It seems most people today are uninformed when it comes to exercising and still seem to be slogging it out at gyms and getting little back in return. Exercising correctly for fat loss isn't difficult and certainly doesn't require hours at a gym or elaborate and expensive equipment. In fact, you can achieve much quicker results using no equipment at all and just exercising at home using just your own bodyweight.
Here's why you should change you thinking when it comes to reaching for the nearest piece of exercise equipment:
Bodyweight exercises get quicker results
Training using just your bodyweight is more demanding than you may think and forces your body to naturally stabilise itself utilising more muscles. Using more muscles means that you burn more calories as each individual muscle requires energy to work. Why spend time exercising just a few muscles when you can hit over 600 of them at a time?
Moreover, if bodyweight exercises are performed at the correct intensity you can create lots of EPOC (Excess Post-exercise Oxygen Consumpion) leading to fat burning for up to 48 hours after exercise. With only so many hours in the day and limited amounts of workout time the more calories you can burn after exercise the better. If performed at the correct times it is possible to raise your metabolism and be burning calories constantly throughout the week whilst only training 3 times for 20 minutes.
Bodyweight exercises are natural & safe
From the first few months that we are born we start learning how to control and use our own bodyweight, this includes rolling over, moving around on all fours standing up, balancing on one leg, walking, running, climbing etc.
During all these times of evolution we never once use external resistance to get stronger; it is only in later life that we look for alternatives or short cuts to improving our health.
Development through pure bodyweight exercise is the most natural form of exercise that you can do and your body will reward you for it. You will improve your balance, strength, burn unwanted fat and energise yourself all without risk of injury because it is natural. Being able to control, balance, and move your own bodyweight is the most natural thing that you can do. Anybody that cannot take control of their own bodyweight has no right even considering lifting a weight, whether that's a dumbbell, barbell, ankle weight, medicine ball or kettlebell!
Bodyweight workouts are less time consuming
Let's be honest who wants to be make their way to a gym, find parking, get changed, deal with all the distractions, sort out lockers etc. Bodyweight training requires no equipment and can be done at home or during your lunch break or whilst on holiday in only 20 minutes. This not only means that it is less time consuming but also you are less likely to make up excuses as to why you can't workout that day. With bodyweight training there are no excuses, no matter where you are!! You have a training program for life!!
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Greg is a leading health and fitness professional and author of "the no gear workout" based in Hampstead, North London. He achieves fantastic results for his clients by using his indepth knowledge and the most up to date techniques. For the most effective bodyweight exercises visit my website http://www.gbpersonaltraining.com
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Wednesday, January 2, 2008
A Healthy Food Relationship and Weight Loss
Everybody wants to lose weight. However, weight loss can only begin with a healthy food relationship.
Nowadays, many men and women desire a healthy body image, which is often a reflection of their overall health. Men and women may look at their bodies differently: men focus on their chest, arms, and abs, while women concentrate on their waist, hips, and thighs. But weight loss for both men and women begins with a healthy food relationship.
What is a food relationship?
Everyone, irrespective of the gender, has both a physical and psychological food relationship. The former has to do with satisfying the physical hunger, while the latter has to do with the appetite, that is, the "desire" for food, which is mostly psychological. Effective and permanent weight loss is contingent on a healthy physical and psychological food relationship.
To establish a good physical food relationship requires an understanding of the science of eating.
Firstly, you have to understand that you eat to live, and not live to eat. You become what you eat: what you eat and drink becomes your body chemistry and your body constitution. If you think you can eat whatever you like and still get away with it, think again!
Eating determines if you are living in harmony with Nature, which is the key to living a long life. You need to know the logistics of eating: what to eat, how to eat, and when to eat, especially the components of food. Eating is a science, so treat it as such.
You eat only when you are hungry. Avoid voluntary eating, such as when you make a beeline for the refrigerator as soon as you walk into the house. Avoid emotional eating to appease your emotions. Avoid sensory eating, which is eating to satisfy your senses.
You eat only what is good for you. You need to understand food criteria. Some of the foods you eat may not be foods at all. For foods to be called "foods," they must meet certain criteria.
Foods must be living: they must contain enzymes. The vitamins, minerals, carbohydrates and proteins in foods are all lifeless unless they are activated by enzymes. Heating and preserving easily destroy the enzymes in foods.
Therefore, the way you cook your food, and the types of food you consume are important to your food relationship.
Processed and preserved foods neither protect nor preserve your health. To preserve enzymes, go for a raw food diet every now and then, and do not overcook your food. Steaming is the healthiest way of cooking because the food does not have direct contact with the heat source. Deep frying, on the other hand, is the worst method of cooking.
Foods must support your internal bowel ecology. They must facilitate absorption of nutrients and disposal of toxic waste. Foods must help digestion and elimination, which are critical to healthy eating.
