America’s Obsession with Abdominal Machines * from my paperback, “Total Health for Life, Mind & Body, The Baby Boomer’s Bible of Health” The multi-million-dollar home abdominal machine infomercial market absolutely amazes me and proves how uneducated most of the public is about fat loss, nutrition, [...]
Dr. Arthur Siegel, the director of internal medicine at Harvard’s McLean Hospital has some really good insight on long distance running. His more than two dozen studies on runners were published in the American Heart Association’s journal Circulation. When it comes to running long distances, Dr. Siegel was right on the mark when he said, [...]
The Times cites a study that looked at 47 people doing either traditional endurance exercise (long distance running) or brief, intense sprints. Those working out with a focus on intensity spent 85% less time exerting themselves, and still had significantly lower blood pressure, better aerobic fitness, and lower body [...]
Here is a great test for what kind of shape your heart and lungs are in: When you are doing some High Intensity Interval Training (such as sprints on a treadmill) check your heart rate. After your last sprint, start walking slowly and check your heart rate. Make sure you wait 10 seconds as [...]
“Exercise reduces cardiovascular risk by a factor three,” says researcher Eric Larose, an expert on exercise and cardio health. He heads research at the Institute Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Quebec and Universite Laval in Quebec City. He headed up the leading study on the subject. “But vigorous exercise such as marathon running [...]
Your Heart Your heart is one of the most important organs in your body. Your heart is your life. How does aerobic fitness relate to it? The heart becomes strong through use, like any other muscle. If placed under stress via aerobic exercise, it responds by enlarging and becoming more powerful. As a result, your [...]
Here is a good video showing and explaining HIIT : Hight Intensity Interval Training He is a bit hard to understand so listen carefully. Just watch the explanation. Skip the vitamin BS at the end of the video.
For those of you who are not crazy about aerobics, bring your MP3 player or ipod and your favorite tunes to the gym. Studies have shown that music has positive effects on brain chemistry. Get into your music or into your program and, before you know it, your session is over. I love music and [...]
From www.mercola.com Article by Doctor Mercola Fasting Prior to Exercise Forces Fat Burning You may have heard that exercising on an empty stomach will help burn more fat, and there seems to be some truth to that, although it might not be appropriate for everyone. Exercising vigorously when you’re blood sugar is low could lead to [...]
EXERCISE! The Many Health Benefits of Exercise Just as there are at least 20 diseases and conditions directly attributable to being overweight, there are a large number of health benefits that are directly attributable to exercise. By improving your physical fitness, you can effectively: Lower your triglyceride levels Increase your levels of “good” cholesterol (HDL) [...]
Train Your Brain With Exercise Anyone with a brain exercises these days, but did you know exercise can return the favor and train your brain? Not only is exercise smart for your heart and weight, but it can make you smarter and better at what you do. Exercise is really for the brain, not the [...]
Fighting Depression: Exercise increases Serotonin First of all, what is serotonin? Serotonin is a chemical that helps relay signals from one area of the brain to another. Serotonin is manufactured in the brain. That’s where it performs it’s major function. However, 90% of our Serotonin is in the digestive tract and in the blood. It [...]
10 YEARS OF DIET AND EXERCISE CAN KEEP DIABETES AT BAY, STUDIES FIND Olga Leon could be the poster child for a decade-long, nationwide study on pre-diabetic patients. At 74, she pumps iron at Don Shula’s Athletic Club in Miami Lakes. She strides the treadmill, lifts weights, does aerobics and Pilates. She eats six eggs [...]
How to Prevent Heart Disease The steps to take to lower their risk for heart disease and heart attack. Prevent and control high blood cholesterol High blood cholesterol is a major risk factor for heart disease. Preventing and treating high blood cholesterol includes eating a diet low in saturated fat and cholesterol and high in [...]
This weekend it happened again. In 16 minutes 3 people lost their lives at the Detroit marathon. Thirty-six-year-old Daniel Langdon collapsed at about 9:02 am on Sunday between the 11 and 12-mile markers and 65-year-old Rick Brown collapsed at 9:17 am, near where Langdon went down. One minute later, 26-year-old Jon Fenlon collapsed just after [...]
From Dr. Sears Newsletter Health Condidential Beyond Aerobics – Your Native Fat Burner Back in the late 1960s, Dr. Kenneth Cooper published Aerobics as the “perfect” way to “train” your heart. He thought that medium intensity aerobic exercise practiced three or four times a week was all you needed for heart health. Today, we know [...]
In one of my previous blogs I wrote that high intensity interval training was superior to the standard “40 minutes on a treadmill” version that most people do. WOW!!! I didn’t know it was THIS much better! This is from Mercola.com and I just bought the book. I will read it and let you know [...]
This is a good article you all should read:It’s been 17 days since we made our New Year’s resolutions. How’s it going for you? Not so good? You’re not alone. We start with good intentions but it doesn’t take much to derail our plan. We’re going to take a look at two reasons why our [...]
Aerobic means “with oxygen.” Aerobic exercise is low to medium intensity repetition training done over an extended time; it promotes overall cardiovascular fitness. If you are looking to burn calories, aerobic activity is the best way to do it. One can look fit but be in poor cardiovascular shape. Being lean and muscular is one [...]
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