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Exercise for Beginners
May 5th, 2009Knowing what you want to achieve is essential if you are to plan a program for a healthier, fitter lifestyle. For example, your goals could be:
• Losing weight
• Getting fit
• Climbing stairs without getting out of breath
• Increasing energy levels
Whatever your goals are, set yourself realistic targets and be determined to achieve them.
Getting Started: Fitness Guidelines
When starting out, always begin at a level that is right for your current fitness condition and progress at a suitable rate so as to keep your mind and body interested.
An exercise program should always be safe and effective. Keep the following fitness guidelines in mind:
Warm-up
A warm-up prepares the body for the activity to follow. Muscles perform better and are less prone to injury when they are warm. A warm-up...
Exercise Better Than Any Pill
May 4th, 2009
In this increasingly mechanized, automated and computerized world, we need to make a determined effort to be active. Regular exercise reduces the risk of disease and illness by as much as 20% to 50%. To keep our bodies fit, tuned and functioning efficiently we need to fit in exercise into our busy lives.
Benefits of exercise
Physical activity helps you look and feel better. Your posture, stamina and energy levels improve. Regular exercise also helps combat depression and stress.
Need motivation to exercise? Take a look at what exercise does -
• Reduces the risk of heart disease
• Lowers blood pressure levels
• Decreases bad (LDL) cholesterol and increases good (HDL) cholesterol levels
• Reduces the risk of osteoporosis
• Promotes weight loss
• Helps de-stress and improves quality of sleep
• Improves posture
• Improves agility, balance and flexibility
• Improves immunity levels
Take a look a few...
Eating Right and Still Being a Vegetarian
April 28th, 2009
“The right kind of food is one of the most important factors in the promotion of health; and the wrong kind of food is one of the most important factors in the promotion of disease.” -- Sir Robert McCarrison, a renowned nutritionist.
Eating for vitality
To have the necessary energy and strength to get through each day, it is important to eat right. Eating right means making right food choices in appropriate quantities.
Choosing to be a vegetarian is an individual choice, but it is a well established fact that you can be a vegetarian and still be brimming with energy, vitality and good health.
Your vitality depends upon a careful balance of at least fifty nutrients.
They include sources of energy or calories which may come from carbohydrates, fats or proteins...
Detoxification
April 27th, 2009
Are you happy to be alive when you wake up in the mornings?
Do you feel well rested and relaxed?
Or do you stumble to the washroom, hoping that a shower will bring you back to life? Or rely on that morning mug of coffee to help you revive and get moving?
Why this listlessness?
Toxic build-up
We constantly expose our bodies to toxins. We eat processed foods, lead stressful lives, inhale cigarette smoke (whether passively or actively), live in polluted environments and focus so little on healthy eating and active living.
What does all this result in, then?
This result in accumulated toxins – and these factors contribute to their build-up.
Understanding signals
Many of us accept lethargy and ill health as a normal consequence of our fast paced, stressful lives. Constantly living on the...
Body Fat Percentage Categories
April 21st, 2009
Women
Essential fat 10-13%
Athletes 14-20%
Fitness 21-24%
Average 25-31%
Obese 32% and higher
Men
Essential fat 2-5%
Athletes 6-13%
Fitness 14-17%
Average 18-24%
Obese 25% and...
14 Exercises to Strengthen and Stretch your Body
April 17th, 2009
The goal of this workout is to strengthen and stretch your body. You develop muscles that increase the body’s metabolic rate, the bones become strong and you look and feel better.
Myth: The best time to exercise is early in the morning.
Fact: The best time is the time that works for you and fits into your schedule. Make use of small available opportunities – before lunch, or while waiting for an appointment.
Myth: Stretching is not a fitness component.
Most postural problems are a result of poor alignment caused by tightness in the muscles. Stretching is one of the key components of a balanced fitness program. It prevents injury, increases the range of movement and improves posture.
Box
Progress gradually. As you get comfortable with the exercises, increase resistance and intensity so that your muscles...
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