Musical Performance Healthy DietingFiled under: Aerobic, Gym, Muscle, Physical, Trainer, equipment — arlene @ 1:09 pm
Two types of exercise are necessary to build this new lean body of yours: aerobic exercise and resistance/weight training. Aerobic exercise elevates the heartbeat and requires additional oxygen intake. It includes:
Filed under: Aerobic, Equipments, Gym, Muscle, Physical, Trainer — arlene @ 1:05 pm
When was the last time you had a good 30-45 minute walk? How many times have you opted to take the car or jumped on a bus to cover a distance that you are quite capable of walking in 20 minutes?
Okay, it’s the time factor – the world we live in moves at such a fast pace that we always seem to be chasing our tails. But exercise is vital. You might eat the healthiest diet in the world, take nutritional supplements, avoid alcohol and lay off the cigarettes, but your overall health will not be complete without physical activity. (more…)
Filed under: Equipments, Gym, Muscle, Physical, equipment — arlene @ 2:27 pm
We are now getting to the office. If there is a lift try to void it. If our office happens to be on the thirtieth Poor, then we do not have time to walk up all those flights but we can go in the lift to two floors below and walk the last two. When we go out to lunch we could even, if there are floors above, take the lift from the bottom up to two floors higher and walk down as we have seen in exercise nine. (more…)
Filed under: Gym, Muscle, Physical, Trainer, equipment — arlene @ 4:27 pm
I have given you exercises which, as I said, assume that you are fit but, even if you are declared by your doctor to be in the best of health, there are some of us who tend toward high blood pressure and others who are on the low side. This must not be regarded as an illness when the readings are small and there is really just a tendency. However, the people who have low blood pressure will find the first exercise “Getting Your Blood Up” very beneficial and it will let them get out of bed with more energy and without the slight dizziness which can occur.
The ones who tend toward high blood pressure will not notice so much benefit from this exercise. Increased cardiovascular fitness/endurance though, decreases high blood pressure naturally. (more…)
Filed under: Equipments, Gym, Muscle, Nutrition, Physical, Trainer — arlene @ 7:17 am
Now we come to dressing. The putting on of a shirt or brassiere or blouse is also a question of stretching and folding the arms and shoulders. These things become a routine whereby you are conscious of and enjoy the flowing of your muscles which you are keeping supple.
To put on our trousers or pantihose we must think about our balance.
The problem of standing on one leg is something which becomes more difficult as we get older. There are many reasons for this. Firstly, the balance capability in our ears seems to become less sensitive with increasing age. Secondly, the ability to balance on one foot is restricted by the ability of the muscles in our feet and legs to quickly adapt to weight changes. (more…)
Filed under: Aerobic, Essays, Gym, Muscle, Programs, Sex, Trainer — arlene @ 4:27 am
What is your average day? I am not suggesting you change your whole working life, but take time to think about these questions:
From those questions you will have some realistic answers about what you can currently do, so let’s look in more detail about how you will benefit from an exercise routine. Even the most modest amount of exercise has enormous benefit, but you need to know exactly what is the specific gain you are going to get. What do you want as well as weight loss? Below are just some of the benefits exercise can bring, but you need to think about what you would add to this list that would make you start, and keep on, exercising: (more…)
Filed under: Essays, Gym, Muscle, Programs — arlene @ 12:36 am
Along with monitoring your heart rate, you should also pay attention to how your body feels when you are exercising. When working out you should feel slightly breathless but not be gasping for air. Your body will start to tell you when you’re working too hard:
As you become used to exercising at the correct intensity, be aware of how your body feels. These feelings can educate you progressively about how your body responds to different exercise types. You will be surprised at how comfortable a reasonable workout intensity can feel to you once you get started. (more…)
Filed under: Gym, Mental, Muscle, Physical, Trainer — arlene @ 1:22 am
You are embarking on a new way of life, the goal is to get fit in an achievable time-scale and to lose weight. You don’t have to set any world records, or compare your progress to anyone else’s. Here are some ways in which you can make it easy on yourself.
