Tuesday's Trim Down

This Tuesday's Trim Down is another *free* workout. Most of us know iTunes as a source for downloading music for our iPods, but what you may not realize is that iTunes also offers Podcasts. Podcasts are digital files that can come in audio or video form and are available in episode format. There are Podcasts for a range of subjects including the news, market information, arts and crafts, language learning and much more. Most importantly for our purposes, there are a wide variety of Podcasts on Health and Fitness. You can find a Podcast for almost any type of sport or fitness interest. Some great examples are Elsie's Yoga Class and Dave Farmer's Power Yoga, both of which offer free full-length yoga classes through audio instruction. Or a personal favorite of FitBritt's is the Pilates on 5th video Podcast, which offers instruction on Pilates moves and has 10 min and 30 min Pilates classes. IndoorCylcingPodcast offers an audio indoor cycling class including music and instruction, which is a great substitute for an indoor cycling class. And for all you runners, there are a multitude of Podcasts providing coaching on everything from how to run a 5K to tackling a marathon or triathalon.

In addition to fitness instruction, there are Podcasts on nutrition, such as Vegetarian Food For Thought and Dishing Up Nutrition, which offer information and suggestions on eating healthy. You can also find Podcasts for workout music mixes or motivational speaking.

Once you have found a Podcast (or two) that you like, you can choose to watch or listen to the individual episode streaming online or you can subscribe to the Podcast and have the episodes automatically downloaded to your iTunes library daily. And of course, the best part is that all of this information and instruction is *free!*

Readers, any Podcasts you enjoy?

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