Women can and should train equally as hard as men to reshape their bodies. This includes seeking real strength – not simply trying to make strength training more like cardio exercise. Without strength training, muscles disappear. The more muscle you loose, the slower your metabolism works, and that equates to fat storage and weight gain. […]
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Strength training makes you smarter
Strong body makes the mind strong. Strength training stimulates endorphins, neuro-transmitters, making you feel good during and fallowing strength training. It is improving blood flow with that brings oxygen and nutrients to your brain. Regular strength training improves your mood, decreases anxiety, improves sleep, decreases stress and raises self-esteem. When your body is strong, firing […]
Muscles shape you smaller
Many people, mainly women, resist strength training because they’re concerned it’s going to make them “look big” or muscle bound. Here is the irony: Strength training shapes you smaller. That’s because a pound of muscle is much smaller and takes up less space than pound of fat. A pound of fat is about the size […]
The cost of inactivity – bones
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 […]
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 […]
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