Archive for June 2010
Why Exercise Does Not Work
I like exercise, I recommend exercise. I even own a business that prides itself on learning and coaching the latest and most effective exercise techniques for athletes, senior citizens, young people, busy executives, and everybody in between.But over my past 10 years as a personal trainer and fitness coach, I have found some clients who just don’t progress as well as others.Sure I wish my wonderful training programs which take into account all the latest knowledge in fat loss and muscle building would overcome any problems these clients have, but I realize that I can’t overcome them all.I cannot overcome a client who can’t (or WON’T!!) eat the right way to lose fat.A recent study at the University of Texas shows this to be the case in a research study – backing up what I have observed in real life.100 participants were divided into 2 groups. One group would do NOTHING. The other half would do 5 hours-6 hours of well designed, supervised, proper exercise consisting of 3 hours of strength training, and 2 hours of cardio type training per week…Both groups would be allowed to eat whatever they liked.At the end, the exercising group lost…0.5kg of fat and gained 1kg of muscle in 12 weeks. This is terrible! And this is not very different from the non exercise group who, as expected showed no changes.The answer is to stop exercising? Certainly not!But this clearly shows that even a good exercise program can be “outdone” by poor n
Aerobic Equipment
Aerobic Equipment is exercise equipment that is specially designed to give either a low impact, or an invigorating, intense work out. It is equipment that is specifically designed to assist the cardiovascular system by delivering more oxygen to the blood.In today’s society, with more than half of the world’s population overweight, and the over-saturation of weight loss marketing of products and services, more and more people are beginning to discover how effective Aerobic equipment can be for weight loss.If a person is severely overweight or obese, the thought of a high impact exercise routine is enough to make them think twice. For those people there is a solution. Aerobic exercise. There is a number of different low-impact Aerobic equipment available on the market today. And are designed to deliver an aerobic workout without causing stress to your body. Of course, you won’t need every piece of equipment. It will mainly depend on the type of aerobic exercise that best fits you.If your aerobic exercise routine were designed around building muscles and weight training, then you would need to purchase barbells, weight benches, incline benches and multi-station machines. However, if your goal is to improve your cardiovascular health and lose weight, then equipment like cycles, rowing machines, treadmills and stair climbers are the types of aerobic exercise equipment that are needed.With a treadmill being a stationary machine, it allows you to walk at your own
What Is HIIT Cardio Training?
The latest craze in cardio training is without a shadow of a doubt HIIT. You may have heard the term before but you may not know what it means. HIIT stands for High Intensity Interval Training and as good as the name sounds, the technique of training is even better.HIIT is considered to be the ultimate form of cardio training for those who are really serious about improving their physical fitness. It takes less time to perform and burns more calories than the more traditional forms of cardio. When I say traditional cardio I mean those exercises everyone dreads like jogging or cycling at a steady pace for an hour. It’s repetitive, boring and it’s just not as effective as HIIT.Here’s an example of a HIIT workout routine that will result in you burning more calories and improving your stamina much more effectively that traditional cardio training. The example we use will focus on jogging, for the sake of clarity.You might begin with five minutes of steady paced jogging first, just to warm up your muscles and prevent injury. After this five minute period of warm up you then up your pace so that you’re sprinting for thirty seconds. Once you’ve sprinted for thirty seconds you then slow back down to the steady pace for two minutes. After you’ve been jogging for two minutes you start sprinting again for 30 seconds. You keep repeating this process for as long as you can manage and then finish walking so that you cool down correctly. This sort of ca
Most Male Health Issues Are Low Testosterone Level Related
I have written a lot of articles about testosterone, having researched all of them before doing so and with my continuing research I am always learning more and more about this most interesting subject. The subject of testosterone levels and what is normal is very interesting because it is at the core of almost all health issues facing most men today. Whether you have heart problems, circulation issues, obesity or diabetes and a whole host of other ailments, in fact all of them have their source and cause relating to your poor lifestyle choices and these bad decisions and ways to live are because of your testosterone level being lower than what it should be.Only those people living a life of hard manual labor away from the filthy air of the city living and who eat organically grown meat and grocery produce – and by organic I do mean food not being grown with the use of pesticides and meat not grown with growth hormones in the feed stock – only such a man living this lifestyle is likely to have the same testosterone level as men from 70-80 years ago. While big business will continue to poison us with their food processing practices, and while Government will always prove to be useless at legislating for clean environment and natural food products, we men must do what we can to protect ourselves from the harmful effects of it all.The lower than normal testosterone level most of us have now because we all drive rather than walk and use machines rather than our muscl
Muscle Mass Tips – How to Build Muscle Fast
Having trouble bulking up to build big muscles? This How to build muscle mass article may be just what you need to “steer” you in the right direction.So often many of us get to a point where we slave our tails off in the gym; yet with little (if any) muscle gains to show for it.Whether you are simply at a sticking point, or just never really could bulk up; this article is designed to help you understand and avoid 4 of the most common mistakes you can make while trying to build muscle mass.By avoiding these pitfalls you can learn HOW TO BUILD LEAN MUSCLE FAST!Despite the overwhelming amount of confusing “misinformation” both online and in bodybuilding magazines (which are owned by supplement companies), the basic principles of building muscle are simple and will never change.We train with basic, compound movements (stimulating 2 or more muscle groups at a time), as opposed to isolation movements (stimulating one muscle group at a time).Then we replenish our body with 5-6 small, nutritious meals a day spaced 2-3 hours apart.Last, we make sure to get PLENTY of quality rest every day. Simple, right? Then why aren’t more people making the muscle gains they work so hard for? Let’s investigate further…Mistake #1: OvertrainingMore is not always better……unless it’s rest!The more you want something, the harder you work for it, right? “The more you put into it, the more you’ll get out of it”, and on it goes.