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Home Healthy Snack Ideas Crunchy & Sweet: Try eating a cup of some sweetened cereal such as Fruit Loops, Apple Jacks or Sweetened Shredded Wheat. You will get your sugar fix and some nutrients as well! Healthy Fat & Crunch: One of my favorite snacks is sliced Granny Smith apples, dipped in peanut butter. Pretzels dipped in peanut butter are great as well. Stick to a natural brand of peanut butter to keep away from those hydrogenated oils for a more healthy snack. Packed with Nutrients: Try whipping up a batch of Homemade Protein Bars for a sweet energy blast!
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We're pleased to offer you this fitness article by ACE Targeting Your ButtSAN DIEGO -- Forget about "butt-busting" fitness gadgets. A recent poll of American Council on Exercise (ACE) certified fitness professionals found simple squats and lunges to be the best ways to tone and shape the gluteal muscles. In the May/June issue of ACE FitnessMatters, more than 36,000 ACE-certified fitness professionals were asked to name the best exercise for achieving a shapely rear end. Most of the respondents said the best overall exercise was squats - with or without weights. Lunges were named a close second. Both exercises require core body balance and strength to isolate lower-body muscle groups. But other favorites were just as basic. Walking uphill, jogging and stair climbing rounded out the top-five. Richard Cotton, ACE's chief exercise physiologist, is quick to point out that toning and shaping any muscle group requires incorporating a strong aerobic component into your exercise program. "Squats and lunges will work to strengthen your gluteals, as well as most of the major muscle groups of the lower body," Cotton said, "but you will only see a change in shape if you are doing fat-burning aerobic exercise and watching your diet as well. You'll get the strength benefits doing squats and lunges, but there will be no change in appearance without a well-rounded approach. "Your best bet is walking uphill. It's the best combination of aerobic activity to burn fat and anaerobic activity to shape muscles." Here are the top gluteal/lower-body exercises, according to surveyed ACE-certified fitness professionals: Squats, with or without weights Cotton also strongly warns against believing any specific exercise is a sure-fire way to get the body you desire. A number of factors determine body size and shape, including diet, cardiovascular conditioning, and strength training. But according to Cotton, something none of us can control -- genetics -- is the No. 1 factor in body shape. This article was provided by ACE, the American Council on Exercise. Please visit their website at http://www.acefitness.org for more easy-to-follow articles and tips. More great articles! How to Choose a Personal Trainer Who's Right for You Safety Precautions & Basic Gym Safety Stretching Principles and Guidelines Benefits of Flexibility Training |
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