A sample FitDeck card

If you’re someone who approaches their fitness routine with a gambler’s need for flair and spontaneity, then read on.

FitDeck is a series of exercise playing cards that come in 24 different decks, all with their own focus. Workouts include FitDeck Bodyweight, FitDeck Navy Seal, FitDeck Senior, FitDeck Junior, FitDeck Yoga, FitDeck Pilates, FitDeck Stretch, FitDeck Prenatal, FitDeck Postnatal and so much more. And best of all, each FitDeck features ‘no-equipment’ exercises that require only your body weight to perform.

Just about a month ago, we were celebrating the beginning of a new year, and a new decade. Did you make a New Year’s Resolution? Did you decide that with the new year would come a new you? Did you resolve to lose weight, develop an exercise habit, or change your diet? How is it going for you?

Many people who make these types of vows struggle with maintaining their forward momentum. Maybe you aren’t seeing results as quickly as you’d like, or you feel stifled and tired of even trying. Relax and take heart, for what you are feeling is normal and natural and literally everyone goes through it. How do you get past it, though?

Tune in this Thursday, January 21 to the Rachael Ray Show when expert trainer Bob Greene, stops by to share his fitness tips for 2010.

Oprah’s fitness guru is back with more strategies to get you burning calories for a fitter year and best of all, you can do his exercises anywhere and everywhere - no gym membership needed.

The process of starting to weight train is somewhat difficult. Many questions like “Which machines should I use?” and “How much weight or how many repetitions?” can seem overwhelming.

1. The first thing you need to do is figure out your limitations. Fully understand the injuries that you have or have had in the past that may still create a problem today.

2. Next, you need to set a goal. Do you want to reduce body fat, gain weight, increase strength, or increase endurance? Each of these require a modified weight training regimen.

So, many of us made New Year’s Resolutions to lose weight and get into shape once and for all. How are you doing with that? If you are like many of us, you joined a gym. But if you are new to fitness or weight loss, you might be unsure of exactly what to do in the gym.

I went to the gym today and noticed that it was much more full than usual, and then I realized that many of the people I saw were new. Many of them were unsure of how to use the equipment; I saw some women doing exercises that were designed to do the very opposite of what the attendee wanted: ten minutes of reps on the adductor machine, for example, will do nothing to reduce the size of your thighs, for that, you need cardio. What might very well happen to these women, as is very common, is that they will not see the results they desire and give up, convinced that working out doesn’t work for her.