Category Archives: Exercise

Lose Weight Recently? Time for a New Fitness Plan

For dieters and exercisers throughout the world, losing excess body weight is often only half the battle. For many individuals, the real struggle begins when it comes to successfully keeping the weight off, making the dreaded “yo-yo dieting” an all to common phenomenon that can actually be more difficult to achieve than initially losing weight in the first place.

Although recent studies indicate that yo-yo dieting is still a healthier practice than remaining obese, everyone would strive to maintain their new, trimmer physique and the multitude of health and wellness benefits that accompany an appropriate body weight. According to researchers at Penn State University, the primary techniques and strategies that lead to safe and effective weight loss are often quite different from the techniques and strategies that assist in keeping the weight off over the long run.

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4 Sleep Myths that Wear Us Out

According to the results compiled from a recent clinical survey, approximately 70 million Americans experience regular sleeping problems that prevent them from sleeping soundly throughout the entire night.

Subsequently, individuals that routinely suffer from a lack of quality sleep exhibit symptoms associated with mild exhaustion, moodiness, depression, a lack of mental alertness and concentration, decreased motivation and poor physical performance the following day.

Popular misconceptions regarding sleep, including when is the best time to sleep, how long should you sleep, what negatively affects sleep, and just how detrimental it is to miss sleep, are a big part of the problem.

Dr. Holly Phillips, one of Prevention magazine’s leading medical contributors, says that understanding common sleep myths may be the key to getting more shut-eye and enjoying the numerous mental and physical benefits of sleep. Below are four sleep rumors that simply aren’t true.

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10 Tips to Maximize Your Lunch Hour Workout

With most individuals leading a fairly hectic and busy lifestyle it has become increasingly difficult to consistently allocate a specific time block per day that you set aside to perform your exercise routine.

As you create your exercise workout schedule, you may find that your lunch break that you take every day at your place of employment is the ideal time block for you to perform your workout. This can be especially true if your office happens to be in close proximity to the fitness center or location where you intent to exercise.

However, cramming a high quality workout routine into a time period normally reserved for munching and relaxing can be a little stressful for some individuals.

This being the case for many individuals, in order to effectively maximize your lunch hour workout routine, and still find time to grab a quick bite, you will need to plan accordingly, manage your time wisely and ensure that your body and mind are prepared for the physical challenges that lie ahead.

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Dogs are Ideal Fitness Partners, Study Says

With today’s busy and hectic lifestyles becoming more and more common, many fitness seekers struggle with trying to maintain a high level of motivation and focus when it comes to consistently working out day in and day out.

When some exercisers face the temptation to skip or shorten their workouts, either in the length of their workout or the number of days that they typically perform their workout, they look to a fitness partner to improve their motivation.

But what if you just can’t seem to find the right workout partner? Maybe you have tried in the past, but your fitness partner either lost motivation, bailed as your fitness partner after a couple of weeks, is consistently late, or is simply not aligned with your health and fitness goals.

Or perhaps you recently moved and simply haven’t had time to make new friends. Well whatever the reason(s) may be, there is one workout partner that will not miss your exercise workouts and will not cause drama in your already hectic lifestyle – your dog.

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5 Awesome Foods to Build Muscle

In general, most individuals that regularly strength train are looking to either significantly increase their muscle size and density or, at the very least, proportionally tone and sculpt the various muscles of their body.

There are three primary functions that contribute to increasing quality lean muscle tissue: regularly and consistently performing the strength training workouts, consuming nutritionally rich whole foods that are well balanced in terms of protein, carbohydrates, and fat, and ensuring that your body receives plenty of sleep.

The intent of this article is to discuss 5 foods that are ideal for supporting muscle growth and development. After every weight lifting session, you should be thinking about consuming high quality carbohydrates, not just protein.

In addition to restoring glycogen levels in the muscle tissue that was lost performing the exercise routine, the carbohydrates will also provide a healthy boost to your insulin, the hormone that acts as a vehicle to bring amino acids directly to your muscles.

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