By: Dove --- How do you top 10 years in the entertainment game and over 20 million albums sold worldwide? For 35-year-old Cornell Haynes, Jr., better known to us as Nelly, there is always a new page in the book of success to turn. The entertainer is on the verge of releasing a new fitness DVD called Celebrity Sweat on September 28, followed by his fifth studio album Nelly 5.0 on November 11...

By: Darrell W. Butler ACE, NFPT, ISCA Certified Personal Trainer --- When my friend Carmen came back from her trip to Miami last weekend, she returned with more than just a deeper tan and some tacky souvenir t-shirts. She also came back with a few horror stories about her experiences at some of the local gyms that she utilized while she was down there. At the first gym she visited, one o...

By: Siddiqu "The Personal Trainer" ACE (American Council of Exercise), NFPT (National Federation of Personal Training) Certified Personal Trainer, IHSA Certified Coach, and Boxing Fitness Trainer --- I was training a client recently, and he was complaining about the price of reduced sugar yogurt and how eating healthy was really expensive, and I get that a lot from people. "Being in shape an...

By: Dove --- Jennifer Hudson has been steadily slimming down and toning up, and she is revealing her new size 6 body on the cover of InStyle Magazine! In the E! News video below, 29-year-old Hudson looks happier than ever in her photo shoot, and definitely looks beautiful! But as the reporter says, Jennifer's beau David loves her at any size, and so do we! ...

By: Darrell W. Butler ACE, NFPT, ISCA Certified Personal Trainer --- In many ways, the relationship between man and machine can be even more intimate and personal than the relationship between a man and his wife. You ask a man his anniversary date, and watch the beads of sweat form on his brow as he struggles to “carry the one,” but ask this same man how many miles his Mustang gets per g...

By: Darrell W. Butler ACE, NFPT, ISCA Certified Personal Trainer --- If you’re an expecting mother or have recently given birth to a child, congratulations! A newborn baby is one of life’s most precious gifts; however that gift usually comes packaged with a few extra digits on the scale. Unfortunately you can’t blame your child for those extra pounds forever. If your son is now old enou...

By: Darrell W. Butler ACE, NFPT, ISCA Certified Personal Trainer --- In case you were confused by the frigid temperatures in many parts of the world right now, summertime is right around the corner (June 20)! That means that the months of hiding behind layers of clothing and heavy jackets are over. Instead, every extra pound will be out there on full display, spilling over your jeans and out...

By: Dove --- LL Cool J appeared on ABC's The View today (May 13) to speak with the ladies about moving his family to L.A. for his NCIS role, his new book Platinum 360 Diet and Lifestyle and more! At 42-years-old, Uncle L has never looked better! To show off some of his technique, he actually arm-curled Elisabeth, Joy and Sherri! Speaking of looking good, co-host Vanessa Williams (47) just...