Archive for May, 2012
Top 5 Nutrition and Fitness Tips
1. Eat More Fruits and Vegetables Studies have shown that eating more fruits and vegetables can reduce muscle damage in athletes and reduce sickness days by as much as 50% as well. Less sick days and less muscle damage means less injuries and workouts missed from being sick! And anyone who’s a serious athlete knows that even [...]
Top 5 Nutrition and Fitness Tips
1. Have a well balanced diet, taken into moderation and coming from the three basic food groups. Have a nutritious breakfast packed with protein and fiber Make your snacks out of vegetables and fruits, wheat breads, healthy fats and lean meats Stay out from fatty, high in sugar and high in sodium foods 2. Drink [...]
5 Tips to Increase your Workout Effectiveness
Limit your workouts to 30-40 minutes. Though the tendency of some people who really want to get a lot out of their workouts is to spend a lot of time at the gym, the truth is that after 30 or 40 minutes, the benefit isn’t as great. To go that long, you’d have to lower [...]
12 Foods that Lower your Cholesterol
1. Oats 2. Red Wine 3. Salmon & Fatty Fish 4. Nuts 5. Beans 6. Tea 7. Chocolate 8. Margarine 9. Spinach 10. Avocado 11. Garlic 12. Olive Oil
5 Incredible Workout Tips
1. Be Happy Be sure to pick an activity you actually enjoy doing, suggests Los Angeles celebrity trainer Sebastien Lagree. “If you hate weights, don’t go to the gym. You can lose weight and get in shape with any type of training or activity,” he says. And choose something that is convenient. Rock climbing may be a [...]
Study: Those with depression at higher risk of sleepwalking
About 8.5 million adults in the USA have experienced nighttime wanderings and those with sleep apneas and psychiatric disorders, depression or obsessive compulsive disorders are at higher risk, says the study of 19,136 Americans ages 18 and older. Antidepressants, over-the-counter sleeping pills and certain other medications can increase the risk, but they bring on events in people [...]
5 Workout Tips
Tone Up on the Treadmill “Save time at the gym with this 10-minute cardio/sculpt session: Hop on a treadmill holding a three- to five-pound dumbbell in each hand, and set the speed to a brisk walk. Do a one-minute set each of shoulder presses, biceps curls, triceps extensions, side laterals, front laterals and standing triceps [...]
Nutrition Tips for New Athletes
Don’t Exercise on an Empty Stomach Put some gas in your tank before starting your workout. Carbohydrate is the preferred fuel for exercise, so 30 to 60 minutes before exercise eat something that is easily digested and carbohydrate-rich. Great pre-workout snacks are: Low-fat fruit yogurt A banana A slice of 100 percent whole grain toast [...]
Jogging can help you Live Longer
Good news for those of us who jog more at the pace of a sleepy tortoise than a hopped-up hare:Jogging for just an hour a week—even at a slow pace—can up your life expectancy by 5.6 years, according to a new Danish study. Researchers looked at 35 years worth of health data for 20,000 men and [...]
5 Workout Secrets: Expert Exercise Tips
1. Be Consistent Chase Squires is the first to admit that he’s no fitness expert. But he is a guy who used to weigh 205 pounds, more than was healthy for his 5’4″ frame. “In my vacation pictures in 2002, I looked like the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man at the beach,” says the 42-year-old Colorado [...]
