Bone is like any other part of your body, if you stress it, it responds, it becomes stronger. If you don’t stress it, the ongoing balance between bone buildup and breakdown shifts toward net loss of thickness and with that flexibility. The result is – weak bone you can easily break. Strength training can make […]
Archives for January 2009
Calories – you don’t need to count them
To loose weight, you must expand more calories than you take in. It’s that simple. But you are not that simple. You have a certain frame size, your own specific metabolism, a particular amount of activity that you do each day and a different goals from someone else. How can you know how much should […]
Lucky 13 for good health
1. Maintain a healthy body weight, (don’t be overweight) 2. Adopt physically active lifestyle 3. Be physically active for at least 30 min. each day 4. Consume a healthy, plant-based diet 5. Consume 5 or more servings of variety of vegetables and fruits every day 6. Choose whole grains over refined grains 7. Don’t eat […]
Can you change your genes?
Beside improving your metabolism, waistline, strength, endurance and overall health with fitness, you can produce positive changes at your genetic level. Study done in Sausalito, California found that if you exercise regularly 30 minutes a day, eat diet rich in fruits, vegetables, whole grains, legumes, engage in stress-management techniques, such as meditation, you will probably […]
Motivation
You say: I just can’t get myself motivated to exercise, loose weight, get fit or prevent diabetes. This is the fact: Motivation is not going to strike you like lighting. Motivation is not something that someone else can force on you. The whole idea of motivation is a trap. Forget motivation! Just do it! whatever […]