When you're just beginning a new training/exercise program, you might want to follow the '2 days on, 1 day off' method for a while - after exercising two days, take one day off. Once your body gets used to the exercises, you should increase the difficulty and repetitions or duration, but don't overdo it. Then it would be more like 2 steps forward, 1 step back - or even 3 steps back if you tear, pull, or injure a tissue, ligament, muscle, or bone.

Wait until the evening to do any exercise if you can't get to an air-conditioned gym or room. With this heat rush these 2 days even the evenings have been hot. Be careful to keep caution on exercising in too hot conditions as you can overheat and get heat exhaustion.

No Pain, No Gain? No. It should be more like 'No Sweat. No Gain' or 'No Pain, No Premature Arthritis'. But those don't rhyme, or get you to do overboard.

You probably have seen someone on tv eating raw eggs as part of their training plan as they train for a marathon, or a big fight - but it is not recommended - don't do it! Especially now with all the egg recalls.

Better just cook it, real well.

You don't need a dvd or videotape to workout, but it helps if you don't know where to start at all. You can also check out this blog daily for tips! It's free!

American Idol is holding auditions now for their upcoming season. Who knows who the judges are going to be, with the rumors that all the judges are leaving except perhaps Randy. What does this have to do with working out? Did you watch the show? There is a lot of standing around and stairs - from the tv show airings it looks...