Exercise Boosts Brain Power

According to a recent story published in the Wall Street Journal, a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences shows exercise helps memory.

The study results show that aerobic exercise may help improve memory for older people.

I can't make this up. Check out the article for yourself and learn about this new medical information and how it may benefit you.

Ways To Improve Pedaling Technique

We're all looking for ways to improve our cycling performance.

Try these tricks from Gale Bernhardt at www.active.com. Isolated pedaling exercises help us strengthen our over cycling performance.

Often, we find these exercises boring, but look at these drills as a break from the typical intervals or lactate threshold type work we normally do on our bikes.

Check Out This Diet/Weight Loss Site

Looking for a resource on diet and weight loss?

Check out this new Diet and Weight Loss blog from the publisher of the Carrots 'N' Cake blog. It's a great resource for information on a variety diets, weight loss tips and exercise advice.

Tina Haupert, the author of this blog, does a great job of keeping content up to date on her sites, so make sure to go back more than once.

Intervals, Rock Climbing And A Recipe

This MarathonMaiden's blog had some useful information.

First, there's a great interval workout. It's fast, but you get the point. This is a reminder that it's getting to be time to think about more interval and tempo workouts as part of your routine. If you're training for an event this summer, this something to be considering.

Next, she discusses rock climbing. If you're looking for a great total body workout alternative, rock climbing is a blast. Try your hand on nearby rock climbing wall. Numerous workout facilities offer rock climbing walls as an option.

Finally, this post features a pretty awesome recipe for chocolate caramel saltines. Give it a shot.

Work Around House For Fitness

Looking to stay fit? Look no further than your walls, your garage or your yard.

Based on a recent article in the Chicago Sun-Times, an American Medical Association study shows that common household chores can have the same benefit of 30 to 60 minutes of exercise.

If your walls need painting, your garage needs cleaning or your yard nees mowing; then you may have found the next source of fitness in your life.

Using Nutrition Bars

Do you enjoy consuming energy or nutrition bars? Then you should read this.

Selene Yeager of Bicycling magazine recently published this post on some of the "dos and don'ts" on these bars. I found it to be fairly informative.

Take a look at the label of the product you choose. Make sure it contains the "nutrition" you're seeking. These bars also are known to have a lot of calories - which is okay if you're burning a lot of calories.

Take a look to learn which product might best suit your needs. Remember to take the same issues into consideration with the nutritional drinks you choose as well.

How's That New Year's Resolution?

So about a third of the year is complete - how's the "New Year's Resolution" plan working for you?

Perhaps it's time to take another look at how you've progressed . . . or have not progressed. This post from the www.sparkpeople.com Daily Spark blog provides some great direction on reassessing your plan that you made several months ago.

The true fact is that sometimes we "over plan". Perhaps our dietary goals were unrealistic - you've lost weight, but perhaps not what you planned. Or maybe you're not able to run five miles yet. Perhaps you had a major life change and things just haven't worked out at all like you planned.

Now is a great time to use the tools suggested in this post to get yourself back on track. Vince Lombardi said something that's always stuck with me and it applies here - “It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.”