| | From Wendy Bumgardner, your About Fitness Editor | | 5 Ways to Get the Best Ab Workouts Ab workouts take a lot of effort. Why not make them the best they can be? Here are some tips for making ab workouts effective - not just for getting nice flat abs, but highly functional ones too. | 10 Exercise Rules to Live By Exercise isn't always easy, even under the best circumstances, but what if you could do something to make it easier? There are a few common rules that, when followed, can give you the support you need to make exercise a regular part of your life. These rules may even make exercise so much easier, you actually start to enjoy it. | Weight Training 30 Day Quick Start This is a quick-start guide to get you into weight training over one month of steady progression. Here's what to do leading up to day 1 and then on to day 30. Your goal by day 30 is 9 different exercises with 3 sets of 12 repetitions for each exercise. | Does Stretching Reduce Endurance? Our long-taught beliefs about tretching before exercise is really taking a beating from researchers. In the latest blow, a study found that stretching reduced endurance in runners. | | | | Fitness Ads | | | | Featured Articles | | | | | | | | Sign up for more free newsletters on your favorite topics | | | | You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About Fitness newsletter. If you wish to change your email address or unsubscribe, please click here. About respects your privacy: Our Privacy Policy Contact Information: 249 West 17th Street New York, NY, 10011 © 2010 About.com | | | | | More Fitness | | Advertisement | |