| re lying on your back. Your body feels shot, unable | | | | * The jack-knife sit-up is an exercise that focuses on |
| to move another inch. Every muscle in your body | | | | one's abs. First, sit on a mat or on the floor. Do not |
| tells your brain it refuses to move. But your brain tells | | | | try this on a swivel bar stool! You can either use no |
| your body that it must move. You must get up one | | | | weight, or place a weight between your ankles. Lie |
| more time, in order to get the drinks that you could | | | | flat on the surface, with hands to the sides. At the |
| die without. So, your mind tells your carcass to ignore | | | | same time, raise your knees and upper body until the |
| any feelings of being tired, pained, or overused. You | | | | hips and knees are bent. Then return to the starting |
| place your hands behind your head, to support it as | | | | position, with the waist, hips, and knees stretched |
| you curl your upper body forwards. Nearing the | | | | out. |
| halfway point, gravity starts to resist, pushing you | | | | * The weighted incline twisting crunch is an excellent |
| back towards the ground. But you keep moving | | | | exercise for one's obliques. Hook your feet under |
| forward and leftward, until your right elbow contacts | | | | padding and lie flat on an incline bench, bending your |
| your left knee. Then suddenly, your body quickly | | | | hips. Use both hands to hold a plate on your chest. |
| drops back to the ground, exhausted from doing | | | | Twist your waist, to raise your upper waist from the |
| your last sit-up of the set. While turning on a swivel | | | | bench, to one side. Return until the shoulders' back |
| bar stool actually reduces resistance, instead of | | | | touches the padded incline board. Then repeat on the |
| increasing it, the action resembles the turning motion | | | | opposite side. |
| of many stomach exercises. | | | | After doing several sets of these exercises, you |
| Genes or Jeans? | | | | have earned the right to sit on a swivel bar stool, |
| The need for stomach exercises shows that | | | | which does all the work for you! |
| overeating has become an epidemic in modern | | | | Eating to Your Health |
| society. In fact, obesity is the U.S.'s second most | | | | Another way to shed pounds is by changing your |
| common cause of preventable death. This fact | | | | eating habits. Many meals include too much fat and |
| shows that slow metabolism and "bad" genes cannot | | | | too many carbohydrates and calories. Even some |
| always be blamed for obesity. Worse, the problem | | | | "healthy" foods are misleading. A salad smothered |
| does not end with obesity. Being overweight can | | | | with a cheese and bacon dressing can have as much |
| cause other health problems, such as high cholesterol, | | | | fat as other oily foods on the menu. Sodas, burgers |
| high blood pressure, and diabetes. While sitting on a | | | | and chocolate seem to be taking the place of fruits, |
| swivel bar stool all day is not advisable, its full range | | | | vegetables, and yogurt in many people's diets. So |
| of motion can motivate people to hit the gym. | | | | whenever you sit at a swivel bar stool, it would be |
| Twist and Burn | | | | wise to usually make healthy choices from a menu. |
| Several exercises are useful in isolating the stomach's | | | | Twisting on a swivel bar stool is much easier than |
| muscles, and many of them require the exerciser to | | | | shifting your weight on a stationary bar stool. But the |
| twist the middle part of his body. There are some | | | | twisting motion should remind you to exercise your |
| exercises that isolate certain parts of a person's | | | | midsection and make healthy diet choices. |
| midsection. | | | | |