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Fitness
Fitness is defined as a state of being healthy, which prepares the body for the physical necessities of daily life. To be more precise, fitness provides strength, flexibility and stamina for the proper functioning of the body. It is a total solution for a perfect, fine-tuned life. The five main components of fitness are aerobic endurance, muscular …
11 Tips to Boost Your Metabolism
Boosting ones metabolism is something many people try to achieve everyday. Having a high metabolic rate increases the amount of calories, or energy, the body burns on a daily basis. Without optimal metabolism the body will store excess calories as fat for future use. The problem for many people is they dont ever use these excess calories and as a r…
5 Ways Poor Posture Can Limit Height Growth
Many posture problems exist that people pick up over the years and may not even realize they have. These could lead to pain, especially back pain, and as far as height is concerned, can make us not only physically shorter, but appear shorter as well. Some of the most common posture problems are looked at below.1. Walking posture - This is an easy o…
7 Energizing Ways to Increase Metabolism
Some days it just seems hard to get going. Trying to find that extra bit of energy to get you through your day but it just isn't there. The periods of low energy may not be what they seem. Sometimes just doing a few simple things will not only help your energy levels but it can increase your metabolism as well. And anyway you can increase your meta…
7 Ways to Increase Metabolism and Lose Weight
If you are tired of trying the latest diet fad and getting little or now results then maybe its time you tried the time honored method of losing weight. By a simple increase in your metabolism you can start to burn more calories and actually lose weight without having to starve yourself. The best part of increasing your metabolism is it is the best…
AHCC - Natural Immune Enhancer
AHCC - Natural Immune EnhancerAHCC (activated hexose correlate compound) is an extract of an hybridization of several medical mushrooms, each of which has a long history of medicinal use in Japan. However, AHCC action is so much more powerful than the mushrooms from which it comes, that studies show it has been effective against liver cancer, prost…
Anxiety Depression Treatment with DHEA
Anxiety and depression are treatable forms of mental illness. With anxiety, the patients are overwhelmed with worry, too frightened to face a situation and with no other wish than to keep themselves locked up at home. In depression, the patients feel dejected, discouraged, worthless, and sometimes show suicidal tendency in severe cases. The se…
Battle The Holiday Bulge And WIn
Halloween so starts the Holiday Season. The average American gains 7-12 pounds between Halloween and New Years . The next series of articles will help you ensure that you wont be among them. First, Halloween. As Halloween rears its head, so does the plethora of wonderful smelling chocolates and other treats that tempt us as we walk through the a…
Beginner Yoga Class Checklist
If youre new to yoga, you might not know what to expect when you walk in the doors of a beginners yoga class for the first time. You might not even know how to start in choosing a beginners yoga class to attend. Heres a how to checklist.1. Nail down your goals and find the right style for you.Everyone comes to yoga for different reasons. Sometimes …
Best Bridge Exercise
The spinal cord is the most important part of one's body. It gives shape to our body and defines our posture. It is extremely important to keep it in good shape and it can only be achieved through regular exercise. Exercise keeps the muscle flexible and the bones strong. Small injuries and fractures can be taken care of without problems if exercise…
BODY BUILDING - The Art Of Beauty
BODY BUILDING Man has always strived for maximum strength and physical perfection since time immemorial. A man with good physique and graceful body has always been looked upon with admiration everywhere. Men like Apollo, Hercules, Samson, Rustam and Sohrab will always be remembered with respect till their successes dazzle the world with more beauti…
Breakfast Keeps You Thin
We’ve all heard before that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and yet most of us still barely are able to scarf down a few hundred calories of empty carbs in the morning, citing excuses like time and I’m not hungry in the morning. Studies have shown that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, as regular br…
Burn Fat with Green Tea
When you work out in the gym every day with that huge commitment and the results come slower than you’d like, it’s a huge bummer. After all, you’re eating right and burning lots of energy so what else could you do to get the weight to drop off? Turns out it may be cutting out that morning cup ofcoffee. I know.&nb…
Capsaicin for Fat Burning
What would you say if I told you that there are bodybuilders out there who avoid all fat burner supplements but are devoted to the active ingredient in Cayenne pepper, capsaicin, and wont workout without it? I know, its totally incredible to think that the spice hanging around most people’s kitchens is actually a popular fat loss supple…
CLA
CLAAn Omega-6 Fatty Acid For Good HealthConjugated Linoleic Acid (CLA), its means slight reaarrangment of its molecularstructure. CLA provide 70 to 80% supplements. CLA gave 180 overweight volunteers3.4 grams of CLA every day for a year. They also increased lean body mass byabout 2%, regardless of diet or exercise habits. CLA is natur
Coffee Power
Did you know that coffee is a powerful aid in enhancing athletic endurance and performance? In fact, caffeine in coffee or other forms was once deemed a "controlled" substance by the Olympic Games Committee, meaning athletes were under coffee control!So what exactly does it do to enhance performance? What caffeine likely does …
Considering Creatine?
I’m sure most of you guys who are into body building have heard of or tried out creatine supplements. Nearly all of the body's creatine supply is located within skeletal muscle where it assists in generating force which is why eating sources of skeletal muscle (fish and meats) provides us with creatine in our diets, which our muscles ab…
Core Training Basics
Core training is the latest rage in the fitness industry, but not many people really understand what it is. There are many misconceptions about what it is and how it works. People know that core training is smarter training, but they may not realize why that is. Core training represents a more balanced and realistic approach to health. For a very l…
Do you need a Fitness Trainer?
Wow it's the start of a new year again so it's time to make another effort at kicking bad habits and taking on good habitssuch as: joining a Gym to get fit and lose a few pounds. When most people join a gym, motivation runs high for the first couple of months and it's great, but then they start to lose interest, this usually happens around March or…
Eat Olive Oil for Muscles Like Popeye
Once in a while there will be a food that will pop up on this blog that’s good for everyone including us who are on the journey towards muscle mass and fat loss. And here’s the one that has done just that today: olive oil. The famous oil of the Mediterranean and heart healthy diets, olive oil can actually help us to bu…
Exercise and IBS: What's the Connection?
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a disorder which causes the bowels or the gut to be oversensitive. This increase in sensitivity causes a variety of uncomfortable symptoms, which includes excessive gas, stomach cramps and pains, bloating of the abdomen, constipation, and diarrhea. Obviously, these symptoms do not exactly make for the ideal life. U…
Exercise To Avoid Alzheimer's
Yes, its true. Scientific research studies show that exercise greatly lowers your risk of dementia and your risk of Alzheimers, the most-feared form of dementia.Swedish scientists found that those who engaged in "leisure time physical activity" at least twice a week in middle age had a 50 percent lower chance of developing dementia, and a 60 PERCE…
Fitness Programs
Fitness is a state of the human body that allows it to function up to its full potential. It is the ability to do regular jobs without any strain, while being alert and energetic enough to endure any stressful activities. It is basically a condition wherein, all the major parts of the body, heart, lungs, kidneys, liver, bones and muscles are in pro…
Getting Your Family Into Fitness
Getting and staying in shape is important for you - but your workouts may be more important for your family. The reason: your family is inexorably drawn to follow your fitness example - for good or bad. How you manage your personal fitness and nutrition has a ripple effect that spreads across your entire family.Your personal ripple effect may be o…
Going Nuts!
Most people are truly afraid of nuts when they are trying to lose weight because of all the calories and fat that they contain. And yes, the overly salted and oiled roasted nuts on the bar at your local pub are not friendly when it comes to getting leaner. But eat them raw and with skins intact and you’re actually on your way to b…