Intensive strength training has a bigger effect on metabolism – calorie burn and weight loss than endurance exercise. Intensity is the most important factor determining post-workout metabolism, so the harder you work in the gym or on the beach the more calories your body will burn afterward. People who intensively strength train achieve so called […]
Muscle strength is a matter of life and death
Health improves with increased strength and muscle mass. And that’s true for women as it is for men. In a study of elderly women who were disabled to varying degrees, researchers for the US national institute on aging found that those with the least strength were twice as likely to die from heart disease as […]
Change, you have to
Change is inconvenient, painful, and frightening. When I insist on change, deep down inside I hate change. I love change! I hate change! Why is it that big opportunities, the really obvious chances that get to improve our health, shape, our careers, almost always pass by? Big opportunities bring change, and change is painful. As […]
Young and healthy joints forewer
There is a lot you can do for your joints. No matter how badly you have used your body, however improperly paired your muscle groups have become, you can reverse the trend. And you can do it at home. Yoga is the answer. Yoga is the most simple and effective way of keeping the joints […]
How to be positive and happy
Happiness is contagious. We can pass on happiness to each other. If we can infect each other with our emotions, and I think we can, than you should surround yourself with happy, positive people. All of us have had our spirits picked up by being around somebody in a good mood. But emotional contagion suggest […]
The better your joints run the better you run
When joint action dries up, pain is very close. The root cause of cumulative joint problems is the lack of variety in the way we use our bodies. When we remain locked in by our stereotyped pattern, our joints become trapped by our physical habits. Joint action loses opportunity, loses variety, loses lubrication, loses elastic […]
The secret of the great shape
Patience. Many people started their exercise program to get in a great shape but it didn’t work right away. So they gave up. Madonna is one of the best shaped women in the world because she never gave up. Here is the lucky secret: you can outlast the other guys if you try and stick […]
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 58
- 59
- 60
- 61
- 62
- …
- 75
- Next Page »