Keeping to the same fitness plan everyday gets boring and no fun after a while.  Introducing some variety and different exercises into a fitness plan helps boost the fun and overall fitness.  If you’re not a fitness guru, it can be difficult to come up with a new fitness plan each day.  Use this handy fitness generator to create a fun new fitness plan based on goals and objectives.

Using this fitness tool at MensHealth,  you can have have a fun new fitness plan each day. Enter the sort of fitness exercise you want – Gym or Outdoor and select your fitness aim – weight-loss, tone-up, bulk-up, increase strength. Decide how much time you have and a new detailed fitness plan is generated.

The plan gives details including the type of fitness exercise to do, the duration, and variations in resistance.  Much cheaper than a fitness trainer.

Windows. Slouching over a laptop blogging all day will eventually take it’s toll on your wrists and back.  And if you’re like me, it’s not always top of your priority list to take 10 minutes out to do some stretches to loosen things up. With this great little free app, you can set up some reminders to force you to take a break every so often.

Big Stretch Reminder will sit happily in your system tray until a predefined time period of your choice arrives at which point an alert will appear offering either RSI tips or a message of your choosing.

You have the option of choosing an alert mode which can be either a discrete bubble allowing you to continue working, or a Micro Break which blocks the desktop.  You can also set a sound to accompany your alert and the tray icon can act as a countdown indicator to the next break.

If like me, you tend to push on through the day,  this little Micro-Break message can save the aching hands from getting worse.

Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, Vista, 7

Download Big Stretch

I love little utility programmes like this. Let me know if you have any RSI prevention tools and apps.

Relieve tired eyes and eye strain with F.lux

If you’re staying up on the laptop too late, and developing square eyes syndrome, you could try installing f.lux on you PC, Mac or Linux based system.  F.lux makes the colour of your computer’s display adapt to the time of day – warm at night and like sunlight during the day.

f.lux makes your computer screen look like the room you’re in, all the time. When the sun sets, it makes the computer look like the indoor lights. In the morning, it makes things look like sunlight again.

Tell f.lux what kind of lighting you have, and where you live to enjoy less eye strain.

VirtualGym TV broadcast a hugh number of health and fitness exercise sessions over a raft of genre’s including Aerobics, Step Aerobics, Combat, Pilates, Dance, Tai Chi, Core Strength Conditioning, Stability Ball, Legs, Bums & Tums, Circuit Training, Spin / Stationary Bike, Interval Training and sessions including meditation/relaxation sessions.

All classes can be viewed using Windows Media Player, and can be viewed in full screen. Sessions can also be burnt to DVD and played back on a standard DVD player, or you can stream the video file directly to your TV from your computer

Unlimited access is possible using various monthly subscriptions (min £5/month) by paying monthly or anually.  This involves basically paying in advance giving you a lower fee. Also,  you can simply use pay as you go where you pay an annual fee of  £15, and you’ll be billed for each session you’ve viewed or downloaded.  Each session will cost between 60p and £1.  But you won’t have access to the personal trainer element.

Do you still need that expensive gym membership? How do you use the web to enhance your fitness?

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