Based on the current collection of popular diets, one might think that high-carb diets are bad. Some of the most popular diets, like the Keto diet, seek to minimize carbohydrates as much as possible. Other diets, like the Paleo diet, allow fruits and vegetables but eliminate all grain products. Diets like Paleo don’t target carbs…
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Aerobic Exercise: Benefits, Examples, and How to Know If You REALLY Do Aerobic Exercise
“Aerobics” is a term first coined by Dr. Kenneth Cooper, an exercise physiologist at San Antonio Air Force Hospital. He developed the formula of subtracting your age from 220 and exercising with your heart rate at 60-80% of that number. Although he originally formulated “aerobics” to help astronauts, he soon realized that this type of…
Modified Yoga Classes Help Cope With Post-Election Excitement
The current US election was brutal. Millions of people around the world hated the result; including myself. Past elections have brought the same disbelief. Many voters couldn’t believe when George W. Bush or Barack Obama got elected. There will always be an election or a period of time that causes extreme stress. I am not…
More than muscle development: why bodybuilding is a healthy option
When people talk about bodybuilding, they automatically think of well-oiled, pumped muscles on beach bums and gym bodies. It conjures up images of tanned bodies straining under several pounds of weight and using the most advanced instruments of torture to achieve the perfect form. This is not unusual. Most people would not list bodybuilding as…
Hydrotherapy: Power of Water for Training and Conditioning Success
Hydrotherapy is a tool that can revolutionize the way athletes train, condition, recover and rehab. But what is aquatic therapy and what are its benefits? These are the main reasons why hydrotherapy is an effective treatment tool that offers successful results with winning results. 1. Accelerate muscle recovery before and after practice 2. Provides safe…
Zuzka Light – ZCUT Power Cardio 3 Disc DVD Set – Review
You may know her as the co-founder of BodyRock.tv, but Zuzka Light (also known as Zuzana Light) is taking the internet by storm on her own as one of America’s most popular online fitness personalities. Ella’s website is packed with free weekly workout videos and tons of workouts, workouts, and nutrition tips…but it’s her recently…
Control your carb addiction
Some experts consider carbohydrate cravings and addiction to be more of the body than the mind, meaning that biological factors are generally considered the main trigger of carbohydrate cravings. These cravings are described as an irresistible craving or desire for carbohydrate-rich foods; a growing and recurring need or urge for starches, snacks, junk food, or…
Lose weight, lower blood pressure and cholesterol with Show-Me! Diet
If you want to know if you’re one of the 80 percent of people who can control high blood pressure or cholesterol with diet alone, ask your doctor for your current numbers. follow me Show me! Diet single two weeks, then have your doctor recheck your cholesterol, triglycerides, and blood pressure. The only foods you…
How to Diet Fast for a Wedding or Class Reunion
Wanted to be camera ready in a short amount of time and needed to lose that weight fast? I can give you some tips that always work for me, as well as talk about the $100 diet: how naughty pin up girls stay skinny. Now, to lose weight quickly and easily for a photo shoot…
How the ketogenic diet works in weight loss
Ketogenic diets force the body into a state called ketosis. The body generally uses carbohydrates as its main source of energy. This is due to the fact that carbohydrates are the easiest for the body to absorb. However, if the body runs out of carbohydrates, it reverts to using fat and protein for energy production….