Don’t set yourself up for goals that are unachievable. Take a look at the Activity Continuum and move along one step at a time. Give yourself the chance to adapt to the new behaviours and, only when you are ready, move along to the next stage. One of the biggest causes of drop-out is always trying to do too much, too soon. Your company wouldn’t grow from a corner shop to multinational grocery chain in one month, so why should you ask your body to transform from doing no activity to training like an Olympian in the same time? (more…)
Filed under: Gym, Man, Muscle, Programs, Trainer, Women, equipment — arlene @ 2:02 am
Progressive resistance exercise can be performed in properly designed weight-training programs using free weights, constant resistance machines, variable (accommodating) resistance machines, isometrics, pulleys, calisthenics, springs, latex tubing, or isokinetic dynamometers. Machines may offer resistance by weight stacks, hydraulic or pneumatic pressure, or electrical resistance. Concept 12 describes some sample exercises and compares some of these programs. Weight training is considered the fastest and best method of improving strength. However, properly designed calisthenics are adequate for developing strength in most people. (more…)
Filed under: Equipments, Gym, Physical, equipment — arlene @ 12:48 am
Poor alignment of the body parts during exercise and sports can affect efficiency and effectiveness of performance.
Examples of poor alignment that is detrimental in sports include weight lifters arching the back when doing a lift from the squatting position or during a bench press. This violates the normal mechanics of the spine and is a common cause of backaches in athletes. Gymnasts are also prone to back problems because they sometimes perform with a swayback, especially during landings.
Lordosis in runners causes a short, choppy gait and may cause back pain. Poor posture also influences the way the runner’s foot strikes the ground, contributing to either foot shock or shin splints. In addition, runners may have a back problem as the result of an excessive forward lean.
Dancers and ice skaters sometimes assume poor postures in the execution of jumps. If they land on one leg while the lower back is hyperextended, there is an enormous shearing force on the lumbosacral joint and excessive compression on the disks.
Filed under: Drugs, Gym, Muscle, Physical, Programs, Women, equipment — arlene @ 10:59 pm
Passive exercise is not effective in weight reduction, spot reduction, increasing strength, or increasing endurance.
Filed under: Essays, Gym, Physical, Programs, equipment — arlene @ 10:50 pm
The consumer who plans to purchase equipment should keep in mind certain guidelines to get the most for the money.
The following suggestions will help you select equipment:
Filed under: Drugs, Gym, Insurance, Man, Physical, Trainer — arlene @ 1:31 am
A study was undertaken to examine the effect of the sodium content of drinks on the rehydration process after exercise-induced dehydration equivalent to l.9% of body mass of six fasted but euhydrated men.’ After dehydration they consumed drinks with sodium concentrations of l, 25, 50, and 102 mmol/l over a 60 minute period beginning 40 minutes after the end of exercise; the volume consumed was l.5 times their mass loss by dehydration which amounted to about 2 litres in all trials.
The entire volume of urine produced over the 6 hours after the end of the drinking period was collected and measured (no other food or drink was consumed after the rehydration period). The volume of urine produced was influenced by the quantity of sodium consumed, such that it was greatest when the 1 mmol/l drink was consumed and least when the 102 mmol/l drink was consumed (fig 14.l). The sweat secreted during the exercise was collected and the sodium content measured; the mean (SD) concentration was 49.2 (18.5) mmol/1. Calculations of whole body sodium balance can be made, taking the pre-exercise values as the zero point (fig 14.2); the results clearly show that there is a strong relation between the sodium content of the ingested fluid and its ability to restore water balance. (more…)
Filed under: Aerobic, Essays, Gym, Mental, Physical, Sex, Singles — arlene @ 1:28 am
Taken as a whole, the review posits that a range of exercise regimens may have a therapeutic role in relation to a number of psychological disorders. At the same time, the research evidence to date does not provide unqualified support for the efficacy of exercise, and enthusiasm must be tempered with an acknowledgment of the dangers associated with exercise. Certainly, the literature does not indicate that exercise should be treated as a panacea or snake-oil for psychological malaise of whatever kind. Instead, it does suggest that different forms of physical exercise may be palliative in relation to particular conditions.
Whether that exercise be non-aerobic, aerobic or anaerobic, of short, medium or long term duration, competitive or non-competitive, team or individual, single or multi-session, is not always clear but there are suggestions that different psychological conditions respond differentially to alternative exercise regimens and recent attempts to develop taxonomies of physical activity and mental health may offer a realistic starting point in attempting to draw together some of the diverse recommendations. (more…)