Foods must not trigger unfavorable food reaction. Dairy and wheat products may cause food allergies.
Foods must not cause sharp surge of molecular changes in your body, such as a sudden increase in your blood sugar level, or wide fluctuation of neurotransmission caused by caffeine or other chemicals.
Foods must provide adequate calories for your physical activity, but not "empty" calories, which provide little or no nutrients. Consuming empty calories is tantamount to working extremely hard while being unfairly underpaid.
Foods must balance your body chemistry in order to neutralize and eradicate free radicals, which are oxidative stresses that destroy your body cells. Foods must balance your the acid and alkaline level in your body, with no more than 30 percent acid-forming foods, such as meat proteins, and 70 percent or more alkaline-forming foods, such as most fruits and vegetables. All pharmaceutical drugs are acidic.
Many health experts believe that a balance of acidity and alkalinity, known as balanced pH level in your body will make you disease-free.
Eat only quality foods: eat, whenever possible, only organic foods. Some of the best foods in nature include the following:
Chlorella is a green single-cell algae cultivated in fresh water ponds. With its grass-like smell, it has the highest concentration of chlorophyll than any other plant in the world. With more than 20 vitamins and minerals, as well as the essential 8 amino acids, chlorella is the perfect food.
In addition, it detoxifies by removing toxins and metals from your body.
Wheat grass is another life-giving food rich in enzymes easily assimilated to boost your immune system. It is one of the best sources of chlorophyll, which provides oxygen for your brain and body tissues for longevity.
Wheat grass absorbs as many as 92 of the known 102 minerals from the soil. Wheat juice, in particular, is a superior detoxification agent compared to carrot juice. It enhances your digestion, relieves your sore throat, keeps your bowels open, reduces your blood pressure, and improves your cholesterol.
Make the effort to establish a healthy physical food relationship through your choice of food and your method of cooking. Learn to follow Nature's prescription of suitable times for your meals. You lunch should be the heaviest meal, since your digestive fire is at its maximum potency.
A late dinner or binging before bedtime may interfere with your body's mechanism to detoxify and digest food from the day, making you tired the next morning on waking up.
A healthy physical food relationship is a must for weight loss and optimum health.
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Stephen Lau is a researcher, writing medical research for scientists. His publications include "NO MIRACLE CURES" a book on healing and wellness. He has also created several websites on health and healing.
http://www.longevityforyou.com
Nowadays, many men and women desire a healthy body image, which is often a reflection of their overall health. Men and women may look at their bodies differently: men focus on their chest, arms, and abs, while women concentrate on their waist, hips, and thighs. But weight loss for both men and women begins with a healthy food relationship.
What is a food relationship?
Everyone, irrespective of the gender, has both a physical and psychological food relationship. The former has to do with satisfying the physical hunger, while the latter has to do with the appetite, that is, the "desire" for food, which is mostly psychological. Effective and permanent weight loss is contingent on a healthy physical and psychological food relationship.
To establish a good physical food relationship requires an understanding of the science of eating.
Firstly, you have to understand that you eat to live, and not live to eat. You become what you eat: what you eat and drink becomes your body chemistry and your body constitution. If you think you can eat whatever you like and still get away with it, think again!
Eating determines if you are living in harmony with Nature, which is the key to living a long life. You need to know the logistics of eating: what to eat, how to eat, and when to eat, especially the components of food. Eating is a science, so treat it as such.
You eat only when you are hungry. Avoid voluntary eating, such as when you make a beeline for the refrigerator as soon as you walk into the house. Avoid emotional eating to appease your emotions. Avoid sensory eating, which is eating to satisfy your senses.
You eat only what is good for you. You need to understand food criteria. Some of the foods you eat may not be foods at all. For foods to be called "foods," they must meet certain criteria.
Foods must be living: they must contain enzymes. The vitamins, minerals, carbohydrates and proteins in foods are all lifeless unless they are activated by enzymes. Heating and preserving easily destroy the enzymes in foods.
Therefore, the way you cook your food, and the types of food you consume are important to your food relationship.
Processed and preserved foods neither protect nor preserve your health. To preserve enzymes, go for a raw food diet every now and then, and do not overcook your food. Steaming is the healthiest way of cooking because the food does not have direct contact with the heat source. Deep frying, on the other hand, is the worst method of cooking.
Foods must support your internal bowel ecology. They must facilitate absorption of nutrients and disposal of toxic waste. Foods must help digestion and elimination, which are critical to healthy eating.
Foods must not trigger unfavorable food reaction. Dairy and wheat products may cause food allergies.
Foods must not cause sharp surge of molecular changes in your body, such as a sudden increase in your blood sugar level, or wide fluctuation of neurotransmission caused by caffeine or other chemicals.
