Posts Tagged ‘fitness’
Wednesday, May 12th, 2010
If you are overweight, or don’t really consider yourself overweight, but you would like to drop a couple of pounds anyway, then this article is for you. I’ll give a few great tips that can put you on the fast track to weight loss. Since most people agree that in order to lose weight and keep it off, you need combine some sort of diet plan with some sort of exercise plan. In this article, I’ll be addressing the former.
First of all, stop thinking in terms of “diet.” This makes people think of starving themselves, or going to bed hungry every night. The first step is to simply think about slowly changing your eating habits. Instead of saying “I need to go on a diet,” say “I want to change my eating habits.” It’s much easier for your mind to accept, and much easier to change your behavior when you frame it this way.
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Tuesday, May 11th, 2010
I have a more or less good physique & my waist is just 32″. I do not have much fat on my waist because I do ab exercises all most regularly. I also don’t have a great interest in building up 6 Pack Abs but can anyone plz let me know what are the best exercises for building a six pack ab ?? just asking….!!?? also is it a bit difficult for a tall person (becoz I am) to build this ? also is it a bit tough for a taller person to build more muscle mass than a shorter person ?
I would appreciate ans from all fitness pros…if u cud send me a few links with pictures that would be great. thanks….
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Tuesday, May 11th, 2010
When it comes to the sector of muscle building, there are plenty of legends and lies wafting around. Everybody seems to have a different opinion, and so it’s tough to know which recommendation you can count on. Here we have a look at three very common muscle building legends:
Muscle parable 1: The “muscle pump” you get in the gym has effects on your muscle gains.
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Tags: bodybuilding, exercise, fitness, fitness equipments, health, men, muscle building, muscles, Weight Loss, women
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Monday, May 10th, 2010
It is not surprising that many people wonder why fad diets are bad when they seem to get results. You will find many sites on the internet claiming significant weight loss in just a few days. That type of weight loss is always temporary. It is usually 90% water which will be put straight back on as soon as your body rehydrates, which it must do if you are not going to suffer severe health problems or die.
Other fad diets are not so obviously crash diets with outrageous claims but they are over hyped diet plans that tend to be fashionable for a while and usually make a lot of money for the inventor in associated product sales. In the best cases these are good nutrition plans which will help you lose weight, but which you could probably have gotten for free from your doctor. In the worst cases they will prove so difficult to follow that you will give up after a week.
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Sunday, May 9th, 2010
So many women ignore the common knowledge of eating smaller meals consistently during the day and not starving oneself when learning how to lose arm fat. Why do they do this? Because deep down inside women want to believe that starvation and extreme dieting will produce faster results.
And the sad truth is that crash dieting shuts down your metabolism (think muscle loss and fat gain) for a very long time. So try to cruise along with your diet instead of crashing with it. Here are 6 eat-right tips that will help you cruise along the way to sexy arm stardom:
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Tags: beauty, diet, dietary supplements, exercise, fat, fitness, food, health, metabolism, nutrition, Weight Loss, weight loss program, wellness, women
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Sunday, May 9th, 2010
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Sunday, May 9th, 2010
Does alli work as a weight loss pill? The quick answer seems to be yes, but there is a downside, so read on.
Alli is the over-the-counter name for orlistat which is also available in prescription form as Xenical. If you are going to ask for it you may like to know that it is pronounced like ally, not alley. It is essentially a fat blocker. It works by preventing the body from absorbing the fat from the foods that we eat, and it is the one freely available drug that has FDA backing for its claims to aid weight loss. You might think you could eat all the fatty foods you liked and then take alli to negate the effect but sadly that is not true. It should always be used in conjunction with a low fat diet plan under the supervision of a doctor.
The amount of weight loss achieved with alli is variable. In one study involving one-year clinical trials, between 35.5% and 54.8% of subjects attained a 5% or greater decrease in body mass, although we do not know how much of this mass was fat. Between 16.4% and 24.8% of the subjects achieved a 10% or more decrease in body mass. In combination with a calorie controlled diet, the effects could be expected to be greater. It was also shown to reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes. The participants regained an average of one third of the weight that they had lost after stopping alli, but this is typical of most dieters.
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Saturday, May 8th, 2010
Most people today are overweight, fat, or obese. That is a matter of public record and an official government study. If you need to lose a few pounds, you are in good company.
And the more people get fat, the more diets and books and programs there seem to be. Just take a look at your local bookstore, and you’ll see what I’m talking about.
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Wednesday, May 5th, 2010
If you’ve been to your neighborhood bookstore lately, you may have noticed the huge table they have set up holding books on weight loss. These tables are usually strategically placed so you can’t miss them as you walk in.
Why were they there up front, and not hidden some place in the back? Because most adults today are overweight. Which means that most people that walk into a bookstore might be in need of a weight loss book.
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Wednesday, May 5th, 2010
If you are overweight, like most people today, then you may be interested in a way to lose weight. Of course, many people who are technically overweight, according to medical guidelines, have no problem at all with their weight. This article is for those of us who’d like to lose a couple pounds or more.
When you start on any kind of goal, its important to be as specific as possible. Choose exactly how much you want to lose, and a target date. And give yourself some breathing room. If you try for too much, too fast, you will almost always fail. A few pounds in a few weeks is a perfect goal.
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