Roy Fitness

 Guest Post By Donna Smith Call it what you will, munching, carb loading, fulfilling a craving, snacking, having a treat … it’s all the same thing …. Taking on excess calories.  Of course, if we only reached for carrots or apples to meet this “need,” then it really wouldn’t be a problem.  But the food [...]

Back in September of last year, I decided to try out the increasingly popular workout DVD, the p90x. At the time, I thought I was ready to make the commitment, but as I soon found out, I wasn’t. I ended up staying on the 90-day program for about 40 days. The program was tough and [...]

It seems that there is an awful lot of confusion when it comes to the term ‘functional training’. I have found that most of the non-fitness industry folks I’ve spoken to about this seem to think that functional training is some sort of advanced form of exercise for athletes or entails a specific sport. While [...]

As a follow up to my last article about push up equipment, I wanted to share my thoughts on useless fitness equipment that has found its way onto our closet shelves by means of deceptive and false advertising. With billions of dollars spent each year in the health an fitness industry, there is a vast market of opportunity [...]

From the hundreds of exercises out there, push ups have to be one of my favorite. It’s a phenomenal exercise and can be done in dozens of variations. The best part is that it’s free, there is no equipment required, and can be done anywhere. The push up is mainly a chest exercise, but also uses your [...]

Move over Lance Armstrong, there’s a new breed of over-achiever and her name is Donna Simpson. Donna is a woman with unbridled passion, awe-inspiring determination, and has her eye on one goal and one goal only…..to join the Guinness Book of World’s Records as the fattest woman on the planet. Now that’s a lofty goal! [...]