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 [...]
The Many Health Benefits of Whey Protein Whey protein, which is available as a protein powder supplement, has been linked to a variety of health benefits, such as: Helping your pancreas-produced insulin work more effectively, which helps maintain your blood sugar level after a meal Promoting healthy insulin secretion Helping to promote your optimal intake [...]
Whey Isolates … not the miracle whey we thought it was. Ori Hofmekler, author of The Warrior Diet, The Anti-Estrogenic Diet, Maximum Muscle Minimum Fat, and the upcoming book Unlocking the Muscle Gene, is an expert on how to build muscle and improve your health with foods. All whey protein [...]
Weight Training …The Science and Technique Let’s go over—in layman’s terms—the basics of how muscles are built. During a workout, the stress applied to a muscle results in the breakdown and damage of the muscle’s fibers. This damage is the muscle soreness that you feel the following day. Your body’s task is to recover [...]
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How Long Should You Work Out? One thing for sure, you should never work out more than ninety minutes. You don’t need more than that. If you are training hard and focusing, your body becomes less anabolic; that is, [...]
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 [...]
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The Key to Anti-Aging :Combating Free Radicals The weapons of choice against free radicals are antioxidants. Antioxidants are molecules that can neutralize harmful oxygen radicals and are found in some vitamins, minerals, chemicals, bioflavonoids, herbs, and other substances. Not all vitamins and minerals work as antioxidants. In today’s society, with all the things we are [...]
This video was shot almost 4 years ago as I am about to turn 57 in August! Boy how time flies. As I am proving on a daily basis, you can get younger and better and stronger and have a better body STILL in your 50′s! Look at my picture NOW and be your own [...]
“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 [...]
Why Fermented L-Glutamine is Best Now, within the white glutamine powders, there are differences. Most of the cheaper L-Glutamine on the shelves comes from shellfish which is not the cleanest source for [...]
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RICO’S COMMENTS: The video says it all. A man in his 70′s that looks decades younger than his chronological age. One of the many health benefits of weight training is that it increases the body’s output of HGH; Human Growth Hormone, and testosterone. Most men in their 40′s and 50′s have testosterone levels that are [...]
The Anabolic Window Is Critical If fat loss is your goal, hold off on the carbohydrates until 45min-1hr upon completion of your training session. This will allow your body’s hyped-up metabolism to keep burning fat as fuel. This is considering that you have raised the heart rate by training “intensely”. This can be easily achieved by [...]
Why Weight Train? Weight training’s many benefits are achieved by men and women of all ages who participate in it. I refer to weight training as the fountain of youth. It reverses the effects of aging. Weight training used to be associated with big, hulky, bodybuilders. Now, it is part of a good health/fitness program. [...]
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 [...]
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