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The ABC's of Weight Training and Lifting 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Have you been out of the gym for a while? Are you a newbie just looking for some sound advice? If you are either you have come to the right place. Let me start off by saying welcome to the world of weights. It is not easy, but with the right amount of knowledge, determination and patience you will be well on your way to building the body that you desire.1.) Stretching. First things first you have to check your ego at the door and realize that lifting weights can be a wonderful thing, but horribly painful if the wrong approach is taken. I remember when I picked up my first set of weight when I was 13. I was thoroughly embarrassed at how weak I was. To make up for it, I started to try to lift heavier weights only to find that I was hurting all over all the time. I had undervalued the concept of stretching. Stretching helps to reduce injury prevention. Spending just a few minutes before, during and after weight lifting sessions can help you to become stronger as well as avoiding injury.2. Read more:Weight
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Gym Etiquette 101 1970-01-01 00:59:59 How many of you have ever been witness to rudeness in the gym? Someone jumping on a machine you are using, slamming weights or talking on their cell phone. Gym etiquette usually gets neglected even though there is signage all over the room. Here are some tips to help keep you on a 250 lb. power lifter's good side.1.) Ask. If you would like to use a piece of equipment that someone else is using, simply ask how many sets they have left and wait your turn. If you are in a rush you can ask if you can work in. Meaning using the machine or weights when the other person is resting in between sets.2.) Courtesy. If you see someone working out with headphones on, more than likely they do not like to be bothered while working out. Wait until they are done, and if you need to talk to them just wait until they are done with their set. Nothing is more annoying than having someone tap me on the shoulder when I have my music blaring and working on my heavy set of triceps pushdowns. This h Read more:Etiquette
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Fit Kids 1970-01-01 00:59:59 When you were a kid and wanted to play, what did you do? You got on your bike and rode to your friend's house or went outside to play kickball with the other kids that lived on your street. What was your favorite activity? Riding your bike? Playing with your friends till the sun went down? Playing football in an empty grass lot? How many of you remember playing marbles or building ramps with your friends so you could launch your BMX bike off it? Or how about playing AYSO Soccer or PAL Basketball when you were in grade school? The sad truth is that although this may seem like only 10, 15 or 20 years ago, to a lot of kids growing up today it is something that seems extremely foreign.Why go outside and play when I can play video games online or through my Xbox or PS3? Why go out and make new friends when I can log onto my Instant Messenger and meet hundreds of people on any given day? Why meet up with my friends to hang out? I can just log into myspace and tell people what I have been d
Free Fast Weight Loss Program 1970-01-01 00:59:59 There are a lot of programs out there that promise you that you will lose x amount of weight in x amount of time. Anyone who has tried many of these programs quickly realize how skewed they really are. Weight
loss, weight management and healthy living should be a life choice, not just a one time deal. I believe that getting to a certain body weight and fitness level is the easy part. Maintaining it is the tough part. For example you could go on a reduced calorie diet for a few days and lose a few pounds, but once you start getting eating like you normally do, the weight loss goes out the window.The older we get, it seems the more reasons we come up with for wanting to lose weight. How many of you have heard someone or yourself say "I want to lose weight to fit into …" or I want to lose weight before my next class reunion" These are some motivational reasons to get us going, but really it should be a life choice. Once it becomes a life decision to eat healthy, think healthy and Read more:Program
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Weight Loss Without Exercise 1970-01-01 00:59:59 We all have had a hard time with weight loss. It is something that most of us will struggle through, but with a little help and determination we can beat the battle of the bulge. I have been where you have been, gone through the ups and downs only to come out more knowledgable. I hope in this article I can show you that it is not all about running on the treadmill or jogging for miles. You can take simple steps to help control or reduce your weight.1.) Start eating Breakfast. I know that this sounds like common sense, but you know the saying…"Common Sense is sometimes not so common" For the life of me I could never figure out why I was eating so much, so late at night. I would eat dinner and then find myself stuffing myself with more food as the night went on. I remember being in college and raiding the vending machine at midnight for cookies and chips. Feeding my face with anything and everything I could get my hands on. At the same time I was not eating my first meal until abo Read more:Weight
