you don’t swim that often then be sure to include swimming in your workout regime. It will be a nice break from the regular routine and will work your whole body.

Team Up to Get Fit!
A Self.com blog entry that shares a fun move you can do with your workout buddy. The move itself is a pretty good one actually. It will work on strength as well as endurance.

Understanding and Enhancing Your Core Strength
Since we have also been focusing the last week on giving some core strengthening exercises, we thought this article posted at the About.com exercise section, would also be a fitting pick. It explains what is meant by core muscles and gives you some good exercises for your core

Health
Yoga For Sex
Men you are going to wanna see this Mens Health video. It’s a minute explanation of a study that found yoga improved sexual endurance in men.

Quest for a Long Life Gains Scientific Respect
This article on the New York Times website, is a bit “Sciency”, but its fascinating. It highlights the work and research being done on anti aging. Makes you think if we will soon have an Elixir for youthful life

Nutrition
Don't Over Analyze Your Results
A very good short post at the Nutrition Data blog. Discusses some very simple and effective methods to monitor your weight while making sure that you dont become obessesive about monitoring it all the time.

There you have it folks. Our picks for the week. Read them. See if they are relevant to your fitness goals. If so then practice whats mentioned in them and get closer to acheiving what you have set out to do..

Stay Fit
Apollo