Foods must provide adequate calories for your physical activity, but not "empty" calories, which provide little or no nutrients. Consuming empty calories is tantamount to working extremely hard while being unfairly underpaid.
Foods must balance your body chemistry in order to neutralize and eradicate free radicals, which are oxidative stresses that destroy your body cells. Foods must balance your the acid and alkaline level in your body, with no more than 30 percent acid-forming foods, such as meat proteins, and 70 percent or more alkaline-forming foods, such as most fruits and vegetables. All pharmaceutical drugs are acidic.
Many health experts believe that a balance of acidity and alkalinity, known as balanced pH level in your body will make you disease-free.
Eat only quality foods: eat, whenever possible, only organic foods. Some of the best foods in nature include the following:
Chlorella is a green single-cell algae cultivated in fresh water ponds. With its grass-like smell, it has the highest concentration of chlorophyll than any other plant in the world. With more than 20 vitamins and minerals, as well as the essential 8 amino acids, chlorella is the perfect food.
In addition, it detoxifies by removing toxins and metals from your body.
Wheat grass is another life-giving food rich in enzymes easily assimilated to boost your immune system. It is one of the best sources of chlorophyll, which provides oxygen for your brain and body tissues for longevity.
Wheat grass absorbs as many as 92 of the known 102 minerals from the soil. Wheat juice, in particular, is a superior detoxification agent compared to carrot juice. It enhances your digestion, relieves your sore throat, keeps your bowels open, reduces your blood pressure, and improves your cholesterol.
Make the effort to establish a healthy physical food relationship through your choice of food and your method of cooking. Learn to follow Nature's prescription of suitable times for your meals. You lunch should be the heaviest meal, since your digestive fire is at its maximum potency.
A late dinner or binging before bedtime may interfere with your body's mechanism to detoxify and digest food from the day, making you tired the next morning on waking up.
A healthy physical food relationship is a must for weight loss and optimum health.
----------------------------------------------------
Stephen Lau is a researcher, writing medical research for scientists. His publications include "NO MIRACLE CURES" a book on healing and wellness. He has also created several websites on health and healing.
http://www.longevityforyou.com
Tuesday, January 1, 2008
What Causes Weight Gain?
Weight gain or weight loss is determined by the "calorie equation." If you burn as many calories as you take in each day, there's nothing left over for storage in fat cells and your weight remains constant. But if your calorie-intake exceeds your calorie-expenditure, the extra calories are stored somewhere on your body and you gain weight.
Calorie Intake
Your calorie-intake is simply the total calorie-content of the food (or drink) you consume. The composition of your diet seems to play little role in weight - a calorie is a calorie, regardless of whether it is from fat, carbs or protein.
Calorie Expenditure
Although you might think that physical exercise accounts for most of the calories you burn, it actually accounts for only about one third. In general, your calorie expenditure depends on three things:
(1) Your Basal Metabolic Rate. This accounts for about 60 percent of all calorie expenditure. Basal (or resting) metabolic rate is the amount of energy or calories your body consumes while at rest, in order to power the thousands of chemical reactions required to maintain health - such as, temperature, cell-repair, cardiovascular system and so on. Put simply, basal metabolic rate is an estimate of how many calories you would burn if you were to lie asleep for 24 hours, with measurement beginning 12 hours after your last meal to ensure that your digestive system was inactive and not burning calories digesting food.
(2) Your Physical Activity. Typically this accounts for about 30 percent of calorie expenditure.
(3) Dietary Thermogenesis. This is the calories you burn while digesting food. It accounts for about 10 percent of the total calories you burn.
Calorie Intake
Your calorie-intake is simply the total calorie-content of the food (or drink) you consume. The composition of your diet seems to play little role in weight - a calorie is a calorie, regardless of whether it is from fat, carbs or protein.
Calorie Expenditure
Although you might think that physical exercise accounts for most of the calories you burn, it actually accounts for only about one third. In general, your calorie expenditure depends on three things:
(1) Your Basal Metabolic Rate. This accounts for about 60 percent of all calorie expenditure. Basal (or resting) metabolic rate is the amount of energy or calories your body consumes while at rest, in order to power the thousands of chemical reactions required to maintain health - such as, temperature, cell-repair, cardiovascular system and so on. Put simply, basal metabolic rate is an estimate of how many calories you would burn if you were to lie asleep for 24 hours, with measurement beginning 12 hours after your last meal to ensure that your digestive system was inactive and not burning calories digesting food.
(2) Your Physical Activity. Typically this accounts for about 30 percent of calorie expenditure.
(3) Dietary Thermogenesis. This is the calories you burn while digesting food. It accounts for about 10 percent of the total calories you burn.
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