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Motivation: The Crucial Ingredient In Your Weight Loss Success 1970-01-01 00:59:59 What's your motivation? Do you want to get ripped before summer? Do you want to exercise more to lower your blood pressure? Whatever it is, motivation is a critical ingredient in the recipe for success. In between deciding we are going to get into shape and the actual physical part of dragging ourselves to the gym or lacing up our shoes to go for a jog, there is that moment in between where we find the drive to do so. This is a topic I feel is under addressed and needs to be given more consideration.The motivation for most may not be their own, it may be a loved one concerned about their health or it could a group of people. Sometimes we find the motivation from a life changing experience or it could be from the burning desire for a "Second chance" after the onset of an illness. It could be strictly physical - we just want to look trim or emotional - exercising helps to relieve stress. Lots of times we hear people say that you should do it for yourself which I am a big believer i Read more:Weight
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Weight Loss: Prepare to Succeed 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Do you want to lose 10 lbs. by summer? Do you want to get down to a certain waist size? Do you just want to lower your blood pressure? What ever your reasons are for weight loss, you should always have a goal in mind. Having a clear concise goal lets us track our progress to see if we are doing what we need to do. I once worked with someone who said they wanted to lose 15 lbs in 2 weeks. Not only is this an unhealthy amount to lose in such a short time, but it is extremely difficult. On the other hand I worked with someone who had a simple goal; it was to be able to do one pull up and had given herself a few months to achieve it. I would say the latter would be a much more attainable goal. Keeping in line with the idea of goal setting we also need to set smaller attainable goals or objectives. Setting a realistic time frame to complete each objective is also important. Setting these objectives will let you track your progress more accurately. It also helps to give us a bit Read more:Weight
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Exercise Can Be Fun? Read On.... 1970-01-01 00:59:59 How many of you enjoy going for a 3 mile jog in the afternoon? How about a 10 mile bike ride? To be honest with you, I am not a big fan of either. I would much rather play basketball or take my longboard skateboard on a ride around town. The point is, for a lot of us when we think of exercise, we generally get turned off because we see exercise as one of these. Going running or bike riding. I am sure that there are a lot of people that enjoy these, but there are a lot of others that don't. The key to sustaining an exercise program is to make it fun and enjoyable. If we don't like doing something, chances are we won't stick with it too long. A lot of personal trainers start off training clients by doing things that they think the client may enjoy without even getting any input. I spoke to a trainer a while back who told me her secret. Wanna know what it is? Ask. Simple, so simple. Just ask.In this case I am asking you to ask yourself. What is it that you enjoy doing Read more:Exercise
Snoring, Sleep Apnea and You 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Are you waking up tired throughout the day? Is it getting in the way? Want a natural way to cure it? Or are you one of the others, the brave ones that live with a snorer, or sleep in the same bed. Are you looking for a cure as well? I know that some times snoring and sleep apnea can be cured naturally, but sometimes more treatment is needed to help.For the many that suffer from this, there are those in their households that suffer as well. Others that want to help, but don't know what to do. The best thing I can suggest is that you tell the person what is going on, things that you observe while they are asleep and accompany them to their physician's office to get help for it. Again, there is a chance that you can care for it without any surgeries or treatment, but it is better to get checked out to be sure.Being a snorer and suffering from sleep apnea, I know all of the embarrassment of falling asleep in a crowded are and snoring so loud I bothered everyone in the room. I know the he Read more:Snoring
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Weighlifting Success 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Weightlifting is hard. Plain and simple it takes a lot of work to become stronger, it takes a lot of work to look better and it takes a lot of work to be healthier. One of the first things I did to get in shape when I was younger was to pick up a set of dumb bells. And I am proud to say that I never put them down, figuratively. Weightlifting is a great choice for getting into shape, however, it can also be the source of pain and anguish if the proper steps are not taken. Planning is an essential part in your success. Trying to see what works and what does not is tedious, but pays off huge. I have written several articles on weight training and lifting. Be sure to check these out:Weightlifting 101Gym Etiquette 101I also have a follow up article to Weightlifting 101 on ezinearticles.com, but it won't be live for a few days. If you have any questions, drop me a line some time, I would love to hear from you. Read more:Success
The Path to Weight Lifting Success 1970-01-01 00:59:59 There are a lot of different people that will tell you a lot of different things about weight training and working out. The problem with most is that they will tell you to do what they have done. In the early years of weight training and personal training, a person who looked muscular was approached and offered money in exchange for their advice. That person would then, for a fee, reveal their workout and voila the personal training industry started.There are glitches in this thinking. How many times have you seen someone doing a certain exercise and decided to try it and found that it did not work as well as you thought it would have for you or did not see the results that you wanted?Weight
