We already know, “Black don’t crack,” but if you’d like to enhance the natural youthful beauty Black women retain well into their older years, you may want to consider taking up yoga.
Best Thigh and Butt Exercises
Black Women Fitness: The Best Exercises for Your Thighs and Butt Many a black woman’s fitness goals center on getting firm, toned butt and thighs. However, the butt and thighs are two of the hardest areas to lose excess weight.Many [...]
You, a Treadmill and 2000 Calories
Winter time can be hell on a running/walking workout if you’re used to working out outside. And for those of you ladies with hair concerns, the wetness of the winter time ain’t exactly encouraging you to go exercising outdoors either.
Chicken Tuna!
From our resident personal trainer Casper: I am a member over at bodybuilding.com forums and have been for about ten years. I really use the place as a reference guide as it is a wealth of information. Well there is [...]
Working Out on a Budget: Don’t Let the Recession Make You Fat
Lacking the money to reach your fitness goals? The recession has been hard on everyone, especially black women. Fitness equipment manufacturers, fitness clubs and the rest of the fitness industry hasn’t been immune to the downturn either. Because of the [...]
Thick Thighs = Healthy Heart
Turns out my thick 23.5in thighs are just perfect. According to a new study they are the perfect size to keep me heart healthy. And here I was thinking I needed to lose some inches: The lure of “thinner thighs” [...]
Black Women’s Health: Using Weights to Get Fit
I have a serious pet peeve when I see black women in the gym using three pound weights to complete a weak workout. Many times I’ve seen trainers tell women they should use light weights and high reps to sculpt [...]
12 Tips to Staying Motivated
Keeping up the day to day of working out can be tough. Motivation is key, but keeping up that motivation, particularly if you don’t like working out, can be just as difficult as saying no to that extra piece of [...]