lifting is an art, the art of sculpting your body. What works for some people will not work for everyone. It is trial and error and we need to experiment with different exercises, different routines, different amounts of sets, different amounts of reps, different days and different rest days. The li Read more:Lifting
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The Keys to Optimal Health 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Going off of a previous post I wrote, I wanted to address the idea of overall health and wellness. The reason I am doing so, is because it seems so common sense, although many of us take it for granted. How many times has an ailment carried over into the rest of your life? I am not just talking about a cold or the flu, but what about times you have been financially strapped. It affects a lot of other things you do, at work you are worried about how you are going to pay certain bills. Some times we internalize a lot of these feelings of stress that later manifest as physical ailments. Have you ever heard of someone going through bouts of stress that have had an ulcer? I have. It all goes with what I am going to be talking about. Total, overall health and wellness. Keeping Fit. Exercise does the body good. Not only does it make us feel good, but we can look good as well. Studies have shown that exercise releases endorphins or feelings of pleasure. Exercise has helped to red Read more:Health
Get Your Mind Right 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Overall Health...I went to a presentation tonight that reminded of many things. Many times when we think of health, our own in particular, we are usually referring to the physical part of it. Such as the absence of any kind of ailment. When we ask someone how their health is, we are usually asking if they have not been feeling well physically. We think of health is terms of a cold or the flu or a headache. Health is all encompassing, not only do we need to keep our bodies physically fit, but we need to keep our minds spiritually and mentally healthy. We need to make sure we are getting the proper rest, nutrition and exercise. We need to be sure that our friends and families are in harmony and that our financial matters are all in order.Once we get all of that healthy, we can do anything. We need to be at an optimal level to perform at an optimal level. So many times I have heard the saying "You have to get your mind right" How true it is. Read more:Right
The Parking Garage Workout 1970-01-01 00:59:59 I saw a great thing today. I left my office for a meeting right before lunch. I returned at around noon. As I drove up to the top floor of the parking garage I saw something I had not seen before. I usually am in my office so I was unaware of all the walkers we had in our building. The parking garage has nine levels. On each level I saw at least one pair of people in sweats walking either up or down the levels. Now, I would not recommend this if your parking garage is prone to people speeding and zipping through, as it would become a safety issue. I did like the idea of walking in pairs. Not only does it give you someone you can talk to, but it also keeps you accountable to someone should you not feel like exercising. Your walking buddy could push you to exercise or vice versa.Most of the people that work in other offices in our building usually have a one hour lunch break. As I drove up I could not help but feel anxious to write this article. These people are taking exerci Read more:Parking
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Tobacco and Your Weight 1970-01-01 00:59:59 I got asked a great question today. I was working with a group of ex-smokers and the question arose about tobacco and weight gain. One of the ladies in the group was extremely worried about the amount of weight she would gain because she was no longer able to get her nicotine fix. Each person is different, where as one person can quit and not have any effects, there are some that will experience some weight gain. My suggestion was to start making better choices to offset any type of weight gain. For instance, walking more by parking as far away as possible when going to the store. I also suggested carryng healthier snacks to eat during those times when you may feel like snacking. It may be a little awkward at first, but it does pay off in the end. Carrying a cooler with carrot sticks or celery sticks to snack on are really helpful. Also it can be used for those that need something to hold between their fingers to replace that cigarette. Nicotine is a highly addictive substanc Read more:Weight
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Making Exercise Fun: Fun, Sun and the Super Bowl 1970-01-01 00:59:59 The one thing I have a hard time hearing is how many people do not exercise because they just don't enjoy it. Exercise
does not have to be something that you dread doing, it should be something that you look forward to and it should be something that you can incorporate into your life. How do you do it? The key is to make it fun and enjoyable. Find what you enjoy doing and incorporate it into your daily activities. My Mother for example likes to watch TV, absolutely loves it, so I went out and got her a "Walking to Fitness" type of DVD. What she does now is in between commercials or when she feels like it, she will play the DVD and follow the walking exercises. It is also age appropriate, so the exercises are not too strenuous, but does give her a good workout. The reason I am writing this post is because I found myself thinking about it on Super
Bowl Sunday. I wanted to exercise, I wanted to watch the Super Bowl and I wanted to go to the beach. Well I was able to do all of it and was
Healthy For Life 1970-01-01 00:59:59 After writing this for a while now, I ran into someone who carries the same ideals that I have on weight loss and management. I was at lunch the other day and a friend of mine mentioned that she was back on her weight watchers program after she had put on a few extra pounds. I was interested in what she had to say because I noticed she was picking up just some veggies and fruit.I asked her what her reason was behind it, as I normally ask of people who come to me and tell me that they are planning to lose x amount of pounds or get down to a certain size dress or pants. What she said shook me, as it was what I long for people to say and the reason why I write this blog. She said she wanted to lose weight and maintain a healthy weight for life. She said "I don't want to make a temporary choice, I want to make a life choice."I almost applauded, lol, but I just told her how right she was. Often times we lose sight of the big picture. We are too involved in how we look or what people will t
Articles AZ 1970-01-01 00:59:59 I was checking out a new article site that contains Health and Fitness articles. Looks like a great new site, if you get the chance be sure to check it out here. Read more:Articles
Finishing The Race 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Someone was asking me the other day about this blog and what I was hoping to do. It got me to thinking about what exactly I wanted to do and how I could convey that to others. First and foremost, I started this as my way to help others. I wanted to give someone a place they could go for words of encouragement or general guidance on making healthier choices in their lives. Not only to look better, but to feel better as well.Well, I came up with this analogy. When you think in terms of someone running a marathon, my hope is to be the one along the way handing you water and words of encouragement, but ultimately you still have to do all the work and run the race. Whether you decide to keep going or give up, I will still be there to do what I can to help you out. Just make sure you keep your eye on the prize and finish the race.
Stop And Look Around Or You Might Miss It 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Many of the things that I write about focus around physical health, but what I would like to address is our mental health. Often we forget about how much of a role our minds come into play when we think of our health. As I have said in past posts, if your mind is not into it, the rest of you will not be. Today I went to a workshop that focused on soothing the mind so that the rest of the body could function. This was done through music and for once in a workshop I was told that if I fell asleep they would take it as a compliment. The music was arranged in such a manner that I could feel my blood pressure slowly going down. Well maybe not "felt" it, but my mind "felt" it.The one thing that we need to constantly do is keep our minds healthy. This could be done in many forms. One such way is not letting negativity into our lives. We need to let go of any bad feelings and not let them linger on. The longer we hold on to such thoughts, the worse our mental health gets. We need to ke
Relieve Your Bronchitis Symptom 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Bronchitis affects many people. Symptoms of bronchitis interfere with your everyday activities. Are looking for a natural way to clear up the coughing, phlegm and mucus? Do you want to breathe easier without drugs? If you are looking for a natural cure then click here.Want a fast all natural cure? Then click this and see what all the buzz is about. If you suffer from Chronic bronchitis, I don't have to tell you about the drugs and doctors visits. What I can tell you is that there is an all natural cure available. If you want more information be sure to check this out.Last chance, you can breathe easier or keep paying for more doctors visits and drugs.
Natural Remedy For Yeast Infection 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Seeing as this is a overall Health and Wellness blog, I will be writing about all sorts of health related issues. One of them that I was asked about recently was a natural remedy for yeast infections. There are several ways to treat it, but some of the more popular ones have been probiotic suppositories and tea tree oil. If you are looking for more in depth help to cure your yeast infection naturally & permanently, try using the only clinically proven & unique 5 Step holistic yeast infection system guaranteed to give you lasting Freedom. Do you want this kind of freedom?If you're finished for good with all the hype, claims and "Quick Fix Cures" that have failed you in the past and you're ready to do it the right way, then this isthe honest and effective natural remedy yeast infection solution you've been searching for. Imagine yourself in few weeks or a year from now... Are you still suffering from this painful and horrendous disease or...are you living full active Yeast
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The Ripple Effect 1970-01-01 00:59:59 I saw a funny thing the other day as I drove into work. I came to almost a complete stop on the freeway and wondered what was going on. I moved at a crawl for about a half mile until it started moving again. As I got towards the clearing I did not see an accident or a stalled vehicle, I saw nothing. No reason for the stop. Then I glanced over to the other side of the freeway, there I saw a 4 car pile up. I started thinking, why is it so congested on this side? Then it dawned on me that the cars in front of me slowed down to see what was going on on the other side of the freeway.The Ripple
Effect.Several cars slowed down to see, which slowed down others who gawked, which eventually caused the half mile hold up. You see small tiny things can cause huge impacts. Much like dropping a pebble in water, you can see the many ripples it causes. Our lives are no different, making smaller better choices today will lead to bigger things down the road. Instead of reaching for that soda, h
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